Efforts by the U.S. Forest Service to fight wildfires in California shouldn't be influenced by politics, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday at her Senate confirmation hearing.

In an interview aired Wednesday night, Trump said he may withhold aid to California until the state adjusts how it manages its scarce water resources. He falsely claimed that California’s fish conservation efforts in the northern part of the state are responsible for fire hydrants running dry in urban areas.

Efforts by the U.S. Forest Service to fight wildfires in California shouldn’t be influenced ... to questions from a Senate panel, nominee Brooke Rollins also acknowledged that Trump’s plans ...

President Donald Trump is remaking the traditional boundaries of Washington, asserting unprecedented executive power and daring anyone to stop him.

Trump agriculture secretary nominee Brooke Rollins says bird flu will be 'one of the very top priorities' for USDA if she is confirmed.

It was all part of a plan to begin with a bang and follow a detailed policy blueprint, although key administrative posts remain stuck in a hiring bottleneck and many of his directives have lacked immediate effect.

The South Dakota governor will oversee a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and a clampdown on illegal immigration.

Hegseth received a bachelor's degree in political science in 2003, where he also participated in the Army ROTC and published a campus publication titled The Princeton Tory. Hegseth later attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard ...

Trump 2.0 is teeing up to assume control of USDA — and Brooke Rollins has a lot to get ready ... been detected in domestic and wild cats in California, Colorado, Oregon and Washington state ...

Washington, D.C. — At Department of Agriculture Secretary nominee Brooke Rollins’ Senate Confirmation hearing today, the prospective Donald Trump-appointee embraced several Big Ag legislative and regulatory priorities that would bolster corporate factory farms to the detriment of the environment, climate, small farmers and rural communities.

President Donald J. Trump has nominated Brooke Rollins to serve as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, and her confirmation hearing before the Senate ag leaders is scheduled for Jan. 23. Rollins is a ...