Trump administration cancels US hunger survey | News

WASHINGTON, Sept 21, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Trump administration announced Saturday that it was canceling an annual US food insecurity survey, claiming it had become "overly politicized," its latest attack on government data gathering. "The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), following continuous review of programs and economic reporting, will discontinue future Household Food Security Reports," the agency said in a statement to AFP. According to the USDA, the report "became overly politicized and upon subsequent review, is unnecessary to carry out the work of the Department." The move to cancel the three-decade-old survey comes after President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress passed major reforms this year to the US food assistance program known as SNAP, which independent analysts say...