"The Trump administration is ending a decades-long report on U.S. hunger, calling it “politicized.” Last year, the USDA report warned of rising food insecurity."

"The Trump administration is ending a decades-long effort to track food security at a time when many Americans are struggling to get proper nutrition or enough to eat.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Saturday it was terminating the annual Household Food Security reports, which were introduced in the 1990s to help state and federal officials decide on food assistance programs. The latest USDA report, published in September last year, found some 18 million U.S. households were food insecure at some time during 2023, a million more than in 2022.

“These redundant, costly, politicized and extraneous studies do nothing more than fearmonger,” the Department of Agriculture said in a statement."

Kelly Kasulis Cho reports for the Washington Post September 21, 2025. [2]