Conservative lawyer Brooke Rollins was confirmed Thursday as secretary of agriculture, placing a close ally of President Donald Trump into a key Cabinet position at a time when mass deportation plans could lead to farm labor shortages and tariffs could hit agricultural exports.

Rollins, a close Trump ally, will lead the department as mass deportation plans could lead to farm labor shortages and tariffs could hit agricultural exports.

The Department of Agriculture is quickly flailing to rehire the bird flu experts they just "accidentally" fired, NBC News reported on Tuesday."Although several positions supporting [avian flu] were notified of their terminations over the weekend,

The letter from the federal government arrived in an email Thursday. It informed the Department of Agriculture worker that he was fired.

Rollins, who served as chief for domestic policy during Trump's first administration, was confirmed overwhelmingly by the Senate in a 72-28 vote. Rollins will now lead a department tasked with overseeing nearly all aspects of the nation's food system,

The Department of Agriculture ordered staff shortly after Trump returned to power to rank webpages by how heavily they focused on climate change.

The Department of Agriculture warned egg prices may increase more than 20% this year, after December saw a year-over-year increase of 36.8%.

The Trump administration plans to overhaul food assistance programs, with the new Department of Agriculture leadership promising to fix what they call Biden-era “financial mismanagement” of food benefits.

The Department of Agriculture ordered staff shortly after Trump returned to power to rank webpages by how heavily they focused on climate change.

The Trump administration faces a new lawsuit over its removal of federal webpages that farmers relied on to help them adapt to climate change.

The Department of Agriculture warned egg prices may increase more than 20% this year, after December saw a year-over-year increase of 36.8%.

The slash-and-burn effort Musk is leading diverges from what was initially outlined by Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign. DOGE, a nod to Musk’s favorite cryptocurrency meme coin, was initially presented as a blue-ribbon commission that would exist outside government.