Although farm loans appear unaffected by President Donald Trump’s funding freeze, the administration’s rollback of DEI initiatives has cast uncertainty over USDA programs vital to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. From 2019 and 2023, the U.S Department of Agriculture provided $2 billion in critical financial support to these farmers and ranchers – those of color,
The Biden administration has finalized guidance for federal agencies’ 2024 artificial intelligence use case inventories, teeing up a more comprehensive process than previous years and setting a mid-December deadline. That new document is dated Aug. 14, but was published publicly on AI.gov Friday, according to a website tracking tool used by FedScoop. While much of
Topline Some federal student loan borrowers’ payments are now on pause while a court battle plays out over the Biden administration’s latest student loan forgiveness plan, with a recent court ruling pausing all forgiveness entirely—and the Supreme Court set to weigh in imminently on how things will go from here. President Joe Biden is joined