U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
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The agriculture secretary says the administration will keep pushing a plan to move Forest Service headquarters to Salt Lake City, even though a federal judge halted it on Oct. 13. The plan could affect wildfire response and thousands of federal workers.
The Massachusetts Democrat says rising grocery prices and food-stamp cuts are squeezing families, and she wants the USDA to work with Congress to undo the cuts. Older readers on fixed incomes feel both pressures at once.
Trump's August order to let in more cheaper beef barely dented grocery prices, NPR reports. It has angered ranchers in states that could decide control of Congress on November 3.
