US EditionTrump administration cancels annual food insecurity survey, USDA says
The USDA cites data inaccuracies and politicization in ending its annual hunger report, which critics say impedes assessment of food aid cuts affecting 3 million people, officials said.
- On September 20, 2025, the Trump administration announced it would cancel the annual U.S. Household Food Security Report measuring hunger nationwide.
- The administration stated the report had become overly politicized and contained subjective questions that did not accurately reflect food security conditions.
- This action was taken approximately two and a half months following President Donald Trump’s enactment of legislation that significantly cut SNAP benefits, which the Congressional Budget Office projects will result in 3 million individuals losing eligibility for food stamps.
- According to the 2023 USDA report, food insecurity affected 13.5% of households in the United States, marking the highest level since 2014. Meanwhile, data from the Census Bureau indicated that the national poverty rate declined from 11% in 2023 to 10.6% the previous year, prior to President Trump’s administration.
- Ending the survey may hinder future hunger monitoring and critics argue it complicates assessing the impact of food aid cuts amid claims of job growth and rising wages under the Trump administration.
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USDA Ends Annual Reports Tracking Hunger in America
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After cuts to food stamps, Trump administration ends annual report on hunger in America
The Trump administration is ending the federal government’s annual report on hunger in America, saying it had become “overly politicized″ and ”rife with inaccuracies.″
Trump Administration to Terminate Household Food Insecurity Reports
The decision to end the annual survey of household insecurity comes just months after President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act made the largest cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the program's history.
Trump administration halts government hunger report
(The Hill) - The Trump administration has terminated an annual government hunger report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Saturday. “The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the termination of future Household Food Security Reports. These redundant, costly, politicized, and extraneous studies do nothing more than fear monger,” the USDA said Saturday in a press release. “For 30 years, this study—initially created by the Clinton …
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