<p>At tribal colleges, scholarships funded by a USDA grant have been suspended amid the Trump administration’s widespread cost-cutting.</p><p>Now some students are facing their final weeks on campus.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-usda-scholarships-suspended?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-usda-scholarships-suspended?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tri</span><span class="invisible">bal-colleges-usda-scholarships-suspended?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/college/" rel="tag">#College</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/usda/" rel="tag">#USDA</a></p>
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<p>The USDA failed to follow its own guidance for a rural mortgage program, taking years to foreclose on delinquent loans.</p><p>As a result, 55 Maine borrowers racked up, on average, $110,000 in additional debt before the agency moved to take the homes.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/usda-maine-foreclosures-rural-homeowners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/usda-maine-foreclosures-rural-homeowners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/usd</span><span class="invisible">a-maine-foreclosures-rural-homeowners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/maine/" rel="tag">#Maine</a> <a href="/tags/rural/" rel="tag">#Rural</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/home/" rel="tag">#Home</a> <a href="/tags/debt/" rel="tag">#Debt</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a> <a href="/tags/usda/" rel="tag">#USDA</a></p>
<p>Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With<br>---</p><p>The new directive asks workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being sent to national security experts at the agency.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usda-foreign-scientists?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-usda-foreign-scientists?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-usda-foreign-scientists?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/usda/" rel="tag">#USDA</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/academia/" rel="tag">#Academia</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>