The USDA announced today that it found a case of mad cow disease in a poor cow in California. Yikes. It is the first…

Fired USDA official Shirley Sherrod has turned down Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's offer of another job.…

Shirley Sherrod, the USDA employee fired over false racism allegations, has been offered a new government job. But…

USDA official Shirley Sherrod was fired after a video surfaced that made some fear she was racist against white…

No sooner did Barack Obama nominate Dr. Regina Benjamin to be the next Surgeon General than people started talking…

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• Barack Obama made it official with Tim Geithner today, announcing that he will nominate Geither to the Treasury…