WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday, May 29, announced it will release $1 billion in disaster relief for livestock producers impacted by wildfire or drought in 2023 or 2024.

USDA is currently in the trenches of issuing the nearly $31 billion in total disaster and emergency relief aid to farmers and ranchers in four stages. That money was appropriated by Congress as part ...

The federal government squandered more than $200 billion in its aggressive rush to prop up small businesses as the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to shatter the U.S. economy, according to a report ...