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Rain falls on the U.S. Department of Agriculture building on April 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

USDA launches new interactive data insights tool

The Agriculture Department has launched a public data tool for the office that publishes official U.S. data on crop production and prices, it announced Wednesday.
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A security camera is installed as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stand guard in front of protesters outside Delaney Hall on May 29, 2026 in Newark, N.J. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Appeals court keeps block on IRS from sharing taxpayer data with ICE

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said some of the Trump administration’s arguments were “weak sauce” and the data-sharing “indisputably contravenes” privacy law.
Department of Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence testifies before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee on electronic health record modernization on Sept. 2, 2026. (K. Sophie Will/Scoop News Group photo)

House committee votes to subpoena Oracle after fiery hearing on VA’s $27B EHRM contract

Across the aisle, lawmakers expressed outrage over the recent contract ceiling hike after Oracle’s CEO told Congress four years ago that the company would not raise costs.
Voters fill out their ballots at a polling place in the Tamarack Nature Center on Aug. 11, 2026, in White Bear Township, Minn. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

ICE tabs millions for analytics help to comb through voter data

The Department of Homeland Security component plans to spend up to $5 million on procuring services to support its “fraud detection” and “data segmentation” efforts.
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