The Trump administration will end the federal government’s annual report on hunger in America, arguing it has become “overly politicized” and “rife with inaccuracies.” The decision was announced Saturday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which said the 2024 Household Food Security Report, scheduled for release on Oct. 22, would be the last.
“The questions used to collect the data are entirely subjective and do not present an accurate picture of actual food security,” the USDA stated, adding that the report’s narrative conflicted with what it described as “lower poverty rates, increasing wages, and job growth under the Trump Administration.”
The move follows legislation signed by President Donald Trump in July reducing eligibility for food stamps, or SNAP benefits. The Congressional Budget Office estimates 3 million people could lose access to the program.
Critics say eliminating the report makes it harder to measure hunger and assess policy impacts. “Trump is cancelling an annual government survey that measures hunger in America, rather than allow it to show hunger increasing under his tenure,” Bobby Kogan of the Center for American Progress wrote on social media, comparing the move to tactics used by “non-democracies.”
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