The Trump administration has terminated an annual government hunger report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Saturday.

“The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the termination of future Household Food Security Reports. These redundant, costly, politicized, and extraneous studies do nothing more than fear monger,” the USDA said Saturday in a press release.

“For 30 years, this study—initially created by the Clinton administration as a means to support the increase of SNAP eligibility and benefit allotments—failed to present anything more than subjective, liberal fodder,” the department added.

The Wall Street Journal first reported on the cancellation.

“Trends in the prevalence of food insecurity have remained virtually unchanged, regardless of an over 87% increase in S

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