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Scoop: Trump backs MAHA in heated, "shocking" Oval Office fight on pesticides
Tensions erupted in an Oval Office meeting between President Trump, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, and farming representatives over an executive order promoting alternatives to conventional pesticides. The debate highlighted conflicting priorities: MAHA's push to reduce pesticide use to protect public health versus farming groups' concerns about economic impacts and food safety.
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