The Trump administration is ending a $1 billion program that allowed food banks and schools to purchase food from local farmers, the Agriculture Department confirmed to ABC News Tuesday.

The local food programs were created by President Joe Biden as a way to support local farmers and ranchers while also feeding families hit economically during the pandemic.

The money continued long after the pandemic ended though, as anti-poverty advocates warned that low-income families in particular continued to struggle with inflation and other lingering impacts from the pandemic.

In a written statement, the agency defended the move as "marking a return to long-term fiscally responsible initiatives." The agency noted some 16 nutrition programs remain in place.

"The COVID era is over—USDA’s approach to nutrition programs will reflect that reality moving forward," the agency wrote.

-ABC News' Anne Flaherty

House Republicans passed a bill to fund the government until the end of September with a 217-213 vote.

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., voted no despite pressure from the president in the form of a primary threat.

Rep. Jared Golden of Maine was the only Democrat who voted with Republicans.

The bill will move to the Senate, where it will require significant bipartisan support to pass before the March 14 shutdown deadline.

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-ABC News' Lauren Peller

President Donald Trump spoke with major business leaders Tuesday evening, touting Elon Musk's work at the Department of Government Efficiency and the "tremendously positive impact" of his tariffs, claiming more jobs would be created in the United States.

"The tariffs are going to be throwing off a lot of money to this country. And we've been ripped off for years by other countries many, many decades," he said.

The Trump administration can cancel millions of dollars in contracts for refugee resettlement, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday afternoon.

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump nominee, denied a request to block the administration from canceling $65 million in contracts between the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the State Department's U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, determining the court lacked jurisdiction to intervene.

"The Conference's motion is, at its core, seeking a purely contractual remedy," McFadden wrote, adding the issue should be resolved in the Court of Federal Claims.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is one of 10 organizations that participates in the public-private partnership administered by the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program to help settle refugees once they enter the country. They received two contracts valued at $65 million this year, which the Trump administration canceled last month.

In denying the motion, McFadden acknowledged the "emotions" associated with the program but insisted the court cannot intervene.

"This Court is but a creature of the trifurcated structure of its Constitution," he wrote.

-ABC News' Peter Charalambous