Congress must hold the president accountable for these personnel decisions and take steps to maintain inspectors generals' ...

One Harvard Law School professor was skeptical that the removal of the inspectors general was not legally allowed -- but he did point to other provisions of the Inspector General Act that would ...

The former inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was reportedly escorted out of her office Monday after she "refused to comply" with her termination – though the USDA denies ...

While many were sleeping late last Friday, the White House informed 17 inspectors general (IGs) that their services were no longer required.

Trump's nominee for FBI director will face probing questions from U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats about his ...

An inspector general was reportedly escorted out of her office after she failed to comply with mass firings initiated by ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture responded on Wednesday to reports claiming the agency’s former inspector general was ...

What better time for the USDA to be without an inspector general—or, worse, some MAGA hack pretending to be one—what with bird flu decimating cattle and poultry, and leaping between species to 67 ...

In a dramatic turn of events, Phyllis Fong, the USDA Inspector General, was escorted out of her office for refusing to comply with her dismissal by the Trump administration. This incident raises ...

Phyllis Fong had informed her colleagues in an email that she planned to remain in her position, asserting that the termination notice did not follow legal requirements and therefore was not valid.

A 22-year veteran of the department—which has a broad mandate to investigate food safety and animal welfare—Fong’s office has ...