In an email to colleagues on Saturday, reviewed by Reuters, she said the independent Council of the Inspectors General on ...

And what the seemingly illegal mass firings could mean for the future of independent agencies in the federal government.

Sharon Basch is a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law filing occasional dispatches from Washington DC ths semester.  From the moment Donald Trump took office on January 20, one of his ...

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

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

Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) out of her office Monday after she ...

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 ...

USDA and other agencies need closer oversight as the Trump administration purges inspectors general, Senate Agriculture Chair ...

Chaos Unfolds as USDA Inspector General Refuses to Leave After Dismissal** In a stunning display of defiance, Phyllis Fong, the USDA Inspector General, found herself facing off ...

The Trump administration's dismissal of USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong led to her escorted exit from her office, raising legal questions about the legitimacy of the firing. Fong, a veteran ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Inspector General Phyllis Fong had intended to stay after the White House terminated her, ...