Late one Friday night, just weeks into his second term, President Donald Trump (likely illegally) fired more than a dozen ...

Although it is standard procedure to kill flocks with the outbreak of bird flu, posts on social media twisted the truth.

The inspectors general for at least 17 agencies were terminated in late January, with one such official receiving a letter ...

Oregon Congresswoman Maxine Dexter (OR-03) is calling for a hearing after President Donald Trump fired more than a dozen inspectors general — raising concerns about the future of government ...

A potential clash is rising in the House Natural Resources Committee, where Democrats on the panel are calling for the ...

Phyllis Fong, the USDA inspector general, was escorted out of her office after disputing her dismissal by the Trump ...

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.

The White House removed the independent inspectors general of nearly every Cabinet-level agency including the Agriculture ...

Last May, one inspector documented “general filth” in a room at the Indiana plant. The U.S. Agriculture Department released ...

Phyllis Fong had become a fixture at the USDA, serving in her role for over two decades since she was appointed by George W. Bush.

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 ...