An agency head fired by President Donald Trump is ending the legal battle to regain his job, admitting he is unlikely to ...

The fired head of a federal watchdog agency says he's dropping his legal battle over his removal by President Donald Trump.

Former U.S. Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger said a decision by the federal appeals court in D.C. led him to believe he was unlikely to prevail.

Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, has been a critical figure scrutinizing the recent mass firings ...

President Trump got a victory in federal appeals court Wednesday when a judge cleared the way for him to fire Hampton ...

Hampton Dellinger's decision to end his legal fight comes after a federal appeals court cleared the way for his firing by President Trump.

An appeals court has removed the head of a federal watchdog agency in the latest twist in a legal fight over Republican ...

In a footnote to her written order, Judge Amy Berman Jackson compared the Trump administration to a bull in a china shop while castigating the White House lawyers for claiming in her court that ...

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said Hampton Dellinger could be removed as head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.

A federal appeals court Wednesday agreed to the Trump administration’s request to greenlight the president’s firing of U.S. Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger until the court resolves a legal ...

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled on Saturday that Office of Special Counsel head Hampton Dellinger can remain in ...

U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson determined that Trump can only fire the special counsel for performance-related reasons.