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 ...

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

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 ...

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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.

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.

New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang told Newsweek that "there should be public outrage" at the dismissal of federal IGs.

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

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

Russia launched a barrage of drones on Ukraine in an overnight attack on Friday, injuring four people and damaging a hospital and a grain warehouse in the southern Odesa region, officials said.

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 ...

Three men are under arrest in Fayette County after a car chase through a neighborhood. Deputies say one of the men opened ...