The White House fired the inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday, several U.S. officials said. The dismissal comes a day after his office warned that the Trump ...

Former U.S. Department of Agriculture Inspector General Phyllis Fong was fired in January, after 22 years on the job, when the Trump administration dismissed such watchdogs for at least 18 federal ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Fong has served for over two decades, under four presidents. She was initially appointed by Republican president George W. Bush.

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 ...