Former U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspector general Phyllis Fong was not arrested after she was ousted from her ...

Since avian flu arrived in the U.S., farmers have killed millions of birds affected by the disease; however, this is standard ...

Judge Ana C. Reyes, a Biden appointee, excoriated lawyers representing the former government watchdogs for how they handled ...

Inspectors general named in the lawsuit include those from the Department of Defense, the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Education. Court documents filed in Washington ...

Inspectors general are typically independently funded watchdogs attached ... by moving the Food for Peace program under the Department of Agriculture. Farmers, a politically important bloc for the ...

The eight inspectors general want a judge to declare their firings by email were "legally ineffective" and put them back to work.

The IGs allege that Trump failed to notify Congress about the firings at least 30 days before they occurred and did not ...

Eight inspectors general fired by the White House last month have sued the administration, arguing President Donald Trump broke the law.

President Donald Trump fired 17 inspectors general, who are responsible for preventing waste, fraud and abuse at federal agencies, four days into his second term.

The inspector general of the Agriculture Department, however, returned to work as normal the Monday after being informed of the firing, “recognizing the email as not effective,” the lawsuit said. The ...