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 ...
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.
Granholm also came under fire as energy secretary for failing to divulge her husband’s ownership of stock in Ford Motor Co.
The FBI has recorded a sharp spike in complaints that its own agents and employees have engaged in sexual misconduct, ranging ...
Vermont Business Magazine The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on January 28, 2025, Andrew Chaves, 25, of Washington, DC, was sentenced by Chief United States ...
What was seen as outrageous during Trump's first term is seen as normal in his second. A Washington Post columnist recently ...
Trump wants us to go back to the bad old days when the entire executive branch could be hired and fired at the president’s ...
But beyond the immediate policy impacts, there is a broader and more troubling pattern emerging: a flagrant challenge to the ...
Experts fear the president will replace the fired inspectors general with loyalists who will turn a blind eye to malfeasance.
Firing IGs isn’t unprecedented. Ronald Reagan fired 16, rehiring five after congressional criticism. Barack Obama fired one, explaining his actions to Congress after complaints. In his first term, ...
Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) out of her office Monday after she ...
Chicago mayors Brandon Johnson and Lori Lightfoot allegedly did not properly report hundreds of gifts and the inspector general's office is recommending an overhaul to an unwritten agreement dating ...