And what the seemingly illegal mass firings could mean for the future of independent agencies in the federal government.

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 ...

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

The U.S. Department of Agriculture responded on Wednesday to reports claiming the agency’s former inspector general was ...

The former inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was reportedly escorted out of her office Monday after she "refused to comply" with her termination – though the USDA denies ...

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