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

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 ...

USDA and other agencies need closer oversight as the Trump administration purges inspectors general, Senate Agriculture Chair ...

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

A 22-year veteran of the department—which has a broad mandate to investigate food safety and animal welfare—Fong’s office has ...

Trump broke the law last Friday night when he summarily fired 18 inspectors general and ignored the 1978 law that requires giving 30 days notice to the Congress and providing cause for such actions.

Government inspectors documented unsanitary conditions at several Boar’s Head deli meat plants, not just the factory that was ...

Whenever an epic national disaster happens, Congressional squabbling over relief funds is certain to follow as it undoubtedly ...

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

Israel delayed the release of 110 Palestinian prisoners for several hours after broadcast images showed crowds jostling and cheering in Gaza as Israeli and Thai hostages were handed over to the Red ...