The inspectors general for at least 17 agencies were terminated in late January, with one such official receiving a letter ...

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

Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she ...

The next Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons must immediately address pressing issues that have plagued the agency for ...

While many were sleeping late last Friday, the White House informed 17 inspectors general (IGs) that their services were no ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Both comments were striking ... A 1988 opinion from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel concluded that “arguments in favor ...

The exact role of this department, which is known as DOGE, remains uncertain. Led by Elon Musk, this 18-month agenda within the Executive Office ... general, the Inspector General Act of 1978 ...

Then President Donald Trump declared in 2020 that, “Everybody agrees that I have the absolute right to fire the inspector generals,” after firing the State Department Inspector General in the ...

One Inspector General challenged the order. Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the US Department of Agriculture ... Trump’s take over of the Justice Department and the FBI makes it even ...

Council’s plea was entered before U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson in the District of Columbia. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and up to three years ...