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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the department, had earlier told colleagues that she intended to stay after the White ...

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 ...

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

Security officials escorted USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong from her office today after she defied a White House firing to go to work, Reuters reported.Fong said she didn’t believe the ...

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