Phyllis Fong, the USDA inspector general targeted in Trump's recent 'Friday-night purge,' had been investigating Elon Musk’s ...

A potential clash is rising in the House Natural Resources Committee, where Democrats on the panel are calling for the ...

Phyllis Fong, the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), was removed from her office after refusing ...

Phyllis Fong, the USDA inspector general, was escorted out of her office after disputing her dismissal by the Trump ...

In an email to colleagues on Saturday, reviewed by Reuters, she said the independent Council of the Inspectors General on ...

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

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

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

Phyllis Fong had become a fixture at the USDA, serving in her role for over two decades since she was appointed by George W. Bush.

Sharon Basch is a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law filing occasional dispatches from Washington DC ths semester.  From the moment Donald Trump took office on January 20, one of his ...

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

What better time for the USDA to be without an inspector general—or, worse, some MAGA hack pretending to be one—what with ...