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

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

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

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 ...

Fong has served for over two decades, under four presidents. She was initially appointed by Republican president George W. Bush.

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

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

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department ... sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the ...

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

Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration, sources ...

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 ...