Former U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspector general Phyllis Fong was not arrested after she was ousted from her ...

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

Since avian flu arrived in the U.S., farmers have killed millions of birds affected by the disease; however, this is standard ...

REUTERS The USDA inspector general has a broad mandate, pursuing consumer food safety, audits and investigations of the Agriculture Department as well as violations of animal welfare laws.

Although it is standard procedure to kill flocks with the outbreak of bird flu, posts on social media twisted the truth.

According to a report from Reuters, she was escorted from the building today by security. Fong is a 22-year veteran of the inspector general office with the USDA. And while that multi-decade career is ...

Former U.S. Department of Agriculture Inspector General Phyllis Fong was fired in January, after 22 years on the job, when the Trump administration dismissed such watchdogs from at least 18 federal ...

An inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture—one of 17 inspectors general summarily fired by President Donald Trump on Jan. 25—was led out of her office on Jan. 27 by police ...

Congress was not given the legally required 30-day notices about the removals, something that even a top Republican decried at the time.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s inspector general says the agency has failed to inspect dog breeders in a timely fashion and failed to ensure that breeders correct the violations for ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - 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 ...