Oregon Congresswoman Maxine Dexter (OR-03) is calling for a hearing after President Donald Trump fired more than a dozen inspectors general — raising concerns about the future of government ...

The organization led by the world's richest man is forcing dismissals of high-ranking officials from the Treasury, Education, ...

Dr. Emilio Esteban is leaving the USDA to take a job with Mérieux NutriSciences as Chief Scientific Officer for its North America division and head of its ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Trump executive order that reclassifies career civil servants risks politicizing thousands of government jobs, critics say.

The first Trump administration's strategy caused a "brain drain" and a generational blow to American agricultural research.