Former U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspector general Phyllis Fong was not arrested after she was ousted from her role, a spokesperson for the USDA has said. The USDA inspector general ...

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 ...

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 ...

A post shared on Facebook claims the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps purportedly arrested U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Inspector General Phyllis Fong. The USDA denied ...

It’s not immediately clear whether the firings are legal, as the Trump administration is required to give a 30-day notice.

President Trump has fired several independent government watchdogs. They're now sharing warnings about what it could mean for ...

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

USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong ordered the mass extermination of healthy poultry in 2024, citing "mutating bird flu," in order to artificially inflate poultry and egg prices in the U.S. Rating: ...

Eight government watchdogs have sued over their mass firing that removed oversight of President Donald Trump’s new administration.

(USDA photo courtesy of Bailing Out Benji) 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 ...