1 day ago · 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 ...

1 day ago · WASHINGTON (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 Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the department, had earlier told colleagues that she intended to stay after the White …

2 days ago · Investing.com -- Phyllis Fong, the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was escorted out of her office on Monday by security agents, according to a Wednesday report by Reuters.

5 days ago · WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's late-night firing of inspectors general at multiple government agencies was criticized as illegal on Saturday by Democrats and others and drew ...

2 days ago · Among the 17 inspectors general that Trump fired last Friday (Jan. 24), at least three were in agencies that directly or indirectly oversee the food & beverage industry. Those fired include Phyllis Fong, USDA inspector, who was nominated by President George W. Bush and had been on the job for 22 years; Christi Grimm in the Dept. of Health and Human Services, parent …

5 days ago · The dismissals began Friday night, according to two people cited by The Associated Press. An email sent by one of the fired inspectors general said "roughly 17" inspectors general had been removed.

The U.S. Agriculture Department's independent inspector will review a farmer-funded soybean checkoff program that has been criticized by a soybean group as being mismanaged and wasting money, the...

Mar 9, 2023 · Prominent California attorney Lisa Bloom and her law firm will pay more than $274,000 to resolve claims that they gave the U.S. government false information in connection …

Dec 6, 2022 · The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Inspector General’s office opened the probe at the request of a federal prosecutor, Reuters reported, citing sources.

Dec 5 (Reuters) - Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a medical device company, is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is...