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 ...

In 2022, the inspector general’s office launched an investigation of Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, which ...

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

Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the department, had earlier told colleagues that she intended to stay after the White ...

Phyllis Fong, the USDA inspector general targeted in Trump's recent 'Friday-night purge,' had been investigating Elon Musk’s ...

Phyllis Fong, the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was escorted out of her office on Monday by ...

What better time for the USDA to be without an inspector general—or, worse, some MAGA hack pretending to be one—what with ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...