A group of nearly 40 Senate Democrats is calling on President Trump to reinstate all of the inspectors general (IG) he fired in one night last week, arguing the decision does not comply with ...

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

First created among the post-Watergate government reforms aimed at increasing oversight and decreasing corruption and ...

New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang told Newsweek that "there should be public outrage" at the dismissal of federal IGs.

The White House removed the independent inspectors general of nearly every Cabinet-level agency including the Agriculture ...

President Donald Trump’s firings sets up another major legal clash over Congress’ power to put limits on the removal of ...

One Harvard Law School professor was skeptical that the removal of the inspectors general was not legally allowed -- but he did point to other provisions of the Inspector General Act that would ...

While many were sleeping late last Friday, the White House informed 17 inspectors general (IGs) that their services were no ...

There are legal constraints in place that are designed to prevent many of the president's recent firings. So why is Trump making the moves anyway?

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

The president’s freeze on federal funds, fake buyout offers, and effort to fire inspector generals are about daring Democrats to try to stop him ...

By firing key watchdogs inside the federal government, Trump gave away his game. He's not fighting waste, he's protecting his own hide.