Eight of the federal agency watchdogs abruptly fired by President Trump last month filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging their terminations. Why it matters: The group of inspectors general argue that ...

WASHINGTON—Eight inspectors general fired by President Trump in late January filed a lawsuit against the administration Wednesday alleging their termination violated the law, adding to dozens of ...

After Trump in his first term fired numerous watchdogs whose work had been critical of his administration, Congress amended the Inspector General Act in 2022 to strengthen procedural safeguards on ...

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Eight inspectors general whom Donald Trump fired from their federal agency watchdog posts are suing for their jobs back, ...

Turner of Labor and Hannibal Ware of the Small Business Administration. Four days after returning to office, Trump fired 17 independent inspectors general at government agencies and did not give ...

Government Watchdogs Fired ... Trump's new administration. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Washington asks a judge to declare the firings unlawful and restore the inspectors ...

Eight former inspectors general fired by President Donald Trump filed ... defended the mass firings last month, saying the Trump administration would "win in court" when asked if the actions ...

There’s reason to believe that a negative report from an IG would be viewed as disloyal and cause for termination.

The lawsuit comes amid a flurry of other suits against the Trump administration ... around a quarter of inspectors general from federal agencies were fired. The White House has defended the ...

Trump fired an additional inspector general at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Tuesday after he released a report about the effects of the administration’s ongoing efforts ...

Eight inspectors general who were fired by Donald Trump are suing the federal government over what they allege are "unlawful and unjustified purported termination[s]." ...