What is an inspector general and what do they do?
On October 12, 1978, Congress passed the Inspector General Act, which established twelve Federal Offices of Inspector General tasked with rooting out fraud and waste and providing non-partisan ...
White House fires USAID inspector general after funding oversight warning, officials say
The dismissal comes a day after the inspector general's office warned that the Trump administration's dismantling of the ...
Trump fires USAID inspector general after report critical of funding freeze
The USAID inspector general did his job and did it well. For his trouble, the White House fired him. The move was quickly labeled the “ midnight massacre .” Late on a Friday night, in the first week ...
Senate Dems slam USAID inspector general’s firing as doing more harm than good on curbing waste
A pair of Senate Democrats slammed President Trump’s firing of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) ...
USAID Controversy Live Updates: Judge Orders Trump Administration To Temporarily Restore Foreign Aid Funding
12:30 a.m. Feb. 14 On Thursday night, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore USAID’s funding ...
White House fires USAID inspector general after warning about funding oversight, officials say
A new lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of stiffing U.S. businesses of hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid bills ...
Who is Paul Martin? USAID watchdog fired after blasting Trump and Musk's DOGE in crucial report
Paul Martin, the USAID Inspector General, was fired on Tuesday, a day after he issued a dire warning against Trump and Musk's ...
USAID shutdown would halt research grants to state universities
If the Trump administration succeeds in shutting down the federal United States Agency for International Development, known ...