Judge Keeps US Watchdog Official Targeted by Trump

Judge keeps US watchdog official targeted by Trump in job, for now
A federal judge has allowed the head of a U.S. watchdog agency targeted for dismissal by Donald Trump to remain in his job for at least two more weeks as she considers whether the Republican president has the power to fire him.
Judge to Trump-terminated ethics watchdog: You’re un-fired
A federal judge reined in President Donald Trump’s firing spree Monday, ruling that a federal ethics watchdog can return to his job for at least a few days while the judge receives more detailed legal arguments about the case.
Government watchdogs fired by Trump sue his administration and ask a judge to reinstate them
Eight government watchdogs have sued over their mass firing that removed oversight of President Donald Trump's new administration. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Washington asks a judge to declare the firings unlawful and
Government watchdogs fired by Trump sue to get their jobs back
Eight inspectors general whom Donald Trump fired from their federal agency watchdog posts are suing for their jobs back, adding to the legal scrutiny over Trump’s first weeks of decisions in the White House and raising questions about his political intentions.
Federal watchdogs fired by Trump urge court to reinstate them
Eight federal watchdogs, abruptly fired last month by Donald Trump, are suing to get their jobs back, saying Trump broke the law by failing to give Congress a 30-day heads up and concrete explanation for the dismissals.
US government watchdogs sue Trump over mass sackings
Congress was not given the legally required 30-day notices about the removal of the inspectors general – something that a top Republican decried.
Musk’s DOGE is shuttering a consumer watchdog which may clear the way for him to turn X into a payments platform, think tank boss says
Elon Musk's DOGE wants to "delete" an agency that could have directly regulated one of his businesses. Think tank leaders are ...
Financial firms hated US consumer watchdog, but rapid unraveling creates limbo
At a JPMorgan townhall meeting on Wednesday, CEO Jamie Dimon was asked whether the Trump administration's decision to ...
Watchdog agency’s closure could lead to more military financial scams
The White House moved to close the Consumer Financial Protection Board, which fielded 100,000 consumer complaints every month ...
Chicago mayor's office gives inside look at 'gift room' after watchdog report flagged ethical concerns
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson released a 20-second video showing the inside of the city's "gift room" in an attempt at ...
U.K. Competition Watchdog Targets Faster M&A Reviews
The U.K.’s competition regulator plans to speed up its reviews of large deals in response to pressure to help boost the ...
Democrats vow to fight shutdown of consumer watchdog agency
A group of 191 House and Senate Democrats sent a letter to Russell Vought, the newly installed director of the Office of ...
What eliminating the nation’s top consumer watchdog means for home buyers and renters. ‘It’s open season.’
The Trump administration appears to be shuttering the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a government agency that has ...
Watchdog warns Trump’s dismantling of vetting at USAID means US money could reach terror groups
The Trump administration’s dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and its sweeping freeze on ...
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Top NIH Official Forced Out; Trump Sued by Fired HHS Watchdog; E. Coli Vaccine Flops
The FDA approved brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) in combination with lenalidomide (Revlimid) and rituximab for relapsed or ...
Proposal for Minnesota state government watchdog agency gets bipartisan support
The new department would conduct inspections, evaluations and investigations of state agencies and programs to identify fraud ...
Elizabeth Warren has grave concerns about Elon Musk gutting her consumer watchdog
About a year before the subprime mortgage meltdown brought the global financial system to its knees, a Harvard Law School professor made the case for launching a new regulator to protect consumers ...