President Trump fired more than a dozen inspectors general during his first week in office — from departments as varied as the U.S. Small Business Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and ...

The Defense Department’s top watchdog assessed in a report released Thursday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s actions in the “Signalgate” affair “created a risk to operational security,” ...

The Pentagon’s top independent watchdog has determined that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated security protocols and endangered U.S. troops and objectives by using a personal device to share ...

Tensions are running high between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its inspector general, a Trump appointee who is pushing back on agency leadership, claiming they are trying to stifle ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pushed back against her department’s inspector general, who told Congress in a letter that she had “systematically obstructed” his office’s work. By Karoun ...

The investigation comes as administration officials have fielded complaints about how Kristi Noem’s top adviser, Corey Lewandowski, dealt with companies seeking federal contracts. By Hamed Aleaziz ...