Phyllis Fong, the former inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture who was recently fired by the Trump White House, was reportedly escorted out of her office Monday.
White House reporter for the Washington Examiner, Christian Datoc, asked the final question at this term's first WH press briefing about the increasing cost of eggs. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt answered: "We also have seen the cost of everything -- not just eggs,
The Trump White House says former President Joe Biden, and his handling of the bird flu epidemic, is to blame for skyrocketing egg prices.
President Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt held her first White House briefing Tuesday, fielding questions from reporters for just more than 45 minutes. The press secretary announced some
Brooke Rollins, the president’s nominee to lead the Agriculture Department, appeared before the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday.
Leavitt said the Biden administration and the U.S. Agriculture Department "directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens, which has led to a lack of chicken supply in this country, therefore a lack of egg supply, which is leading to the shortage."
What better time for the USDA to be without an inspector general—or, worse, some MAGA hack pretending to be one—what with bird flu decimating cattle and poultry, and leaping between species to 67 people?
New legislation Hinson introduced, called the Swamp Act, would move federal agency headquarters out of Washington, D.C. She said she's happy to speak to Congress members about where different agencies make sense. Hinson co-sponsored the legislation with Democratic Rep. Jared Golden from Maine.
Less than a fortnight in office, President Donald Trump has quickly targeted federal employees in his attempt to remake the government in his own image, using the politics of revenge.