Hampton Dellinger, who had headed the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, in a statement said he was ending his lawsuit in light ...

A federal watchdog for government workers is throwing in the towel in his legal fight against President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire him.

An appeals court has removed the head of a federal watchdog agency in the latest twist in a legal fight over Republican ...

The fired head of a federal watchdog agency says he's dropping his legal battle over his removal by President Donald Trump.

The 1978 federal law that created the Office of Special Counsel protected the job from firing for anything other than "inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office," but the Trump ...

A U.S. appeals court has sided with the administration in allowing the removal of Hampton Dellinger from the Office of Special Counsel. The office investigates actions like whistleblower retaliation.

President Trump got a victory in federal appeals court Wednesday when a judge cleared the way for him to fire Hampton ...

A Washington, D.C., appeals court has permitted President Donald Trump to remove the head of a federal watchdog agency amid ...

In a two-page order, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Trump administration's request to lift a lower court’s ...

A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump to fire the head of a watchdog agency responsible for ...

The order gives the Trump administration a temporary ability to remove Hampton Dellinger from his special counsel post while his lawsuit plays out.