The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia sided with the Trump administration in allowing the immediate removal of Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel while the court battle continues. Dellinger is likely to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

A U.S. judge on Saturday declared President Donald Trump's firing of the head of a federal watchdog agency illegal in an early test of the scope of presidential power likely to be decided at the U.S.

A federal court judge ruled late Saturday that President Trump illegally fired special counsel Hampton Dillinger, a key watchdog for federal employees, and the judge ordered Mr. Trump’s team not to interfere with him in any way.

A federal judge has ruled that the head of a federal watchdog agency must remain in his job, saying President Donald Trump’s bid to remove the special counsel was unlawful.

Hampton Dellinger also sought to halt the firing of some probationary government employees amid the Trump administration’s workforce cuts.

A federal watchdog for government workers is throwing in the towel in his legal fight against President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire him. A day after a federal appeals court panel allowed Trump to proceed with his plan to remove Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger,

Eric Soskin, the former inspector general for the U.S. Department of Transportation, has filed a legal brief in support of President Donald Trump's power to fire inspector generals.

The fired head of a federal watchdog agency said on Thursday he was ending his legal battle over U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to remove him from office after a federal appeals court allowed the White House action.