WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House fired the inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday. That’s according to U.S. officials familiar with the dismissal but not authorized to comment publicly. It comes a day after the watchdog’s office released a report warning that the Trump administration’s shutdown of the agency had made it all but impossible to monitor $8.2 billion in humanitarian funds. One of the officials said the White House gave no reason for the firing. Inspectors general are typically independently funded watchdogs attached to government agencies and tasked with rooting out waste, fraud and abuse.
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