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Senate Dems ask for Homeland Security hearing over inspectors general firing

The Hill

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Eight government watchdogs have filed a lawsuit challenging their mass firing, which eliminated key oversight of President Donald Trump's administration.
Newsweek
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The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Washington asks a judge to declare the firings unlawful and restore the inspectors general to their positions at the agencies.
Hindustan Times
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Presidents can remove inspectors general, but the Trump administration did not give Congress a legally required 30-day notice, something that even a top Republican decried.
Time
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The eight were part of a group of over a dozen IGs who were notified they were being fired "due to changing priorities" in a two-sentence email from the Office of Presidential Personnel four days after Trump was sworn into office.
NBC News

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