The Trump administration has removed the U.S. Justice Department's senior career ethics official from his post, according to a person familiar with the matter, in an action likely to stoke fears about whether the department will be able to remain insulated from political pressures and conflicts,

More than a dozen officials who worked on the criminal investigations into Donald Trump have been fired, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Donald Trump's administration fired at least a dozen federal inspectors general overnight, according to the BBC's US partner, CBS. Inspectors general look for waste, fraud, abuse and misconduct in federal agencies, and they would monitor Trump's agencies and appointees.