Breaking News: President Trump effectively ousted the head of a watchdog panel overseeing how his administration spends trillions in coronavirus relief funds.

View in browser | nytimes.com   BREAKING NEWS President Trump effectively ousted the head of a watchdog panel overseeing how his administration spends trillions in coronavirus relief funds. Tuesday, April 7, 2020 1:08 PM EST The official, Glenn A. Fine, has been the acting Defense Department inspector general since before Mr. Trump took office. Last week, an umbrella group of agency inspectors general across the executive branch named him the chairman of a new Pandemic Response Accountability Committee with control of an $80 million budget to police how the government carries out the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill. But Mr. Trump has now abruptly named a different federal official — Sean O’Donnell, the Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general — to be the acting Defense Department inspector general. Read the latest   ADVERTISEMENT You received this email because you signed up for NYTimes.com's Breaking News Alerts. To stop receiving these emails, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences. Subscribe to the Times Get the NYT app Change Your Email Privacy Policy Contact Advertise The New York Times Company, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018