Topic: Shirley Sherrod

A former U.S. Agriculture Department employee is trying to have journalist Andrew Breitbart's widow substituted as a defendant in a defamation suit.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said former official Shirley Sherrod would be working with the agency again as a contract employee.

A high-profile defamation suit by a former Agriculture Department official against a prominent conservative blogger may test the role of libel laws in the brave new world of the Internet, as one newspaper writer suggests.

A former U.S. Agriculture Department employee forced to resign over what turned out to be a misleading video is suing the conservative blogger who posted it.

E-mails show the White House was involved in Shirley Sherrod's ouster from the U.S. Department of Agriculture after a conservative Web site attacked her.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack offered to resign from his position in the wake of the Shirley Sherrod controversy, Politico reported Wednesday.

Former U.S. Agriculture Department Administrator Shirley Sherrod said Tuesday she has decided not to accept a new job as head of an outreach office.

Shirley Sherrod, the ousted U.S. Agriculture Department official, said she has reconciled with the NAACP.

Shirley Sherrod, the U.S. Agriculture Department employee fired July 19, said Thursday she will sue the blogger who edited the video that led to her dismissal.

U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday admitted his administration acted hastily in demanding the resignation of a USDA official who was quoted out of context.