Watchdogs
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DOJ probe of science journals' lab-leak quid pro quo, misrepresentation broader than thought
Then-interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin sent the letters, which said journals were "conceding that they are partisans in various scientific debates," to a dozen publications, public records show. He recently left DOJ for midterm push.
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CIA notes show FDA chief-turned-Pfizer board member saw race between herd immunity, COVID vaccine
Scott Gottlieb estimated 20-25% infected and three transmissions per infected person in May 2020, yet kept lowballing infection rate in public for months. "According to their own math," herd immunity would beat vaccine, watchdog says.
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From 'measles-associated' deaths to new COVID vaccines, doubts mount based on absence of evidence
Pennsylvania governor criticized across the poltical spectrum for overstating certainty, hiding information about deaths he attributes to being unvaccinated. FDA lets Pfizer off the hook from its commitments from last COVID vaccine approval.
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Tax-deductible 'charities' served as pipelines to Democrat voter registration: report
Hundreds of millions of dollars in tax-deductible donations, subsidized by every other taxpayer, were effectively underwriting partisan election work that the tax code says charities can't do.
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Watchdog wants Jack Smith team clearances pulled over alleged security lapses
The group raises the question of whether the same Justice Department officials who prosecuted Trump for mishandling classified information may have committed similar security lapses themselves, going to the heart of whether the law was applied evenhandedly.
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Watchdog says as much as 74% of federal grant spending in 2024 was untraceable to local levels
The report released Tuesday revealed that many federal assistance programs didn't accurately track their spending, explain specific uses of funds or report location data in 2024.
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GAO warns VA still faces major hurdles as agency looks to use AI in disability claims process
The VA administered more than $195 billion in disability compensation to more than 6.9 million veterans and their families during fiscal year 2025, making it one of the federal government’s largest benefit programs
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Social Security mistakenly reported more than 12,000 Americans as dead in 2025, and fumbled fixes
In at least one percent of the errant cases, the agency didn’t even restore Social Security benefits to the still-living living citizens.
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Watchdogs fight to expose FBI payments to social media, 'sweeping' search warrant for Trump ally
FBI repeatedly admitted paying Twitter, other private entities for decades, so it can't assert a wholesale FOIA exemption for law enforcement ops, civil liberties group tells court. Michael Caputo gingerly petitions Judge Boasberg.
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Comer threatens to strip watchdog council's authority over IG misconduct probes
The chairman of the House Oversight Committee has threatened to remove power from an agency tasked with overseeing government watchdogs due to systemic failures.
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After years of requests, feds still won't explain plunge in people taking COVID vax second dose
Administration has repeatedly irked presumed allies on COVID vaccine policy, from its silence on reported 32 million Americans skipping second mRNA dose to convincing Supreme Court to leave alone New York vaccine mandate with no religious exemption.
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Spies Gone Wild: Intel agencies often slow to punish misconduct from guns to grift, watchdog warns
The Intelligence Community Inspector General told Congress that agencies fail to act on alleged wrongdoing because of “tribalism” and because his office has no authority to investigate claims directly.
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Watchdog asks IRS to probe tax-exempt status of NGO tied to China-linked donor
An NGO with ties to China that is alleged to have supported violent riots in America should have its tax-exempt status reviewed, a watchdog says.