Watchdogs
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Wikipedia trashes Hegseth, Patel, Gabbard, censors their pages after Trump nominations: report
Defense secretary's medals disappear from his page, FBI director gets lengthy new section on "promotion of conspiracy theories." DOGE Subcommittee summons ex-Wikimedia Foundation chief for hearing.
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DEI training not 'trade secret' exempt from public disclosure, appeals court tells school district
DEI director developed materials before joining Pennsylvania school district but uses them for other clients, and accepting his legal reasoning "would have set a dangerous precedent," lawyer for requester says.
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Federal watchdog warns fraudsters diverting taxpayer money from Medicare and Medicaid
The schemes targeting contractors and state agencies diverted nearly $27 million from the federal health programs that have been a target for fraudsters.
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Judge orders CDC to quickly turn over millions of COVID vaccine-injury reports by early patients
Agency grossly overstated how burdensome redaction process would be, ignored automated tools common in legal discovery, Trump appointee says. Former NIH director's recent apology shows continuing relevance of data.
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Federal watchdog to probe Defense Department's handling of Secretary Austin's hospitalization
Inspector General Robert Storch said the objective of the review is to "examine the roles, processes, procedures, responsibilities and actions related to the Secretary of Defense’s hospitalization."
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Fauci answers 'not recall' over 100 times, reveals 'drastic and systemic' failures, House chair says
Fauci reveals 'drastic and systemic failures' during congressional testimony, Rep. Wenstrup says
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Feds hide anti-white discrimination complaints, names of policy architects from FOIA suits
EEOC won't release its own employees' complaints against the workplace discrimination watchdog, to protect them from "embarrassment, say former Trump Education Department lawyer Hans Bader.
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Watchdog sounds alarm about military health system shortages
The average wait time for a urology appointment in-network in Hawaii is 67 days while a psychiatry appointment has an average of 52 days wait time, per the report.
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Power plant construction in U.S. Baghdad embassy was over budget, violated federal rules: watchdog
The multimillion dollar construction of the power plant at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq has come under scrutiny by the State Department's inspector general at a time when the U.S. presence in Iraq is being threatened by renewed anti-American sentiment.
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Liberal 'dark money' groups gave millions to SCOTUS watchdogs targeting Alito, Thomas, docs show
Arabella Advisors, which spent more than $1 billion last year on liberal causes, is currently being investigated by the D.C., attorney general.
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State Department won't work with US government's Afghanistan watchdog, inspector general says
"The State Department has basically obfuscated, delayed reports … ordered their employees not to talk to us," Sopko said.
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U.S. watchdogs warn of dangers of aid to Hamas-controlled Gaza, detail how Taliban diverted money
The USAID inspector general has warned of the possibility of U.S. humanitarian aid to Gaza being diverted to benefit Hamas. This is a long-running problem, especially in light of past U.S. aid diverted to the Taliban in Afghanistan, through the creation of fraudulent NGOs and co-opting UN facilities by force.
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'Zero tolerance': Unchecked harassment of Jews prompts financial threats against elite colleges
Georgetown suspends new academic hire, says it didn't know of her years of antisemitic comments. Online traces disappearing for Harvard students reported to FBI for alleged assault of Jewish peer.