Watchdogs
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‘Transgender ideology' violence plan pushes FBI to fight 'eliminationist' rhetoric like against Jews
The FBI's proposed domestic-terrorism category, "Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violence and Extremism," would build on frameworks for radical Islam, antisemitism, Oversight Project says. Transgender motivation in examples is muddled.
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Intel watchdog ignored Russiagate whistleblower’s reports of abuses by spy agencies, new memo shows
The treatment of the reports contrasts with the watchdog’s handling of the whistleblower complaint that spurred the 2019 impeachment of President Trump.
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Judicial Watch receives partial manifesto of Nashville transgender shooter Audrey Hale
Judicial Watch claimed the new pages, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, detailed Hale's "violent thoughts, the targeting and planning of the shooting attack on The Covenant School, and transgender-related obsessions."
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Nonprofit aid agencies raise money off of Israel war, often side with Palestinian narratives
There has been evidence that Hamas has been stealing the civilian aid, the State Department said.
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Cuba spent years training anti-Israel activists behind campus protests
Multiple organizers have close ties to the communist country.
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Associated Press under fire for calling antisemitic anti-Israel demonstrations 'anti-war' protests
Ayaan Hirsi Ali called on news outlets to stop referring to the "insurrection underway on our university campuses as Pro Palestinian protests."
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VA put veterans’ safety at risk with bungled roll out of new health records platform, probe finds
Despite some fixes, internal watchdog warns there are still "unmitigated high-risk patient safety issues" related to prescriptions and health records.
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Naked censorship? Google threatens to demonetize Wall Street watchdog as GOP targets ad collusion
Global Alliance for Responsible Media may be violating "U.S. antitrust laws and congressional intent by coordinating GARM members’ efforts to demonetize and eliminate disfavored content online," House Judiciary says.
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Education Department faces FOIA lawsuit over alleged scheme to pay students for election activity
While the new proposal does not appear to directly allow federal work-study money to be used in partisan political activities, critics have said it still violates federal law.
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Bureau of Prisons 'deficiencies' behind 'many inmate deaths,' watchdog finds
The watchdog studied inmate deaths resulting from suicide, homicide, accidents and unknown factors from fiscal year 2014 through 2021.
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Uvalde school shooting response had 'no urgency,' plagued with 'cascading failures': DOJ report
The shooter was in the school for 77 minutes before his rampage was stopped.
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US military equipment monitoring updates in Ukraine not to go into effect until late 2025: Watchdog
While it is unclear when some watchdog measures will go into effect, others will not be implemented until at least September 2025, the report states.
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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.