Watchdogs
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Watchdog files misconduct complaint against Biden’s doctor over cancer diagnosis
The group argues the former president’s doctor erred by either failing to administer a cancer test while Biden was in office or by leaving the diagnosis out of his official report.
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Watchdog finds Border Patrol failed to screen possible terror-linked aliens, lacks a uniform policy
The finding comes after suspected terrorists from a sensitive region were arrested last year after successfully crossing the border. The Inspector General overseeing DHS repeatedly warned of failures to vet Afghan refugees, but the Biden administration ignored him.
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Senate panel probes whether federal scientist destroyed COVID records sought by Congress
Senate panel is trying to determine why the feds delayed telling doctors for months about heart-inflammation risks from COVID vaccines.
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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.
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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.