Accountability
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Iowa AG asks EPA if taxpayer funds supported environmental group's work in China
Letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin asks whether federal grants to the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) financed projects involving the Chinese government and organizations connected to it.
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Federal prosecutors charge 5 people in an ongoing investigation of 'ghost students' fraud
Alleged scammers used fake or stolen identities to enroll in classes online. From there, the accused scammers secure student-aid grants and loans before disappearing.
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Multiple Minnesota locations raided amid fraud investigations
Fraud investigations are ongoing throughout taxpayer-funded programs in Minnesota in a scandal that rocked the Walz administration.
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When racial justice becomes lucrative: Al Sharpton's $1 million compensation
Al Sharpton drew $1,046,948 in compensation in 2018, a fourfold rise since the Black Lives Matter movement started and well above executives at similar organizations.
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MSNBC producer quits, says job 'forces skilled journalists to make bad decisions'
Producer becomes third major news industry figure to depart in a month over toxic media culture, following Bari Weiss and Andrew Sullivan.
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YouTube restricts conservative livestream on BLM with crime expert Heather Mac Donald
The 40-minute talk generated thousands of views, says Powerline blogger John Hinderaker, who hosted the event. An hour later, the YouTube version of the event vanished, and he received a note from the platform saying the talk got flagged for review and was found to be in violation of YouTube’s guidelines.
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'That's awful.' Lisa Page's FBI text on Black Live Matters conflicts with MSNBC's embrace
When an FBI lawyer, Page texted disdain for black activist group's protest at White House. Now she works for a network that embraces the group.
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Navy SEALs investigating staged episode where military dogs attack Kaepernick impersonator
Navy condemns staged event in January 2019, which involved private museum and intimated K9s were attacking Kaepernick impersonator because he didn't stand for anthem.
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After Flynn unmaskings, U.S. intel won't answer whether agencies spy on Congress
ODNI recently refused to answer if U.S. spy agencies monitor lawmakers, saying any admission could reveal methods.
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Murdoch's son James resigns from publisher board over content disagreements
James Murdoch is the more liberal of Rupert Murdoch's sons.
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Tech hub Obama, Biden and Clinton helped Russia build set off U.S. intelligence alarms
DOD, FBI warned of Skolkovo espionage operation by Russia before 2016 election, according to new book.
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Famed whistleblower lawyer: More confidentiality, less politics key to exposing wrongdoing
Whistleblowing in America has come a long way since the first legal protections were passed in 1778, attorney Steve Kohn says.
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Full D.C. appeals court to review dismissal of Flynn case, overriding court's three-judge panel
The panel ruled Judge Emmet Sullivan must suspend his plans to hold a hearing examining the DOJ's decision to drop the charges against Michael Flynn