Accountability
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Five stories Democrats told during Trump’s 2019 Ukraine impeachment have fallen apart
Years of belated bombshells have eroded most of the narrative Democrats sold to America, from the credibility of the initial whistleblower to Joe Biden's claims.
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Watchdog GAO estimates fraud costs taxpayers between $233 billion and $521 billion annually
The GAO warns that "all federal programs and operations are at risk of fraud." Local news outlets report that Minnesota alone could be responsible for fraud in Minnesota social services and Medicaid programs exceeding $9 billion.
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University of North Carolina vaguely 'retract[s]' threat of punishment for April Fools' Day satire
University still won't clarify whether it ever investigated student-run comedy show, or specify which "portions" of its jawboning statement it's retracting. Student newspaper editors were "browbeaten into submission," FIRE says.
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COVID-19 emergency relief? USDA to spend $10.2M to test composting plans to cut fertilizer use
Department also to award $250 million in new grants this summer to promote fertilizer production domestically.
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Whistleblowers can’t be muzzled under new Washington law
New law bans nondisclosure and nondisparagement agreements between employers and employees.
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Fox News viewers tuning out January 6 hearings, ratings show
Fox did not air the only primetime presentation of the committee hearings.
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Hinckley apologizes for assassination attempt on Reagan four decades ago, expresses 'true remorse'
Hinckley was released this month from all court oversight
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Energy Secretary Granholm violated Hatch Act by encouraging votes for Democrats during interview
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, an independent federal agency
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Conservative think tank emerges as haven for scholars facing repeated campus investigation
Manhattan Institute adds Harvard's Roland Fryer, Georgetown Law's Ilya Shapiro a week apart. Nascent University of Austin gives second chance to Portland State's Peter Boghossian, Princeton's Joshua Katz at inaugural summer program.
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LA Times columnist asks if California is 'ready' for more legal black gun owners post-SCOTUS ruling
The author implied the NRA and GOP politicians are racist
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Revived by appeals court, lawsuit against FBI informant illuminates Russia probe's weakness
Russian-born academic Svetlana Lokhova alleges FBI confidential human source Stefan Halper defamed her, injured her business opportunities. Halper denies it, seeks dismissal.
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Top Republican signals 2023 investigative focus: Biden 'compromised' by son's business deals
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the likely chairman of the House Oversight Committee, also plans to investigate Biden administration effort to disperse illegal aliens across the country as illegal human trafficking.
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Former USA Today editor says company retaliated after he claimed that only women can get pregnant
Writer says company “corporate wokism replaced intellectually diverse voices” on opinion pages