Watchdogs
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Watchdogs fight to expose FBI payments to social media, 'sweeping' search warrant for Trump ally
FBI repeatedly admitted paying Twitter, other private entities for decades, so it can't assert a wholesale FOIA exemption for law enforcement ops, civil liberties group tells court. Michael Caputo gingerly petitions Judge Boasberg.
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Comer threatens to strip watchdog council's authority over IG misconduct probes
The chairman of the House Oversight Committee has threatened to remove power from an agency tasked with overseeing government watchdogs due to systemic failures.
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After years of requests, feds still won't explain plunge in people taking COVID vax second dose
Administration has repeatedly irked presumed allies on COVID vaccine policy, from its silence on reported 32 million Americans skipping second mRNA dose to convincing Supreme Court to leave alone New York vaccine mandate with no religious exemption.
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Spies Gone Wild: Intel agencies often slow to punish misconduct from guns to grift, watchdog warns
The Intelligence Community Inspector General told Congress that agencies fail to act on alleged wrongdoing because of “tribalism” and because his office has no authority to investigate claims directly.
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Watchdog asks IRS to probe tax-exempt status of NGO tied to China-linked donor
An NGO with ties to China that is alleged to have supported violent riots in America should have its tax-exempt status reviewed, a watchdog says.
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Social Security reform imperative to avoid 34% tax hike, insolvency by 2032, trustees warn
“Unless policymakers act, America’s favorite entitlement program will become its most disgraced,” expert warns.
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Mexican citizen sentenced for conspiring to import nearly 2,000 kg of cocaine into US
DOJ Assistant Attorney General Andrew Tysen Duva believes this level of Mexican DTO importation is the root of the injection of drugs and violence into American communities.
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Who watches the watchdogs? GAO finds agency that polices Inspectors General breaks its own rules
The ancient Romans asked "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" Inspector General independence and IG firings have been a running accountability fight, and this is the watchdog-over-the-watchdogs failing the timeliness and transparency standards it's supposed to enforce, with Congress not being told.
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Decades of research on transgender procedures for kids riddled with errors: critical review
Biden administration was again found to have politicizing gender-identity research, with emails showing it used speculative "family rejection" theory to justify affirmation mandate in foster care regulation despite scientific pushback
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Bar complaint targets Biden DOJ prosecutor's license for 'illegal conduct' in weaponization report
Days after progressive group targets acting AG Todd Blanche's law license for Kilmar Abrego Garcia prosecution, conservative group targets "hyper-partisan ideologue" behind President Biden's abortion protester prosecutions.
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Southern Poverty Law Center education materials surprisingly common in red states, probe finds
Probe finds vast majority of SPLC resources embedded in state, local and other educational entities are publicly posted on their websites. Smithsonian tells 10-year-olds to fight white privilege.
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Schools use copyright laws to deny parents' access to 'intrusive' surveys; One mom wants to stop it
Parents find themselves in a "jurisdictional shell game" just trying to find out which court will hear their challenges to school districts that invoke copyright law to defeat public records requests, her SCOTUS petition says.
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'Gender affirming care' providers openly advertise their insurance billing fraud: report
Several groups coach gender-confused youth how to deceive insurers, skirt Medicaid restrictions by using the wrong codes for their drugs and procedures, Do No Harm says. DOJ asks appeals courts to reinstate subpoenas on providers.