Watchdogs
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Liberal 'dark money' groups gave millions to SCOTUS watchdogs targeting Alito, Thomas, docs show
Arabella Advisors, which spent more than $1 billion last year on liberal causes, is currently being investigated by the D.C., attorney general.
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State Department won't work with US government's Afghanistan watchdog, inspector general says
"The State Department has basically obfuscated, delayed reports … ordered their employees not to talk to us," Sopko said.
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U.S. watchdogs warn of dangers of aid to Hamas-controlled Gaza, detail how Taliban diverted money
The USAID inspector general has warned of the possibility of U.S. humanitarian aid to Gaza being diverted to benefit Hamas. This is a long-running problem, especially in light of past U.S. aid diverted to the Taliban in Afghanistan, through the creation of fraudulent NGOs and co-opting UN facilities by force.
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'Zero tolerance': Unchecked harassment of Jews prompts financial threats against elite colleges
Georgetown suspends new academic hire, says it didn't know of her years of antisemitic comments. Online traces disappearing for Harvard students reported to FBI for alleged assault of Jewish peer.
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Jim Jordan demands Big Tech turn over records of 'unacceptable' DOJ surveillance targeting Congress
Demands come after Just the News revealed Republican and Democrat congressional staff were notified their phone records taken five years ago.
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Emails show how feds coalesced around Russia, QAnon to dismiss Hunter Biden laptop
FOIA revelations and new litigation give ammunition to GOP lawmakers' efforts to rein in Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
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DHS cybersecurity agency immediately flagged Hunter Biden laptop story: emails
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency shared New York Post report internally same day it was published. "CISA makes the 'Disinformation Governance Board' look tame," House Judiciary GOP says.
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Watchdog files complaint over photo revealing identities of Delta Force soldiers
The photo was on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for several hours before it was removed.
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Arizona State DEI training violates state law, uses copyright to hide requirements, watchdog warns
Taxpayer-funded school is withholding "test materials" and "correct" answer guides for "Inclusive Communities" employee training. Cronkite School of Journalism silent on ASU hiding its DEI course materials.
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Justice Department says New Jersey violated Constitution by 'failing' veterans in state-run homes
The facilities saw significant numbers of deaths from 2020 through 2022.
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3M fined more than $6.5 million for wooing Chinese government officials with overseas trips
The Chinese subsidiary of 3M paid nearly $1 million to fund at least 24 trips, the SEC said.
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Stanford accused of rebooting CIA mind-control project with 'news source trustworthiness ratings'
Numerical ratings get around scalability problem of fact-checking, researchers say. By creating "the appearance of having done a fact-check, it's deliberately fraudulent," former State Department cyber official says.
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State Department hides vast majority of emails in FOIA suit about funding disinformation group
Feds must show "reasonably foreseeable harm from disclosure" to keep secret the internal discussions that may explain State Department relationship with Global Disinformation Index, FOIA plaintiff says.