Oversight

Senators in Both Parties Object to FOIA Changes at EPA

A recent change in public information request regulations, effective immediately, vested more power in political appointees.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Using FaceApp on Some 2020 Characters

What will Beto O'Rourke look like with filter that makes his photo seem old?

Tech

Did the U.S. Invent Lyme Disease in the 1960s? The House Aims to Find Out

A decades-old conspiracy theory says Cold War bioweapons research is sickening tens of thousands of Americans a year.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Highlights From Another Trump Campaign Rally

The president said he had 'nothing to do' and basked in, then denounced a new chant.

Oversight

Play of the Day: The President's Bones

In another controversial tweet, Donald Trump said that he doesn't "have a Racist bone in my body!"

Oversight

Play of the Day: Another Eventful Twitter Day With the President

Donald Trump told four members of Congress to "go back…from which they came."

Oversight

Lawmaker Calls for Outside Investigation of Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group

The Homeland Security Department has condemned derogatory comments posted within the group and promised a review of its own.

Oversight

Investigation of Secret Border Patrol Group Launched as New Degrading Facebook Posts Surface

A ProPublica story revealing demeaning posts directed at Latina lawmakers prompted widespread revulsion.

Oversight

Former HUD Executive Indicted in Procurement Fraud Scheme

Eghbal “Eddie” Saffarinia, former assistant inspector general for IT, allegedly steered contracts to a friend’s company and failed to disclose cash payments.

Management

OPM Still Lacks Legal Analysis of Proposed Merger with GSA

Lawmakers in both parties expressed outrage at the lack of documents provided to support the Trump administration’s proposal.

Oversight

Special Counsel Defends Career Staff as Panel Subpoenas Trump Counselor Over Hatch Act Violations

Kellyanne Conway’s no-show at a House hearing prompts partisan-tinged questioning of Special Counsel Henry Kerner.

Oversight

Play of the Day: The Military Was 'Cocked and Loaded'

The president made upa new phrase to describe potential U.S. strikes against Iran.