Fraud in pandemic unemployment assistance programs stands at $76 billion, according to congressional testimony from Labor Department Inspector General Larry Turner. That’s a conservative estimate. Another $115 billion mistakenly went to people who should not have received the benefits, according to his testimony. Turner declined AP’s request for ...
A House Oversight subcommittee held a hearing Tuesday on the staffing and morale challenges at the southwest border. Watch the hearing in the player above. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari testified before the House subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs that inadequate staffing to ...
“I’m hopeful that scrutiny from Congress and from the inspector general will deter the FBI from abusing the security clearance process to retaliate against others the way it’s retaliated against me,” Allen told the committee. The FBI, though, has said that of the nearly 80,000 staff ...
... inspections when possible, but also virtual inspections when needed, since those teams are not going to the front lines. In late February, the Pentagon’s inspector general said his office has found no evidence yet that any of the billions of dollars in weapons and aid to Ukraine has been ...
... spoke with the consul. Customs and Border Protection’s internal affairs office will investigate the girls’ death in Texas, and the Homeland Security Department’s inspector general and Harlingen police have been notified, Miller said. Sgt. Larry Moore, a spokesman for the Harlingen Police Department, said he had no information ...
... s exceedingly rare for a U.S. attorney to resign amid ethics concerns, and Rollins' move is an embarrassment for the Justice Department under Attorney General Merrick Garland, who pledged to restore its reputation for political independence after tumultuous years under Republican President Donald Trump. The inspector general's investigation ...
William Brangham: As you mentioned before, the inspector general of the Department of Justice issued a report several years ago that covered a lot of this material. And, then, the FBI and the DOJ had to respond to that. Have they, FBI or DOJ, responded to this revelation today ...
... record and by the fact that many of the seven-year-old episodes it cites were already examined in depth by the Justice Department’s inspector general. The FBI has also long since announced dozens of corrective actions. Still, Durham’s findings are likely to amplify scrutiny of the FBI ...
... control of the district, Disney's board passed restrictive covenants that strip the incoming members of most of their powers, blunting the governor's retaliation. DeSantis has directed the chief inspector general to investigate the Disney board's move and vowed to take additional revenge against the company through legislation.
... exposure. From 2003 through 2012, the United States provided $60.64 billion to fund Iraq's security forces and civilian reconstruction, according to the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Of that total, $20 billion went to funding, equipping, providing uniforms for and training Iraq's security forces. There were ...
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