• Special prosecutor harshly criticizes FBI's Trump-Russia investigation but no new charges

    Special prosecutor harshly criticizes FBI's Trump-Russia investigation but no new charges

    May 15, 2023 07:50 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Florida Board of Education expands 'Don't Say Gay' classroom ban to all grades

    Florida Board of Education expands 'Don't Say Gay' classroom ban to all grades

    Apr 19, 2023 05:04 PM EST

    ... 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.

  • Why U.S. forces remain in Iraq 20 years after 'shock and awe'

    Why U.S. forces remain in Iraq 20 years after 'shock and awe'

    Mar 15, 2023 09:59 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Cohen to testify before grand jury investigating hush money payments made on Trump's behalf

    Cohen to testify before grand jury investigating hush money payments made on Trump's behalf

    Mar 13, 2023 01:42 PM EST

    ... wait and see.” Tacopina is also accusing the Manhattan district attorney’s office of prosecutorial misconduct, writing in a letter to New York City's inspector general that prosecutors are engaging in a “blatant and unconstitutional” attempt to hamper Trump’s chances in the 2024 presidential election. Tacopina is asking ...

  • WATCH: Pentagon reports no evidence of weapons lost to fraud in Ukraine

    WATCH: Pentagon reports no evidence of weapons lost to fraud in Ukraine

    Feb 28, 2023 05:27 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s inspector general said Tuesday his office has found no evidence yet that any of the billions of dollars in weapons and aid to Ukraine has been lost to corruption or diverted into the wrong hands, but cautioned that those investigations are only in their early ...

  • Biden fires Architect of the Capitol over alleged abuses

    Biden fires Architect of the Capitol over alleged abuses

    Feb 13, 2023 09:44 PM EST

    ... General report issued in October 2022 found that Blanton had “Abused His Authority, Misused Government Property and Wasted Taxpayer Money, Among Other Substantiated Violations.” The inspector general said it received a hotline complaint on March 7, 2021, “concerning the misuse" of an AOC (Architect of the Capitol) vehicle. It said ...

  • Afghan refugees in U.S. face uncertainty as legislation stalls

    Afghan refugees in U.S. face uncertainty as legislation stalls

    Dec 30, 2022 01:46 PM EST

    ... palm prints and facial photos. But Republicans say the vetting system is not fail-safe. They pointed to a September report from Homeland Security's inspector general that said at least two people from Afghanistan who were paroled into the country “posed a risk to national security and the safety ...

  • Pentagon splits $9 billion cloud computer network contract between 4 firms

    Pentagon splits $9 billion cloud computer network contract between 4 firms

    Dec 08, 2022 12:46 AM EST

    ... said it was “likely” both Amazon and Microsoft would get some portion of the business in a new award. A report by the Pentagon's inspector general did not find evidence of improper influence, but it said it could not determine the extent of administration interactions with Pentagon decision-makers ...

  • Trial begins for former prison warden accused of sexual abuse

    Trial begins for former prison warden accused of sexual abuse

    Nov 28, 2022 04:13 PM EST

    ... key player in the Justice Department's attempt to reform the federal prison system, meets regularly with Bureau of Prisons director and the department's inspector general and has met with U.S. attorneys and FBI Director Christopher Wray to emphasize the need to pursue charges when prison employees commit ...

  • NASA's Artemis rocket finally lifts off after political, financial, technical delays

    NASA's Artemis rocket finally lifts off after political, financial, technical delays

    Nov 16, 2022 11:20 PM EST

    ... Rogers-style vehicle will be fully reusable. Except for the Orion capsule, NASA's new rocket is a completely expendable single-use system. NASA's inspector general estimates the Artemis campaign will cost $93 billion between 2012 and 2025, $4.1 billion for a single launch. Lori Garver: This isn ...