• AP report: Deep-rooted racism and discrimination permeate U.S. military

    AP report: Deep-rooted racism and discrimination permeate U.S. military

    May 27, 2021 09:05 PM EDT

    ... is named after a segregationist?The bill also lays out tracking mechanisms and reporting requirements for supremacist, extremist and criminal gang activity, and creates an inspector general to oversee diversity and inclusion efforts. When Stephanie Davis was medically retired by the Air Force in 2019 after more than two decades ...

  • Watchdog says U.S. forced deported parents to leave kids behind

    Watchdog says U.S. forced deported parents to leave kids behind

    May 24, 2021 10:02 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog says the Trump administration, under its practice of separating families at the border, forced migrant parents to leave the U.S. without their children, contradicting claims by officials that parents were willingly leaving them behind. The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General said in a ...

  • Epstein guards to skirt jail time in deal with prosecutors

    Epstein guards to skirt jail time in deal with prosecutors

    May 22, 2021 01:04 AM EDT

    ... be required to complete 100 hours of community service and would be required to fully cooperate with an ongoing probe by the Justice Department's inspector general, it says. The two have "admitted that they 'willfully and knowingly completed materially false count and round slips regarding required counts and rounds ...

  • WATCH: Watchdog says Capitol Police deficient at monitoring threats

    WATCH: Watchdog says Capitol Police deficient at monitoring threats

    May 10, 2021 07:07 PM EDT

    ... terrorist attack on our nation’s Capitol,” Maloney said in a statement.The House Administration Committee will also hear this week from Christopher Failla, the inspector general for the architect of the Capitol, who is one of three officials sitting on a board that oversees the Capitol Police. Rep. Rosa ...

  • New White House panel aims to separate science and politics

    New White House panel aims to separate science and politics

    May 10, 2021 03:45 PM EDT

    ... of Trump’s — to alter the official National Hurricane Center warning map to indicate Alabama could be in the path of the storm. A 2020 inspector general report found the administration had violated scientific integrity rules. The Sharpiegate case revealed flaws in the scientific integrity system set up in 2009 ...

  • U.S. sends more warplanes to protect pullout from Afghanistan

    U.S. sends more warplanes to protect pullout from Afghanistan

    May 06, 2021 09:20 PM EDT

    "We haven't figured that out 100% yet," Milley said. Milley said Afghanistan's air force is central to the strategy for holding off the Taliban, but the durability of those planes is in some doubt. The U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said in an April ...

  • Officials report a steep drop in national security surveillance during pandemic

    Officials report a steep drop in national security surveillance during pandemic

    Apr 30, 2021 08:28 PM EDT

    ... s use of its authority to eavesdrop on subjects in terrorism and espionage investigations came under intense scrutiny in late 2019 after the Justice Department inspector general revealed significant errors and omissions in a series of applications targeting former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page during the investigation into Russian election ...

  • State Department watchdog says Pompeo, wife violated ethics rules

    State Department watchdog says Pompeo, wife violated ethics rules

    Apr 16, 2021 11:05 PM EDT

    ... and perform non-official work such as making restaurant reservations, shopping and caring for their dog. In a report released on Friday, the department's inspector general concluded that those requests were "inconsistent" with the regulations. But, because Pompeo is no longer a federal employee and not subject to federal ...

  • News Wrap: AG Garland rescinds Trump-era curb on consent decrees for police

    News Wrap: AG Garland rescinds Trump-era curb on consent decrees for police

    Apr 16, 2021 10:45 PM EDT

    ... five years ago. Back in this country, a watchdog report finds former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo repeatedly violated ethics rules. The State Department's inspector general says that Pompeo and his wife asked aides to carry out personal tasks more than 100 times. They ranged from handling pet care ...

  • April 15, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    April 15, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Apr 15, 2021 11:27 PM EDT

    Thursday on the NewsHour, the U.S imposes a new set of sanctions on Russia for election interference, the SolarWinds hack and more. Then, the inspector general for the U.S. Capitol Police testifies on the failure to prepare for the January 6 riots. And, we look at how Canada ...