• WATCH: Federal officials testify on fraud prevention in small business loan programs

    WATCH: Federal officials testify on fraud prevention in small business loan programs

    Oct 01, 2020 02:10 PM EDT

    Officials from the Office of the Inspector General and the U.S. Government Accountability Office testified Oct. 1 about efforts to prevent fraud within federal programs set up to support small businesses affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Watch the hearing live in the video player above. Hannibal “Mike” Ware ...

  • News Wrap: Head of FAA takes test flight on Boeing’s 737 Max

    News Wrap: Head of FAA takes test flight on Boeing’s 737 Max

    Sep 30, 2020 10:35 PM EDT

    ... you. Every American should be worried about this. This is not just an abuse of power against Mr. Page and the Trump campaign. This is a system failure, and you could be next. Judy Woodruff: A Justice Department inspector general has found no evidence of partisan bias in the investigation.

  • Former FBI Director Comey testifies over role in Russia investigation

    Former FBI Director Comey testifies over role in Russia investigation

    Sep 30, 2020 02:00 PM EDT

    ... it be done,” Comey said. He later added, “The overall investigation was very important. The Page slice of it? Much less so.” A Justice Department inspector general report did not find evidence of partisan bias and concluded that the investigation was opened for a legitimate reason, but Republican lawmakers have ...

  • WATCH: Trump Homeland Security pick denies intelligence meddling

    WATCH: Trump Homeland Security pick denies intelligence meddling

    Sep 23, 2020 02:08 PM EDT

    ... Senate will vote on his confirmation before the Nov. 3 election. The whistleblower complaint released this month is the subject of a DHS Office of Inspector General investigation. Wolf pushed back hard on claims, which included allegations that he sought to downplay the threat posed by Russia and white supremacists ...

  • Government watchdog says FAA not prepared to update jet evacuation rules

    Government watchdog says FAA not prepared to update jet evacuation rules

    Sep 18, 2020 06:31 PM EDT

    ... seats. “These system requirements have increased survivability and the amount of time available for successful evacuations, as demonstrated in many accidents,” the FAA wrote. The inspector general issued the report in response to a request from members of the House Transportation Committee, which followed a confused evacuation in 2016 of ...

  • AP exclusive: More migrant women say they didn’t OK surgery

    AP exclusive: More migrant women say they didn’t OK surgery

    Sep 18, 2020 01:31 PM EDT

    The complaint sparked a furious reaction from congressional Democrats and an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general. It also evoked comparisons to previous government-sanctioned efforts in the U.S. to sterilize people to supposedly improve society — victims who were disproportionately poor, mentally disabled, American Indian ...

  • News Wrap: Wildfires still burning across California, Pacific Northwest

    News Wrap: Wildfires still burning across California, Pacific Northwest

    Sep 16, 2020 10:50 PM EDT

    The State Department today defended the firing of Inspector General Steve Linick. He had been reviewing an $8 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, among other things. At a congressional hearing, department officials rejected Democrats' allegations of a cover-up led by House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel. Rep. Eliot ...

  • Democrats to investigate forced surgery claims at Georgia detention center

    Democrats to investigate forced surgery claims at Georgia detention center

    Sep 15, 2020 10:32 PM EDT

    ... Service and Irwin County. It's run by the private LaSalle Corrections, a Louisiana company. ICE said it does not comment on matters before the inspector general but that it takes all allegations seriously. “That said, in general, anonymous, unproven allegations, made without any fact-checkable specifics, should be treated ...

  • Search continues for gunman who shot Los Angeles County deputies

    Search continues for gunman who shot Los Angeles County deputies

    Sep 14, 2020 03:01 PM EDT

    ... Editorial Director Nancy Barnes said the network was “appalled” by the arrest of a reporter doing her job. The office of the Los Angeles County Inspector General, which oversees investigations and actions of the sheriff’s department, has opened an investigation into the reporter’s arrest. Protesters have railed against ...

  • Prosecutor looking into the origins of Russia probe resigns

    Prosecutor looking into the origins of Russia probe resigns

    Sep 11, 2020 09:28 PM EDT

    ... that prosecution did not allege a broader conspiracy within the FBI, and the conduct it involved had largely been laid out in a Justice Department inspector general report from last December. It is not clear if Durham will be able to conclude his work before the election, though Barr has ...