• WATCH: House Homeland Security Committee holds hearing on migrant children health in CBP custody

    WATCH: House Homeland Security Committee holds hearing on migrant children health in CBP custody

    Jul 15, 2020 02:56 PM EDT

    HOUSTON (AP) — A government auditor did not employ medical professionals when his office cleared U.S. border agents of wrongdoing in the deaths of two Guatemalan children, the auditor said Wednesday. Watch the hearing in the video player above. Joseph Cuffari, the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general, testified ...

  • Fired VA staffer admits to murdering 7 patients with insulin

    Fired VA staffer admits to murdering 7 patients with insulin

    Jul 14, 2020 11:18 PM EDT

    ... where there was sufficient evidence against Mays.U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, who previously expressed "grave concerns over the pace of the investigation" to Attorney General William Barr, said then that the VA inspector general told his office that the probe was opened in July 2018, after at least nine ...

  • WATCH: White House holds news briefing amid a surge in U.S. virus cases

    WATCH: White House holds news briefing amid a surge in U.S. virus cases

    Jul 01, 2020 08:01 PM EDT

    ... CMS also says it has redoubled emphasis on inspections for infection control. Investigative agencies like the Government Accountability Office and the Health and Human Services inspector general are also focusing on nursing homes, which house a tiny share of the population but represent a large proportion of COVID deaths. The ...

  • Barr agrees to testify as House panel investigates whether he has politicized the DOJ

    Barr agrees to testify as House panel investigates whether he has politicized the DOJ

    Jun 24, 2020 05:37 PM EDT

    ... committee, Elias plans to detail antitrust investigations that he says were started over the objections of career staff. He says he asked the department's inspector general to investigate "whether these matters constituted an abuse of authority, a gross waste of funds, and gross mismanagement." The Justice Department said in ...

  • Top prosecutor in NYC resigns after feud with administration

    Top prosecutor in NYC resigns after feud with administration

    Jun 20, 2020 10:09 PM EDT

    ... Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., said his committee was inviting Berman to testify this coming week. Schumer called for the department's inspector general and Office of Professional Responsibility to investigate. Berman's statement Friday night said he would stay on the job until a nominee was ...

  • Why minority-owned businesses are struggling to get PPP loans

    Why minority-owned businesses are struggling to get PPP loans

    Jun 20, 2020 09:19 PM EDT

    ... owned. As a result, the initial $359 billion dried up in two weeks. And in a report released last month, the SBA Office of the Inspector General found that minority-owned businesses may not have received the loans as intended because the SBA failed to “provide guidance to lenders about ...

  • State Department official quits over Trump response to racial tensions, report says

    State Department official quits over Trump response to racial tensions, report says

    Jun 19, 2020 12:27 AM EDT

    ... for why the State Department officials, including Pompeo and other top aides, had chosen to comment extensively on the decision to fire the department's Inspector General Steve Linick in May. In her role in the Trump administration, Taylor helped guide more than 400 presidential appointments through the Senate, including ...

  • News Wrap: Former DOJ employees call for investigation of Barr

    News Wrap: Former DOJ employees call for investigation of Barr

    Jun 10, 2020 10:50 PM EDT

    ... Mike Pompeo's alleged use of staffers for personal errands.Pompeo responded this morning. Secretary Mike Pompeo: Steve Linick was a bad actor in the inspector general office here. He -- he didn't take on the mission of the State Department to make us better. That's what inspector generals ...

  • WATCH: Law enforcement officials testify on fraud schemes tied to COVID-19

    WATCH: Law enforcement officials testify on fraud schemes tied to COVID-19

    Jun 09, 2020 02:01 PM EDT

    ... as well as unsolicited telephone calls and e-mails from individuals claiming to be IRS and Treasury employees. In March, the Health and Human Services inspector general’s office said it has seen marketing schemes rapidly pivot to offering tests for COVID-19 and “Senior Care Packages” with hand sanitizer ...

  • Coast Guard Academy faulted on response to racial incidents

    Coast Guard Academy faulted on response to racial incidents

    Jun 08, 2020 08:55 PM EDT

    The U.S. Coast Guard Academy failed to properly address complaints of racial harassment, including the use of racial slurs by cadets, according to the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general. The academy in New London, Connecticut, said Monday it accepts the report's recommendations and is committed to ...