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... Top Democrats on intelligence committees question Gabbard's presence at election office raid In a memo sent to lawmakers this week, the intelligence community's inspector general said the complaint also accused Gabbard's office of general counsel of failing to report a potential crime to the Department of Justice ...
... a legal review, an attorney for the person making the allegations said Monday. The complaint was reviewed by the office of the intelligence community's inspector general, which deemed it not credible, Gabbard's office said. The person then sought to have the complaint referred to members of Congress' intelligence ...
... to an ongoing affordability crisis. Still, other IRS watchdogs have outlined major concerns at the start of the 2026 tax season.Diana M. Tengesdal, deputy inspector general for audit at the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, wrote a letter to IRS leadership on Monday and pointed to IRS staffing ...
... squashed — however you want to put it — stuck in red tape and bureaucracy of a very large organization,” Homendy said. “Repeated recommendations over the years.” Mary Schiavo, a former U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General, said it's troubling to hear how many times the FAA failed to act.
... the deadline set by Congress to release all the Epstein files by last Friday. A dozen U.S. senators have urged the Justice Department's inspector general to investigate this ongoing delay. Returning to the war between Russia and Ukraine, an explosion inside Moscow today killed three people, including two ...
... and the “peace of mind” of an independent audit. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joined 11 Democrats in signing a letter Wednesday urging Acting Inspector General Don Berthiaume to audit the Justice Department’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the law enacted last month that requires the ...
... already died, according to a new report from the independent watchdog for the Department of Health and Human Services. But the department's Office of Inspector General said it expects a new provision in Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill requiring states to audit their Medicaid beneficiary lists may help reduce ...
Geoff Bennett: We also learned this week that the Pentagon inspector general found that Secretary Hegseth's use of an unsecure messaging app, Signal, during active operations put U.S. personnel at risk and that Hegseth did not fully cooperate with investigators. Jonathan, what do you see as the takeaways ...
... the way the secretary of defense is behaving. Geoff Bennett: In the time that remains, I want to switch our focus to the Defense Department inspector general report concluding that Secretary Hegseth put U.S. personnel at risk by sharing details of planned strikes on Houthi leaders over the unclassified ...
... a small handful of Signal messages to the I.G., but not others. Hegseth declined an interview with the inspector general and he informed the inspector general that he considers this investigation completely partisan. And chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell provided this statement -- quote -- "The inspector general review is a ...
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