• Sen. Murphy: Trump's Ukraine call underscores need for House impeachment inquiry

    Sen. Murphy: Trump's Ukraine call underscores need for House impeachment inquiry

    Sep 25, 2019 10:45 PM EST

    ... the White House would know the identity of the whistle-blower? Larry Pfeiffer: No, the whistle-blower should be being protected by the I.C. inspector general and the intelligence community. So the president of the United States shouldn't know the whistle-blower's name, unless the whistle-blower ...

  • How a president's call to a foreign leader becomes a memo -- and who gets to see it

    How a president's call to a foreign leader becomes a memo -- and who gets to see it

    Sep 25, 2019 10:37 PM EST

    ... the White House would know the identity of the whistle-blower? Larry Pfeiffer: No, the whistle-blower should be being protected by the I.C. inspector general and the intelligence community. So the president of the United States shouldn't know the whistle-blower's name, unless the whistle-blower ...

  • WATCH: Acting intel director Maguire testifies on Trump whistleblower complaint

    WATCH: Acting intel director Maguire testifies on Trump whistleblower complaint

    Sep 25, 2019 09:45 PM EST

    ... office our national security and the integrity" of our elections. The unidentified whistleblower submitted a complaint to Michael Atkinson, the U.S. government's intelligence inspector general, in August. Maguire then blocked release of the complaint to Congress, citing issues of presidential privilege and saying the complaint did not deal ...

  • Lawmakers view secret Trump whistleblower complaint

    Lawmakers view secret Trump whistleblower complaint

    Sep 25, 2019 07:52 PM EST

    ... had not provided any instructions on how that could happen. The unidentified whistleblower submitted a complaint to Michael Atkinson, the U.S. government's intelligence inspector general, in August. Maguire then blocked release of the complaint to Congress, citing issues of presidential privilege and saying it was not an "urgent ...

  • Private insurers are improperly rejecting Medicare drug claims, watchdog finds

    Private insurers are improperly rejecting Medicare drug claims, watchdog finds

    Sep 25, 2019 07:47 PM EST

    ... interests, according to a report from the program’s watchdog. The report, issued by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, analyzed rejections of millions of prescription requests during 2017, the most recent year for which comprehensive information is available. Insurers initially rejected as ...

  • White House memo shows Trump prodded Ukraine leader on Biden claims

    White House memo shows Trump prodded Ukraine leader on Biden claims

    Sep 25, 2019 02:53 PM EST

    ... president presiding over a meeting of world leaders at the United Nations, a remarkable split screen even for the turbulence of the Trump era. The inspector general for the intelligence community wrote to the Director of National Intelligence in August that he believed the conversation between Trump and Ukraine's ...

  • Trump says he discussed corruption with Ukraine's president

    Trump says he discussed corruption with Ukraine's president

    Sep 22, 2019 08:30 PM EST

    Michael Atkinson, the U.S. government's intelligence inspector general, has described the whistleblower's Aug. 12 complaint as "serious" and "urgent," but he has not been allowed to turn over the complaint to Congress, a move that he created a fresh clash between the government's executive and legislative ...

  • The intersection of Trump, Ukraine and a whistleblower

    The intersection of Trump, Ukraine and a whistleblower

    Sep 21, 2019 09:05 PM EST

    ... about it have emerged because the administration has balked at showing it to Congress, much less to the public. The timeline is this: Atkinson, the inspector general, received the complaint Aug. 12, reviewed it and found it credible and urgent, and forwarded it two weeks later to Joseph Maguire, acting ...

  • Trump says he had 'perfectly fine' call with Ukraine leader

    Trump says he had 'perfectly fine' call with Ukraine leader

    Sep 21, 2019 01:59 PM EST

    ... reelection bid. Trump further stoked those concerns earlier this year in an interview when he suggested he would be open to receiving foreign help. The inspector general appeared before the House Intelligence Committee behind closed doors Thursday but declined, under administration orders, to reveal to members the substance of the ...

  • Amid whistleblower reports, what's the state of U.S.-Ukraine relations?

    Amid whistleblower reports, what's the state of U.S.-Ukraine relations?

    Sep 20, 2019 10:50 PM EST

    But the administration has blocked access to the whistle-blower's complaint, setting up a standoff with Congress. In letters released Thursday, the intelligence community inspector general called it an urgent concern related to serious or flagrant abuse that he said should be given to lawmakers. Michael Atkinson also testified ...