• News Wrap: Italy's far-right party shut out from power

    News Wrap: Italy's far-right party shut out from power

    Sep 04, 2019 10:45 PM EST

    ... last year have shown post-traumatic stress and other mental health issues. They included heightened fear and feelings of abandonment. The report comes from the inspector general at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is based on interviews with about 100 mental health clinicians who dealt ...

  • Separated migrant children suffered trauma, watchdog report finds

    Separated migrant children suffered trauma, watchdog report finds

    Sep 04, 2019 02:39 PM EST

    ... youtube.com/watch?v=dY_FWANxgnU WATCH: Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan on Central American migration and U.S. detention A separate Office of Inspector General report also released Wednesday found 31 of the 45 facilities reviewed had hired case managers who did not meet Office of Refugee Resettlement ...

  • News Wrap: DOJ inspector says Comey mishandled Trump memos

    News Wrap: DOJ inspector says Comey mishandled Trump memos

    Aug 29, 2019 10:55 PM EST

    In our news wrap Thursday, the Justice Department’s inspector general says former FBI Director James Comey mishandled memos of his conversations with President Trump. A report concluded Comey “set a dangerous example” by arranging for a journalist to see a memo. Also, British opposition to Prime Minister Boris Johnson ...

  • Watchdog says Comey violated FBI policies in handling of memos

    Watchdog says Comey violated FBI policies in handling of memos

    Aug 29, 2019 03:05 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — James Comey violated FBI policies in his handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Donald Trump in the weeks before Comey was fired as bureau director, the Justice Department's inspector general said Thursday. The watchdog's office said Comey broke FBI rules by giving one memo containing ...

  • How detention causes long-term harm to children

    How detention causes long-term harm to children

    Aug 22, 2019 10:18 PM EST

    “Thousands of children may have been separated during an influx that began in 2017, before the accounting required by the court,” the inspector general’s report said. By June 2018, nearly 20 percent of children who officials had accounted for were under age 13, Kaiser Health News reported, and ...

  • U.S. prisons chief removed after Epstein's death

    U.S. prisons chief removed after Epstein's death

    Aug 19, 2019 05:24 PM EST

    ... joined the bureau in 1998. He had also served in the Education Department, the Food and Drug Administration and worked for NASA's office of inspector general. He returned to the prison agency in 2015 and was appointed acting director by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions in 2018. He also ...

  • News Wrap: Hong Kong braces for weekend of demonstrations

    News Wrap: Hong Kong braces for weekend of demonstrations

    Aug 16, 2019 10:55 PM EST

    ... his close aide Army Colonel Kathryn Spletstoser. Hyten's polygraph test was also deemed to be inconclusive. A separate report from the Defense Department's inspector general could be made public as early as next week. Hyten has denied the assault claim. He faces a full Senate confirmation vote next ...

  • Trump appoints student loan industry executive to be top loan watchdog

    Trump appoints student loan industry executive to be top loan watchdog

    Aug 16, 2019 10:47 PM EST

    ... loan borrowers who work in public service jobs to get part of their loan balances forgiven. A report written by the Department of Education's Inspector General's Office released earlier this year found that FedLoan employees received a "fail" grade on interactions with borrowers 11% of the time, far ...

  • Medical examiner rules Epstein death a suicide by hanging

    Medical examiner rules Epstein death a suicide by hanging

    Aug 16, 2019 08:30 PM EST

    ... put back in a high-security housing unit where he was less closely monitored, but still supposed to be checked on every 30 minutes. Attorney General William Barr says officials have uncovered "serious irregularities" at the jail. The FBI and the Justice Department's inspector general are both investigating Epstein ...

  • News Wrap: Hong Kong’s airport again crippled by protests

    News Wrap: Hong Kong’s airport again crippled by protests

    Aug 13, 2019 10:55 PM EST

    ... a new report out today finds that child care costs in most states exceed federal subsidies for low-income parents. That's according to the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS. Each state decides how to allocate funds from an $8 billion national block ...