• Watchdog: Trump's dismantling of USAID means billions in unspent aid now lack oversight

    Watchdog: Trump's dismantling of USAID means billions in unspent aid now lack oversight

    Feb 11, 2025 12:48 AM EDT

    ... government watchdog warned Monday. The new administration’s rapid dismantling of the agency has left oversight of the humanitarian aid “largely nonoperational,” the agency's inspector general’s office said. That includes a greatly reduced ability to ensure no aid falls into the hands of violent extremist groups or goes ...

  • Trump's deferred resignation plan could make the shortage of veteran affairs nurses even worse

    Trump's deferred resignation plan could make the shortage of veteran affairs nurses even worse

    Feb 06, 2025 04:37 PM EDT

    ... they kind of feel around them," Burke said. The department's leadership also has expressed concern about the potential impact on nursing in the VA, she said. More than 80% of facilities are experiencing a severe nursing shortage, according to a 2024 report from the VA Office of Inspector General.

  • UNRWA vows to keep providing aid to Gaza despite Israeli ban

    UNRWA vows to keep providing aid to Gaza despite Israeli ban

    Jan 31, 2025 11:40 PM EDT

    ... is a betrayal of the work that we do for Palestinian refugees. As a result, we move swiftly and decisively, both us and the secretary-general. The secretary-general ordered his equivalent of an inspector general to look at this. The secretary-general also commissioned an independent outside review of ...

  • FBI sees sharp spike of sexual misconduct claims in its ranks as agency works to eliminate longstanding problem

    FBI sees sharp spike of sexual misconduct claims in its ranks as agency works to eliminate longstanding problem

    Jan 30, 2025 04:01 PM EDT

    ... that "we did not need to be physically together for the meeting and none of our co-workers were at the hotel." Sallet told the inspector general he did not recall where the call took place but that it would not have been "strange or odd" to have such a ...

  • Pentagon pulls security detail for Milley, former Joint Chiefs chairman critical of Trump

    Pentagon pulls security detail for Milley, former Joint Chiefs chairman critical of Trump

    Jan 29, 2025 11:30 PM EDT

    What impact might that assertion, that accusation have on the inspector general investigation? And how might that impact Hegseth's recommendation to Donald Trump once this investigation ends, whenever it ends? Rear Adm. James McPherson (Ret).: You have asked the right questions. First of all, I don't exactly understand ...

  • Defense secretary pulls Trump critic Gen. Milley's security protections

    Defense secretary pulls Trump critic Gen. Milley's security protections

    Jan 29, 2025 07:06 PM EDT

    It's unclear whether former President Joe Biden's unusual preemptive pardon of Milley would protect his rank and preclude any findings from an inspector general investigation. Biden pardoned Milley in the last days of his presidency, which Milley thanked him for, saying, “I do not wish to spend whatever ...

  • Trump's firing of independent watchdogs raises concerns about government fraud and ethics

    Trump's firing of independent watchdogs raises concerns about government fraud and ethics

    Jan 27, 2025 11:25 PM EDT

    ... transition from President -- to President Reagan, it has not happened on a mass basis. I don't consider them bureaucrats. They range the gamut, these inspector general. Some were appointed by Trump. Some were leaders of the I.G. community. Some have issued hard-hitting reports against both administrations, including ...

  • Trump fires more than a dozen independent inspectors general at government agencies

    Trump fires more than a dozen independent inspectors general at government agencies

    Jan 25, 2025 11:02 PM EDT

    ... audits,” Connolly said. Still, Trump has aggressively challenged the authority of independent agency watchdog groups in the past. In 2020, he replaced multiple key inspectors general, including those leading the Defense Department and intelligence community, as well as the inspector general tapped to chair a special oversight board for the ...

  • Immigrant detention beds may be maxed out as Trump promises mass deportations

    Immigrant detention beds may be maxed out as Trump promises mass deportations

    Jan 23, 2025 07:26 PM EDT

    ... facilities overseen by ICE have struggled broadly to comply with some federal standards for care, hindering safety for staff and detainees, a Homeland Security Department inspector general found during 17 unannounced inspections from 2020-2023. During Trump’s first administration, he authorized the use of military bases to detain immigrant ...

  • Pentagon to send 1,500 active duty troops to U.S.-Mexico border, officials say

    Pentagon to send 1,500 active duty troops to U.S.-Mexico border, officials say

    Jan 22, 2025 07:45 PM EDT

    ... for up to 10,000 unaccompanied migrant children as border crossings increased from Mexico. The facility, operated by DHS, was quickly overrun, with far too few case managers for the thousands of children that arrived, exposure to extreme weather and dust and unsanitary conditions, a 2022 inspector general report found.