Senate confirms special watchdog for pandemic recovery
The Senate has confirmed a new inspector general to oversee money distributed as part of the $2 trillion economic rescue law. The move puts at least one watchdog in place as oversight of the money has lagged.
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Shields and Brooks on Trump’s call to reopen, mail-in voting
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump’s call to reopen houses of worship despite the pandemic, controversial comments from Trump and former Vice President…
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Pompeo says he didn’t know fired IG was investigating him
State Department Inspector General Steve Linick was actively investigating Sec. of State Mike Pompeo when he was fired by President Trump recently. It was the latest in a series of IG dismissals sending shockwaves through the watchdog community. On Wednesday,…
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Trump’s ‘highly unusual’ politicization of government watchdogs
President Trump has fired three inspectors general recently, including State Department watchdog Steve Linick on Friday. Two Democratic lawmakers say Linick was investigating a Saudi arms deal the White House fast-tracked. Yamiche Alcindor talks to Joel Brenner, a former national…
Democrats are demanding that the White House hand over all records related to President Donald Trump’s latest firing of a federal watchdog.
President Trump on Friday abruptly fired the inspector general of the intelligence community, sidelining an independent watchdog who played a pivotal role in his impeachment even as his White House struggled with the deepening coronavirus pandemic.
A long-awaited report into the origins of the Russia probe found no evidence of a political conspiracy against President Trump. But the Justice Department’s inspector general criticized the FBI’s handling of wiretap applications used in the early stages of the…
Insurers initially rejected about 84 million prescription drug coverage claims made under Medicare Part D that should have been approved, a government report found.
Because President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence is refusing to turn over to Congress an urgent whistleblower complaint by claiming privileged information, Schiff said he believes the complaint "likely involves the president or people around him."…
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