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What a ProPublica Reporter Learned Covering HUD: Oversight Failures Are Symptoms of Deeper Dysfunction
A goal this year was to explore HUD’s failure to enforce legal standards for decent, safe, sanitary housing. What started as a simple premise brought to light greater challenges: Years of congressional cuts have left the agency in a state of chaos as communities suffer.
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Attention Is Not a Resource But a Way Of Being Alive To The World
When attention is a limited resource, it can run out. Treat it as an experience, and it yields a rich sense of purpose.
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Improving Program Management
Two years after the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act was signed into law, slow but steady progress is being made.
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Days Into the Shutdown, the Costs Are Mounting
The mortgage payments, school tuition and utility bills will keep coming, even if paychecks are disrupted.
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What Aristotle Can Teach Us About Trump’s Rhetoric
Trump appeals to his base in a way that philosophers knew was effective thousands of years ago.
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Signs Point to Extended Shutdown With No Deal Emerging
Little progress on the partial shutdown's sixth day.
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No More Bread-And-Water Punishment For U.S. Navy Sailors
Come January 1, the antiquated practice will be no longer.
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Trump: Most Furloughed Employees Are Democrats
President offers no evidence for his assertion.
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Should Vendors Submit Contract Bids During a Government Shutdown?
Deadlines are deadlines, even if no one is there to check.
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As Furlough Notices Hit Inboxes, Trump Says Feds Support a Shutdown
According to the president, federal workers want a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Analysis: What Was Steve Mnuchin Thinking? Three Possibilities
The Treasury secretary put out an alarming—and confusing—press release on Sunday evening.
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The Government May Be Shut Down, But Taxpayers Are Footing The Bill For Mar-a-Lago Party Tents
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort still needs tents for the winter party season—and taxpayers are footing at least $54,000 of the bill.
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Agriculture Secretary Narrows Sites for Office Moves that Democrats Oppose
Criteria include quality of life, cost and logistics for moving researchers out of Washington.
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How a Consultant Said He Gamed HUD Inspections: Sweep Problems Behind a Wall
A housing consultant was recorded bragging about how he helped properties pass HUD inspections, likening it to a “chess game manipulation strategy.”
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ProPublica: We Found 95 New, Undisclosed Trump Appointees
Among the latest hires: a longtime DuPont manager who is now at an EPA position that is typically not a political appointment.
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White House Digs In on Wall Demand, Aims for ‘Painless’ Shutdown
Officials said furlough estimates were “fluid” as agencies aim to maximize use of carry-over funds.
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Partial Government Shutdown Guaranteed, as Congress Calls it a Night
Despite a late effort to jumpstart negotiations, nine departments and several independent agencies will shutter at midnight.
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Hard-Nosed Pentagon Negotiator Removed From Job; Racked Up Huge Travel Costs
Shay Assad also backed a controversial plan to slow payments to defense contractors.
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