Oversight
Play of the Day: Tensions Build Between the United States and North Korea
Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump are exchanging threats involving fire, fury and Guam.
Management
VA Secretary Vows to Re-Fire Former D.C. Health Center Chief
Review board last week issued a temporary stay on ex-employee’s firing last week.
Oversight
Defense Contractor Billed Government for Porsches, Million-Dollar Salaries and Secret Guns
Senator calls for heads to roll at the Pentagon over new report of questionable spending.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Trump Interrupts His Working Vacation to Threaten North Korea
Trump promises "fire and fury like the world has never seen."
Oversight
Democrats Want to Know How Much Agencies Are Spending at Trump Properties
House Oversight committee lawmakers warn that federal employees may be compromised when they work on official activities that help the president financially.
Oversight
Analysis: Can Kelly Rein in the Unruly President?
Maybe so, but it may make Trump turn on him—and a bigger question is whether it really matters at this point.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Trump's Working Vacation
The president is taking "meetings and calls" up in New Jersey.
Pay & Benefits
Senate Passes Bill to 'Crack Down' on Feds Spending Improperly
Measure would also help agencies negotiate better prices on their purchases, senators say.
Oversight
Court Forces Agencies to Come Clean on Mid-Century Purge of Gay Feds
Between 7,000 and 10,000 LGBT federal employees lost their jobs in the 1950s, group says.
Oversight
Democratic Lawmakers Challenge Secrecy of Trump Deregulation Task Forces
Letter to White House decries participation by lobbyists with possible conflicts.
Oversight
Can Congress Bring the National Flood Insurance Program Above Water?
The debate over too-low premiums and repetitive payouts grinds on, even as the thunderheads roll in and the water levels rise.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Donald Trump Embarks on a Vacation
The White House is getting some renovations, so the president is heading to New Jersey.
Oversight
Budget Chief Vows U.S. 'Will Never Default on Its Debt'
A default would put federal paychecks in jeopardy.
Oversight
Interior Watchdog Is Probing Secretary Zinke on Alleged Lobbying Violations
Phone calls to Alaska senators during Senate health care debate attacked by Democratic lawmakers.
Oversight
The Senate Finally Gives Trump His Administration
Democrats relented on confirming dozens of presidential nominees to key government posts, days after the collapse of the Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The President Wants to Protect the 'Local Milk People'
Leaked transcripts of Donald Trump's calls with the heads of Mexico and Australia show a different side of the president.
Oversight
Mueller Plunges Across Trump's Red Line
A Wall Street Journal story claimed the investigation had moved before a grand jury, while CNN reported it was looking into potential financial crimes unrelated to the 2016 election.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The President Presents 'This Old Dump'
A magazine is reporting that President Donald Trump called the White House a "dump" while golfing at his club in New Jersey.
Oversight
The Justice Department's New Civil-Rights Cause: Discrimination Against Whites
Jeff Sessions follows in the risky footsteps of George W. Bush’s Justice Department.
Oversight