Oversight

Republicans Swear This Shutdown Will Be Different

The strategy has never worked for the GOP’s right flank, but they’re going down the same path anyway.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Don't Give Hillary Anything Electronic

If it has buttons, Hillary Clinton doesn't know how to use it.

Oversight

Will Congress Go Over the Social Security Cliff?

Bipartisan support exists to prevent benefit cut for 9 million workers, but Paul Ryan move may drive Democrats away.

Management

U.S., Europe Forge Data-Protection 'Um­brella Agree­ment' for Terrorism Cases

Congress will have to act for it to actually take effect.

Oversight

Congress Returns From Its Recess, And a Government Shutdown Looms

The upcoming session is already being billed a “countdown to shutdown.”

Oversight

NOAA Has Mapped a Desktop Model of Earth

Gloriously popping graphics show CO2 transport, real-time earthquakes, space trash, and tons of other neat stuff.

Oversight

The Story Behind Ben Carson's Surge in the GOP Polls

After a lackluster summer, the famous neurosurgeon is finally surging—but his reliance on the conservative grassroots might be a burden as much as a boon.

Oversight

Clinton Email Fracas Raises Question: What Is a 'Special Government Employee?'

Sen. Grassley’s pursuit of former State Department secretary's aide shines light on high-level temps.

Oversight

The Defense Department Is Not Training Military Personnel to Be Ethical

GAO report says DoD ethics and professionalism efforts are falling short.

Oversight

The Race to Eliminate Agencies, and Other Ideas From Presidential Candidates

Ben Carson says the federal government can do without one of its largest departments.

Oversight

House Benghazi Probe Leader: Former Top Clinton Aide Mills 'Answered All of the Committee's Questions'

Trey Gowdy says the nine-hour interview with Cheryl Mills will be ‘treated as classified,’ rebuffing a senior Democrat’s call for the transcript’s immediate release.

Oversight

Justice to Require Warrants for Cell Tracking Technology

The new policy does not apply to state and local police departments that have used cell-site simulators to track criminals.

Oversight

Donald Trump and the Price of Loyalty Oaths

The GOP convinces Donald Trump to sign its pledge—but was it actually Trump who outsmarted the party’s establishment?

Oversight

Play of the Day: Clinton's Email and Obama's Religion

Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel tackle the important issues of our time.

Defense

Frustrations of 2013 Shutdown Linger As the Threat of a Repeat Grows, Says Ex-Pentagon Comptroller

Robert Hale is growing less hopeful about avoiding a lapse in appropriations next month.

Oversight

Conservatives Plotting Against Planned Parenthood and John Boehner Could Force a Shutdown

Conservatives want to defund the group, even if it means a shutdown. And they’re holding the GOP leadership accountable.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Kanye West for President

If Trump can lead in the polls in 2015, why can't an outspoken musician in 2020?

Oversight

Obama Restores Mount McKinley to Its Original Name of Denali

The park encompassing the mountain has been called Denali National Park since 1980.

Oversight

Protecting Adulterous Feds, Boosting USPS and Other Ideas From Presidential Candidates

An unexpected defender of the federal workforce emerges.

Oversight

Court Overturns Ruling Against NSA Surveillance Program

The bulk-collection program was reined in earlier this summer when Congress passed the USA Freedom Act.