Oversight

Play of the Day: The VA's Hidden Affairs

Jon Stewart looks at the Veterans Affairs Department.

Oversight

'House of Cards' Is Looking for its NSA Director

The show is looking for a male or female aged 45-55 years old of any ethnicity.

Oversight

Should the Government Slap Tobacco-Style Regulations on Fatty Foods?

Two international organizations say that heavier regulations on the food industry are needed to stop the obesity epidemic.

Oversight

Our Fragile Economy Still Needs Time to Gather Its Strength

We feel better, but nowhere near good.

Oversight

Voters Hate Obamacare More Than They Want Immigration Reform

The Affordable Care Act remains the deciding issue in voters' minds

Oversight

Play of the Day: The Medical Conditions of Karl Rove

Letterman doesn't think Hillary Clinton is going to take Karl Rove's comments lying down.

Oversight

Conservatives Want a Bigger Obamacare Fight Around HHS Nominee

The senators behind the government shutdown say Sylvia Mathews Burwell shouldn't get confirmed until she answers more questions about Obamacare.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Breaking Up With America

Russia won't bring our astronauts to the International Space Station.

Defense

Even If We Find Them, It's Unclear Whether Military Forces Can 'Bring Back Our Girls'

A Defense Department official said Thursday that the Nigerian military is unwilling to take on Boko Haram.

Oversight

VA Chief Says He Does Fire Poor Performers -- Thousands of Them

Shinseki points to record of 6,000 terminations, transfers and forced retirements during a heated congressional hearing on mismanagement.

Nextgov

VA Faces Systemwide Problems with Patient Scheduling

Personnel have “gamed” the system for years, lawmakers are told.

Oversight

Why We Can't Stop Talking About Filibusters

The refusal of Senate Republicans to compromise has backfired on them big time.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Why You Should Stop Recycling

Stephen Colbert explains that global warming's effects are 'unstoppable' anyway.

Nextgov

Lawmakers Say Favored NSA Reform Bill Doesn’t Go Far Enough

House members want to insert an amendment barring the agency from exploiting zero day flaws.

Oversight

What to Expect at Thursday’s Senate Hearing on VA Deaths

Shinseki unlikely to heed calls that he step down as IG probe continues.

Oversight

Philanthropists and the White House: Who's the Boss?

Once, it was elite donors who courted the president. Today, it's precisely the reverse.

Oversight

Why Hasn't the GOP Treated Fort Hood Like Benghazi?

Both attacks suggest multiple institutional failures, but only one can be teed up for maximum embarrassment of President Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Oversight

Play of the Day: The Koch Brothers Versus the Columbus Zoo

A ballot initiative meant to raise property taxes to fund the Ohio zoo was defeated.

Oversight

Play of the Day: The Diabolical Plans of Hillary Clinton

Is the former State Department chief responsible for Monica Lewinsky's reemergence?