Oversight

Analysis: If Washington Wants to Derail the US Economy, This Is the Way to Do It

Wrangling over US fiscal policy is more than political theater. It has real implications.

Oversight

With Fiscal Fights Looming, Can Simpson-Bowles Group Get Congress to Move?

Fix the Debt effort has the cash to make campaigns difficult for uncompromising members.

Oversight

The Date for the Next Debt Ceiling Fight Has Been Set

Mark mid-October on your calendars.

Oversight

Energy Secretary: Obama Not at 'War' With Coal

Moniz also described climate change as 'not debatable.'

Oversight

Lawsuits Against IRS Piling Up

Exempt Organizations division targeted by tax publisher and atheist group.

Oversight

How Eric Holder Can Help Public Defenders and Their Clients

America's most powerful prosecutor is urging Congress to give funding back to defense lawyers. But actions speak louder than words.

Oversight

NSA Bugs United Nations With Enthusiasm, Documents Suggest

The agency also has bugs in 80 embassies and consulates around the world, Der Spiegel reports.

Defense

Analysis: What Snowden and Manning Don't Understand About Secrecy

Government often finds bad reasons to keep information hidden, but the recent indiscriminate leaks are foolish.

Oversight

GOP Wants Conservatives to Trade a Shutdown for an Even Bigger Crisis

Debt ceiling is a better 'leverage point' for concessions on Obamacare, aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor tells Reuters.

Management

It's Highly Likely the NSA Hoovered Up Mitt Romney's Emails in 2002

Prior to the 2002 Olympics, the NSA and FBI arranged to intercept all emails and texts in the Salt Lake City area.

Management

Uncanny Echoes of the NSA Debate From the 1970s

Before the Church Committee reports were released, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller described the shocking CIA abuses it chronicled as "not major."

Oversight

Lawmaker Seeks to End IRS’ Role as Political Arbiter

Campaign finance activists join Van Hollen in lawsuit to get at ‘root’ of targeting scandal.

Oversight

Against the Dollar Coin

The COINS Act aims to save the government money by replacing dollar bills with dollar coins.

Defense

Bradley Manning Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison

Manning was convicted last month on charges of theft and violations of the Espionage Act.

Oversight

Intel Contractors’ Whistleblower Rights Are a Work in Progress

Snowden didn’t have to go to the public, protections were available, White House maintains.

Oversight

Democrats: New Documents Definitively Show 'Progressive' Groups Targeted Too

Republicans plan to continue their investigations.

Tech

Analysis: The Wrong Way to Figure Out If the NSA Is Abusing Its Power

Simply comparing the number of queries to the number of rules violations doesn't really tell us very much.