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Employees Report Threatening Anti-LGBT Harassment, Retaliation at National Science Foundation
An outside investigator recently substantiated allegations that a career manager made sexually explicit jokes and bullied LGBT employees.
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Play of the Day: 'Unmatched Wisdom' Coming from the White House
Donald Trump used some grandiose language in a tweet about Turkey.
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Play of the Day: The President Is Bringing the World Together
Donald Trump is talking to Russia, Ukraine and China.
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Federal Election Commission Faces Growing Backlog in Enforcement Docket
A long-standing problem is exacerbated by the FEC’s recent loss of a quorum.
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Viewpoint: The U.S. Government Has a Secrecy Problem
American officials classify too much information, from the trivial to the politically inconvenient. The overreliance on secrecy invites abuse.
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Trump’s USDA Is Letting Factories With Troubling Safety Records Slaughter Chickens Even Faster
Workers are getting injured, but the Department of Agriculture says their safety is not its responsibility.
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How to Prep Yourself for Flu Season
As the flu season gets started, what can you do to protect yourself and stay healthy?
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Play of the Day: Someone Had to Get a Cost Estimate For a Border Moat Filled With Gators
New reporting says Donald Trump had some interesting ideas about border security.
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Whistleblower is Vulnerable to Retaliation Due to Limited Intelligence Community Protections
Under the law, the president is responsible for ensuring whistleblowers are protected, but experts say the law never accounted for a president leading the attack on a whistleblower.
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Grassley Deviates From Other Senate Republicans and Supports Ukraine Whistleblower
Senator says he believes the whistleblower followed the law and should be protected.
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Play of the Day: The President, Australia and the Secretary of State
Congress is digging deeper as part of its investigation.
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Thousands of IRS Employees Are Working Outside Jobs That Risk Conflicts of Interest
In 2016, 167 employees had potentially prohibited second jobs and 2,196 were at high-risk for conflict of interest.
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Play of the Day: The President is Tweeting Through it Again
In response to his latest scandal, Donald Trump sent over 100 tweets over the weekend.
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In Act of Defiance, FEC Chair Tweets Memo on Foreign Election Interference Over GOP Commissioner's Objections
Chairwoman Weintraub said a Republican commissioner last week blocked publication of the guidance in a weekly digest of FEC activities.
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Trump’s Intelligence Chief Didn’t Make Anyone Happy
Joseph Maguire did not endorse the explosive allegations of an anonymous whistleblower, but neither did he rise to the president’s defense.
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Play of the Day: The White House's Alleged Ineffective Hiding of the Phone Call Notes
According to the whistleblower complaint, the Trump administration needs to work on its cover up skills.
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Play of the Day: The President's Conversation With Ukraine
The White House released a summary of Donald Trump talking to Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Democrats Blast GSA for Lax Oversight of Trump Hotel
The agency should be asking more questions about the lease and its financial terms, lawmakers say.
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House Democrats Announce Formal Impeachment Probe — Sort Of
It’s far from clear whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s go-slow strategy has changed.
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