Oversight

Report: How HHS Buried Information About the Affordable Care Act

A transparency group analyzed the removal and demotion of information related to Obamacare on a federal website.

Oversight

EPA Chief Sets Up a Legal Defense Fund

Scott Pruitt said he will follow White House advice on donor disclosure.

Defense

Officials Mishandled Trans-Africa Airlift Contract, Pentagon Watchdog Finds

U.S. Africa Command failed to perform a key review required for the $900 million deal.

Oversight

Intelligence Community Finally Has a Confirmed Inspector General

Senate clears Atkinson, though tensions remain over fate of whistleblower program.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Trump and Pence Portraits in Post Offices

A bill specifies that the photos need to be placed, but it does not specify the size of the portraits.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Trump Gets Big Ratings at Three in the Morning

The president bragged about his Nielsen numbers while welcoming hostages returning home from North Korea.

Oversight

Breaking Down Gina Haspel’s Tense Confirmation Hearing

Over the course of two-and-a-half hours, lawmakers grilled Trump’s pick to lead the CIA on her involvement in the agency’s detention and interrogation program after 9/11.

Oversight

Democrats Demand IG Investigation Into Justice Hiring Practices

Lawmakers want further examination of whistleblower claims that officials have illegally considered the political views of job candidates.

Oversight

Special Counsel Backs Navy Whistleblower's Claims of Sloppy Inventory Oversight

Case shows "the kind of good-government reforms that can result when whistleblowers see a problem and speak up," Kerner says.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Donald Trump the Slam Poet

The president described a London hospital in an oddly rhythmic fashion at the annual NRA meeting.

Oversight

Judge Sends GSA FOIA Staff Back to Work on Trump Hotel Docs

District court backs transparency group in quest for more transition team records.

Oversight

Apollo 8 Helped America Survive 1968—a Year Remarkably Similar to 2018

In a country so polarized about so much, no one seemed to disagree: Apollo 8 had done something important and profound.