Tag: Watchdog

Bernie Sanders dismissed speculation Wednesday that he could join Hillary Clinton on the Democratic ticket. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Sanders doubts he’ll be Clinton’s VP pick

Sarah Bedford · July 13, 2016 11:33 am

Last month, Cuba denied visas for a bipartisan group of lawmakers who were seeking to examine airport security in the country. (Noah Friedman-Rudovsky/Bloomberg, File)

House lawmaker seeks to block U.S.-Cuba flights

Rudy Takala · July 12, 2016 8:42 pm

"[I]t frankly should not matter whether you are running for president or running late to a kid's ball game." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Gowdy blasts ‘two-tiered justice system’ in Clinton email case

Sarah Bedford · July 12, 2016 5:37 pm

Perdue's bill, the Securing Our Secrets Act, would force agency employees who have security clearances to undergo a new round of training on how to handle classified information. (Drew Angerer/Bloomberg, File)

GOP senator introduces bill to outlaw private email use at State Department

Sarah Bedford · July 12, 2016 5:04 pm

"Your refusal to answer questions ... is an abdication of your responsibility," Bob Goodlatte told Loretta Lynch after she had dodged questions about her role in the conclusion of the email probe. (AP Photo)

GOP scolds Lynch for dodging questions: ‘Abdication of your responsibility’

Sarah Bedford · July 12, 2016 4:55 pm

The report shows how OneVoice, a group that had received State Department funding in order to promote peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, turned their attention to defeating Benjamin Netanyahu in a March 2015 election after the failure of the peace talks. (Gali Tibbon/Pool Photo via AP)

Senators: Nonprofit gave State Department plot to oust Israeli PM

Joel Gehrke · July 12, 2016 4:39 pm

National Security

Attorney General Loretta Lynch dodges GOP questions on Clinton email case

Sarah Bedford · July 12, 2016 2:54 pm

Led by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., more than a half-dozen lawmakers have already signed onto a letter that is expected to generate much deeper interest before it is sent to the three enforcement agencies this week. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File)

Lawmakers renew push for investigation of Clinton Foundation

Sarah Bedford · July 12, 2016 2:15 pm

Hillary Clinton isn’t done with email probes yet

Sarah Bedford · July 12, 2016 4:01 am

The six commissioners split in that case along party lines, which meant no action was taken against Fox for its move to expand one of the GOP debates. But in the aftermath, Democratic FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel noted that the OGC concurred with Democrats, and twice emphasized its objectivity. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Is FEC staff as ‘nonpartisan’ as the FEC thinks?

Rudy Takala · July 12, 2016 1:45 am

Two committee chairs send Justice Dept. criminal referral in Clinton email case

Sarah Bedford · July 11, 2016 10:35 pm

One email between organizers of an event indicated the speech hosts were "shocked" at the fees Bill Clinton, Madeleine Albright and Al Gore had requested for their participation. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg, File)

Documents reveal Bill Clinton’s lavish demands for speaking engagements

Sarah Bedford · July 11, 2016 3:06 pm