Tag: Watchdog

"I would argue there is no area where we are fundamentally more different in that we have long ago surrendered any expectation of privacy, and we have forgotten what it is to have an expectation of privacy," Sen. Tim Kaine said. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

National Security

Senator: Colleagues have warped view of privacy

Rudy Takala · May 24, 2016 2:56 pm

Sen. Roy Blunt called on Veterans Affairs secretary to resign following his controversial comparison of veteran wait times to wait times at Disneyland. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

GOP senators calls on Veterans Affairs chief to resign

Sarah Bedford · May 24, 2016 2:27 pm

IRS chief to Congress: I never wanted this job

Rudy Takala · May 24, 2016 1:41 pm

Donald Trump's candidacy has forced one young Republican to resign her post. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Young Republican official resigns over ‘racist, hateful’ Trump

Rudy Takala · May 24, 2016 11:22 am

Hours after VA Secretary Robert McDonald spoke, the VA released a statement from the agency itself, not a named spokesman, that said the VA is working to improve service, a goal officials "take seriously." (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

VA: No apology, blames wait time scandal on computer program

Pete Kasperowicz · May 24, 2016 12:36 am

"I am concerned that this proposed rulemaking would replace marketplace solutions with greater government regulation," Chuck Grassley said. (AP Photo)

Grassley: Keep Google out of video programming

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 10:27 pm

Republicans blast McDonald’s ‘tone-deaf’ Disneyland, VA comparison

Sarah Bedford · May 23, 2016 9:09 pm

A Romanian hacker who claimed to have accessed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private server will plead guilty in a court hearing Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

‘Guccifer,’ accused Clinton hacker, to plead guilty

Sarah Bedford · May 23, 2016 5:22 pm

Leaders at the agency overseeing the Pentagon lied to a judge and improperly destroyed documents, a former official is claiming. (iStock)

National Security

Claim: Top Pentagon officials engaged in obstruction of justice to expose whistleblowers

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 5:21 pm

The report notes that 2,353 new rules were issued in 2015, while the administration's regulators have proposed more than 2,000 new rules for passage before President Obama leaves office next year. (AP Photo)

Record year: Cost of Obama regulations surpasses $100 billion for first time

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 5:12 pm

VA secretary: Disney doesn’t measure wait times, so why should VA?

Sarah Bedford · May 23, 2016 2:59 pm

Kirk: VA wait times ‘nothing compared to a day at Disneyland’

Sarah Bedford · May 23, 2016 12:52 pm