Tag: Watchdog

$This 2012 image provided by Stanford University, shows fracking operations at a wellpad overlying the Marcellus Formation in Pennsylvania. A new study says that the drilling procedure called fracking didn't cause much-publicized cases of tainted water, blaming contamination on leaky natural gas wells instead. (AP Photo/Stanford University, Rob Jackson)$ News

Study: Leaky wells, not fracking, taint water

Seth Borenstein · September 15, 2014 5:51 pm

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks during the National Council for Behavioral Health's Annual Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on May 6, 2014 in National Harbor, Maryland. Clinton discussed various topics including mental health and social issues. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Clintons’ speeches are cozy for Wall Streeters but closed to journalists

Richard Pollock · September 15, 2014 9:00 am

The U.S. Senate's 380-page handbook -- which has never before been released to the public -- has been made public for the first time. (iStock)

Senate’s secret handbook published online for first time

Jennifer Peebles · September 14, 2014 9:37 pm

Rep. Doug Lamborn sent out a mailing boasting of his accomplishments and attacking President Obama just before a tight election, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Endangered Colo. Republican exploited loophole on taxpayer-funded ads

Luke Rosiak · September 14, 2014 7:36 pm

"The bottom line is that it appears we've created a government that the Afghans simply cannot afford," saidÃÂ John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Corruption still huge in Afghanistan: SIGAR

Mark Tapscott · September 14, 2014 6:00 pm

A group set up to help minorities register to vote may have actually engaged in voter fraud, according to an investigation by the Georgia secretary of state.

Group connected to top Georgia Dem accused of possible voter fraud

Luke Rosiak · September 14, 2014 10:00 am

Members of Arizona's congressional delegation wrote VA Secretary Robert McDonald, requesting that a new permanent director be named to the Phoenix VA hospital. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Permanent director needed for embattled Phoenix VA hospital, Arizona officials say

Mark Flatten · September 13, 2014 12:00 pm

Farmers slice open the green poppy bulbs, full raw opium, the main ingredient in heroin, on a poppy field in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq)

Afghans headed to ‘narco-criminal state’

Mark Tapscott · September 13, 2014 11:31 am

A campaign ad run byÃÂ Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.,ÃÂ touting her efforts to aid the parents of a combat veteran who committed suicide in June 2013 after seeking help from Veterans Affairs, sparked a response fromÃÂ the acting director of the Phoenix VA health system, who illegally disclosedÃÂ private medical information in his leaked email.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

VA critic slams Phoenix leak

Mark Flatten · September 12, 2014 10:27 pm

Anti-tax hiker Grover Norquist wonders whether the Internal Revenue Service audit of Breitbart News represents a new front in the federal agency's targeting of conservative groups.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Is Breitbart audit evidence of IRS assault on conservative media outlets?

Mark Tapscott · September 12, 2014 4:17 pm

A Philadelphia-based federal contracting firm's main shareholder faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to pretending a disabled veteran controlled her company in order to secure contracts from the General Services Administration. (iStock Photo)

Veterans preference fraud puts Philly woman in jail

Sarah Bedford · September 12, 2014 9:00 am

Federal officials paid nearly eight times the average price of homes in Ajo, Ariz., to build 21 family-type residences for U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees. (iStock image)

Feds’ tab for 21 desert homes: $680K each

Mark Tapscott · September 11, 2014 5:52 pm