Tag: Watchdog

FILE - This Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 file photo shows a Bank of America sign in Philadelphia. Officials familiar with the deal say Bank of America on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014 has reached a record $17 billion settlement with federal and state authorities over its role in the sale of mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Bank of America agrees to nearly $17B settlement

PETE YOSTMARCY GORDON · August 21, 2014 4:47 pm

As a physicianâs assistant at a VA hospital in Tennessee, Valerie Hoermann saw one of her patients, a friend and Vietnam veteran, die because of what she considered inadequate medical care. As a whistleblower, she endured retaliation after complaining about it to the agencyâs inspector general. (Photo by Pat Casey Daley)

Treatment at a Veterans Affairs hospital nearly killed an agency whistleblower

Mark Flatten · August 21, 2014 9:00 am

EXography: Senator lives like a Rockefeller but bills the cost to taxpayers

EXography: Senator lives like a Rockefeller but bills the cost to taxpayers

Luke Rosiak · August 21, 2014 9:00 am

Guatemala’s human smuggling network is big business for ‘coyotes’

Richard Pollock · August 21, 2014 9:00 am

State: NYC landlord probed for forcing tenants out

Washington Examiner · August 21, 2014 1:35 am

B ofA reaches $17B settlement with US

JEFF HORWITZMICHAEL VIRTANEN · August 20, 2014 11:35 pm

Why Bank of America deal might not cost it $17B

Jeff Horwitz · August 20, 2014 11:28 pm

FILE - This Feb. 4, 2014, file photo shows Adm. John M. Richardson, director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, as he speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon. At least 34 sailors are being kicked out of the Navy for their roles in a cheating ring that operated undetected for at least seven years at a nuclear power training site, and 10 others are under criminal investigation. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

National Security

AP NewsBreak: Navy kicks out 34 for nuke cheating

Robert Burns · August 20, 2014 5:22 pm

Kentucky business unspooled as feds closed in

Brett Barrouquere · August 20, 2014 2:07 pm

Nebraskan sentenced for not paying withholding

Washington Examiner · August 20, 2014 1:40 pm

Army veteran Phillip Perez twice survived cancer before dying at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Fresno, Calif., earlier this year. (Courtesy photo)

Korean War veteran dies after Veterans Affairs hospital ignored his medical history, daughter says

Mark Flatten · August 20, 2014 10:00 am

Prison company pays $8 million in back wages

Gillian Flaccus · August 20, 2014 4:13 am