Tag: Watchdog

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Chicago taxpayers paying for millions in ‘free’ trash pickup

Kelly Cohen · July 13, 2014 4:40 pm

FILE In this Tuesday, June 24, 2014 file photograph, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering in Trenton, N.J., after he signed into law a bill that would extend the cap on arbitration awards to New Jersey's police and firefighters. The New Jersey state Senate has confirmed the two men Christie wants to add to the board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The Senate confirmed John Degnan and George Laufenberg for the jobs just hours after both were advanced by the Senate judiciary committee following hearings. (AP Photo/Mel Evans,file)

Another Chris Christie aide to testify on lane shutdown

Geoff Mulvihill · July 13, 2014 3:02 pm

VA paid out about $2.7 million in merit bonuses to SES executives in 2013. Bonuses for 2014 have been suspended.ÃÂ (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Veterans Affairs officials claim agency cannot revoke bonuses, contradicting earlier statements to congressional committee

Mark Flatten · July 11, 2014 10:11 pm

In this photo made on Thursday, June 5, 2014, clouds are reflected in the Ford sign at a dealership in Wexford, Pa. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it is investigating steering problems in about 500,000 Ford cars. The investigation covers 2004 to 2007 Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis and Marauder models. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

NHTSA probes 500K Ford cars for steering issues

Washington Examiner · July 11, 2014 8:21 pm

Robert McDonald, former Procter and Gamble executive and President Obama's nominee as the next Veterans Affairs secretary, listens at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

The man picked to clean up Veterans Affairs’ scandals

Mark Flatten · July 11, 2014 9:00 am

Jumping out of airplanes as an Army Ranger, climbing Mount Fuji and rising through the management ranks of a Fortune 500 company should be good training for Robert McDonald, the man picked to lead the beleaguered Department of Veterans Affairs. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Why West Point, Fortune 500 were no prep for this new cabinet official

Mark Flatten · July 11, 2014 9:00 am

FTC sues Amazon over kids’ app charges

Washington Examiner · July 10, 2014 8:35 pm

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen testifies before the House Oversight Committee as lawmakers continue their probe of whether Tea Party groups were improperly targeted for increased scrutiny by the IRS, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday. The sign in the background was displayed by the Republican majority staff of the committee. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Federal judge orders IRS to swear that it can’t recover Lois Lerner’s lost emails

Mark Flatten · July 10, 2014 7:05 pm

Students of the Muthesius Art Academy stand around a bed for Edward Snowden in front of a Snowden poster in Kiel, Germany, in June. The academy wants to offer Snowden asylum symbolically to mark the one-year anniversary of the NSA whistleblowing. (Photo: Ruben Neugebauer/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)

Here’s what the company that vetted Edward Snowden for the NSA just got

Kelly Cohen · July 10, 2014 5:34 pm

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Why pro-democracy broadcasters targeting Cuba feel demoralized

Kelly Cohen · July 10, 2014 10:00 am

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How much time did a key Obama official spend investigating the IRS’ Tea Party targeting?

Kelly Cohen · July 10, 2014 9:00 am

2 companies that outsourced jobs got state money

Washington Examiner · July 10, 2014 12:15 am