Tag: Watchdog

FILE - In this April 2, 2013 file photo State Sen. Malcolm Smith, D-Queens, leaves federal court in White Plains, N.Y. Accused of trying to bribe his way onto the New York City mayoral ballot, Smith says he didn't do it - and if he did, he was lured into it by federal agents. His trial begins this week in White Plains, in the midst of his re-election campaign in Queens. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Corruption jury to hear senator’s entrapment claim

Jim Fitzgerald · June 1, 2014 12:26 pm

Eric Shinseki, secretary of Veterans Affairs, pauses while delivering remarks at a National Coalition for Homeless Veterans meeting in Washington Friday morning. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Decade of reports show Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki was in denial, not in the dark

Mark Flatten · May 30, 2014 9:54 pm

CHP looks into allegations of firefighter behavior

Don Thompson · May 30, 2014 7:10 pm

Despite an increase in cyberattacks over the past few years, federal agencies are still not doing enough to thwart them. (Thinkstock)

Federal agencies aren’t doing enough to stop hackers: report

Kelly Cohen · May 30, 2014 6:25 pm

Agent: Wiretap request misstated informant record

Washington Examiner · May 30, 2014 6:15 pm

As many as 227 million Americans may be compelled to disclose intimate details of their families and financial lives -- including their Social Security numbers -- in a new national database being assembled by two federal agencies. (Thinkstock)

New federal database will track Americans’ credit ratings, other financial information

Richard Pollock · May 30, 2014 10:00 am

Insurer to pay post-Sandy penalty over inspections

Washington Examiner · May 30, 2014 7:01 am

FBI informant focus of Dem’s bribery trial

Michael Tarm · May 29, 2014 11:05 pm

Examiner’s Mark Flatten named Fourth Estate Award winner by American Legion for Veterans Affairs reporting

Mark Tapscott · May 29, 2014 10:28 pm

Audit: $12.3M Illinois Medicaid benefits to dead

Carla Johnson · May 29, 2014 9:38 pm

Ex-DC lawmaker Brown gets 3 years for bribes

Matthew Barakat · May 29, 2014 9:31 pm

Documents show another delayed GM recall

Tom Krisher · May 29, 2014 9:19 pm