Tag: Watchdog

In this image released by the U.S. Air Force, a Malmstrom Air Force Base missile maintenance team removes the upper section of an ICBM at a Montana missile site. An Air Force security team's botched response to a simulated assault on a nuclear missile silo has prompted a blistering review followed by expanded training to deal with the nightmare scenario of a real attack. But an internal review of the exercise held last summer at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana said the security forces were unable to speedily regain control of the captured silo, and called this a "critical deficiency." The Associated Press obtained a copy of the report through a Freedom of Information Act request. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, John Parie)

National Security

AP Exclusive: Botched nuclear silo drill revealed

Robert Burns · May 22, 2014 9:20 pm

GM tells Wall Street recalls may last into summer

Tom Krisher · May 22, 2014 9:13 pm

Report: FAA too reliant on Boeing for battery test

Scott Mayerowitz · May 22, 2014 4:33 pm

Prairie chickens are an endangered species. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Prairie chickens fly from Kansas to Illinois — in state aircraft, at $1,000 a bird

Kelly Cohen · May 22, 2014 4:03 pm

The Missouri Peace Officers Standards and Training agency, or POST, reviews misconduct allegations to see whether police officers should retain their state licenses. (Thinkstock)

Transparency lacking for police misconduct cases in Missouri

Kelly Cohen · May 22, 2014 3:59 pm

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Poor go to jail for inability to pay court fines, despite Supreme Court ruling barring the practice

Kelly Cohen · May 22, 2014 3:17 pm

Democrat Evan Bayh, an U.S. senator from Indiana from 1999 to 2011, sits on $9.8 million in extra campaign cash. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)ÃÂ

Ex-politicos hoard campaign cash long after leaving office, analysis finds

Kelly Cohen · May 22, 2014 2:57 pm

Crooked contractors, bribery and embezzlement are all subplots in a botched $153 million deal to build a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital near Pittsburgh, according to a report released Tuesday by the agency's inspector general.ÃÂ (Photo: Washington Examiner file)

Veterans Affairs whistleblowers face ‘long slog’ in fighting retaliation

Mark Flatten · May 22, 2014 2:45 pm

GAO finds federal contractors being suspended more often

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2014 1:03 pm

This 1990 photo provided by Curtis Griffin of his step-son Bradley Ballard shows Ballard in Houston when he was 16. In September of 2014, (AP Photo/Curtis Griffin)

Inmate died after 7 days in NYC cell

Jake Pearson · May 22, 2014 12:42 pm

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

CFPB misses diversity mark, outside consultant says

Richard Pollock · May 22, 2014 11:30 am

Dietitians, athletic trainers and massage therapists will no longer be able to prescribe and order Medicare drugs.Ã (Thinkstock Image)

New Medicare rule hopes to crack down on excess drug prescriptions

Kelly Cohen · May 22, 2014 4:00 am