Tag: Watchdog

Lawsuit says California mortgage money mishandled

Don Thompson · March 15, 2014 12:47 am

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, left, and U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, comment during a news conference on a report by the Federal Railroad Administration about the Metro-North Railroad, at the information booth in New York's Grand Central Terminal, Friday, March 14, 2014. Metro-North commuter railroad has allowed an overemphasis on train times to "routinely" overshadow its safety operations, according to an FRA review that was released Friday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Review blasts NY railroad after fatal derailment

Jim Fitzgerald · March 15, 2014 12:46 am

This photo taken March 13, 2014 shows visitors walking to the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark. The National Archives makes public another 4,000 pages of documents from the Clinton White House on Friday, including previously unreleased records related to Vice President Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign and the 2000 recount in Florida. The records have been highly anticipated as former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton considers a 2016 presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Clinton records: President feared 1994 losses

Ken Thomas · March 14, 2014 9:12 pm

Updated: Postal service officials see no conflicts when its top real estate agent also represents buyers

Richard Pollock · March 14, 2014 12:00 am

New York banking firm caught in mortgage scheme

Kelly Cohen · March 14, 2014 12:00 am

Emails show close ties between Duke, NC regulators

MICHAEL BIESECKERMITCH WEISS · March 13, 2014 9:31 pm

Mayoral candidates say federal probe is hurting DC

Ben Nuckols · March 13, 2014 9:18 pm

The Department of Justice headquarters in Washington is photographed on May 14. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Watchdog uncovers hundreds of unreported, ‘reckless’ violations at DOJ

Michal Conger · March 13, 2014 4:00 am

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki says agency is open and accountable, then clams up

Mark Flatten · March 13, 2014 12:00 am

Treasurer charged with stealing from DC campaign

Ben Nuckols · March 12, 2014 3:24 pm

For years, critics of President Obama and his administration have complained about a rising disregard for the rule of law. (AP Photo)

Freedom of Information Act law ‘terribly, terribly broken,’ expert tells Senate panel

Lejla Sarcevic · March 12, 2014 4:00 am

Jeffrey Thompson holds up his hands to indicate he will not speak to reporters as leaves federal court in Washington, after being charged Monday in a criminal information with two conspiracy offenses stemming from an ongoing investigation Monday. (AP/Cliff Owen)

Documents in DC corruption case: Hillary Clinton aide sought ‘street teams’

Associated Press · March 12, 2014 4:00 am