Tag: Watchdog

Lawmakers are advising the Obama administration to maintain opposition to a proposal to kill 45,000 wild horses or send them to Mexican slaughterhouses. (iStock Photo)

Energy and Environment

Lawmakers warn against sending horses to Mexican slaughterhouses

Rudy Takala · October 3, 2016 3:02 pm

"Ms. Mills apparently used her current role as Secretary Clinton's attorney to shield herself from prosecution in the event any classified information was discovered on her laptop," wrote Raj Shah, the RNC's research director. (AP Photo)

RNC files complaint against top Clinton aide Cheryl Mills

Sarah Bedford · October 3, 2016 2:36 pm

Bill Clinton accuser Kathleen Willey: Hillary was complicit in his sexual misconduct

Sarah Bedford · October 2, 2016 4:01 am

A federal court on Friday declined to issue an injunction to prevent the Obama administration’s proposed transfer of a core component of the Internet. (iStock Photo)

Texas court gives green light to Internet giveaway

Rudy Takala · September 30, 2016 10:10 pm

"The Google poll has us leading Hillary Clinton by 2 points nationwide," Trump noted in a speech, "despite the fact that Google search engine was suppressing the bad news about Hillary Clinton." (AP Photo)

Media rushes to discount claims of Google bias

Rudy Takala · September 30, 2016 7:49 pm

—œMy understanding is that they’re trying to push this forward to today get a ruling, and I would hope it would be a ruling in favor of the taxpayers and the United States of America in retaining our control," Marsha Blackburn said. (AP Photo)

National Security

Republicans hope court will halt Internet transfer Friday night

Rudy Takala · September 30, 2016 4:34 pm

Officials at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Hines, Ill., may have left the bodies of deceased veterans neglected for months in the facility's morgue. (Jim Roberts via Wikimedia Commons)

Report: VA left veterans’ bodies to ‘decompose’ in hospital morgue

Sarah Bedford · September 30, 2016 1:08 pm

Republicans in the House have proposed legislation that would eliminate the "Clinton defense," a reference to Hillary Clinton's argument that she should escape prosecution because she did not intend to violate the law when she set up her private email system and mishandled classified information. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

GOP bill kills the ‘Clinton defense’ for violating classification laws

Rudy Takala · September 29, 2016 9:40 pm

"President Obama can't seem to get his facts straight when it comes to VA accountability because, just like the department's leaders, he is not at all focused on it," Jeff Miller said. (AP Photo)

Republicans push back on Obama claim of increased VA accountability

Sarah Bedford · September 29, 2016 8:04 pm

—œWe are still working to resolve the remaining technical and legal issues and we are committed to unlocking the set-top box for consumers across this country,—£ the FCCcommissioners said. (AP Photo)

FCC delays vote on opening cable box market

Rudy Takala · September 29, 2016 5:47 pm

National Security

4 states sue to block Internet transfer

Rudy Takala · September 29, 2016 4:37 pm

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., called the congressional investigation into HIllary Clinton's private email server a "desperate onslaught of frivolous attacks." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dems slam GOP for ‘frivolous attacks’ against Hillary Clinton

Sarah Bedford · September 29, 2016 3:47 pm