Tag: Watchdog

IRS commissioner admits he made ‘mistaken’ statements about email destruction

Sarah Bedford · September 21, 2016 3:03 pm

Fewer deep-pocketed donors flocked to the 12th and final annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative this week. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Clinton Global Initiative ends on a down note

Sarah Bedford · September 21, 2016 4:01 am

Rep. Lamar Smith has demanded a meeting with the technology specialist accused this week of seeking advice on how to scrub emails from Hillary Clinton's server on an online forum. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer, File)

National Security

GOP chair demands interview with Clinton IT aide who asked Reddit for help deleting emails

Sarah Bedford · September 20, 2016 3:17 pm

National Security

Clinton gave State Department appointments to 194 donors

Sarah Bedford · September 20, 2016 12:22 pm

Lawmakers are seeking to reverse the Obama administration's ban on sending cigars to American service members stationed overseas. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

National Security

Lawmakers seek to reverse ban on cigars for troops

Rudy Takala · September 20, 2016 4:38 am

"For [North Korea] to use nuclear weapons or even suggest they're going to use nuclear weapons, would be for them to commit suicide," said former Secretary of State Colin Powell. (AP Photo/Eric Reichbaum)

National Security

Powell not worried by North Korea, but concerned about global populism

Rudy Takala · September 19, 2016 7:52 pm

Ann Ravel, a Democrat who last year filled her agency's rotating chairmanship, has been criticized over claims that she supports regulating speech on the Internet. (AP Photo)

Regulator: Internet subjecting U.S. elections to foreign influence

Rudy Takala · September 19, 2016 4:11 pm

Committee aides indicated the files might be publicly available on the "dark web."

National Security

Report: Russian hackers may have stolen from Clinton hacker

Rudy Takala · September 19, 2016 1:24 pm

Facebook and Twitter announced that they were going to join several publications considered left-leaning in an effort to "train journalists" and create "a collaborative verification platform" to filter "false information" out of the news.

Tech firms pledge neutrality, yet are still dabbling in politics

Rudy Takala · September 19, 2016 4:01 am

Joan O'Hara is the general counsel at the House Committee on Homeland Security. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Profile: Rowing led to law school, Homeland Security panel

Rudy Takala · September 19, 2016 4:01 am

"The idea of a greater purpose beyond oneself may be alien to political party bosses like Reince Priebus, but it is at the center of everything Gov. Kasich does," John Weaver said. (AP Photo)

Strategist: Kasich won’t be ‘bullied’ into backing Trump

Rudy Takala · September 19, 2016 1:27 am

"If we’re going to put our heads in the sand, if we say we’re going to do nothing in any of these areas, it’s a fiscal cliff," Gary Johnson said. (AP Photo)

Libertarian Johnson: Let’s end 2-party system, not Medicare

Rudy Takala · September 19, 2016 1:05 am