Tag: Whistleblowers

Republican lawmakers, from left, Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Committee on Oversight Reform, and Rep. Lee Zeldin R-N.Y., appear before members of the media outside a closed door meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019.

Democrats laugh at Jim Jordan for complaints about House Oversight security clearance investigation

Jerry Dunleavy, Naomi Lim · April 2, 2019 3:56 pm

President Trump is seen in the Oval Office of the White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Security clearances should not be a partisan issue

Erin Dunne · April 1, 2019 7:07 pm

In this Oct. 30, 2018 photo, Ivanka Trump, right, departs Air Force One with Jared Kushner in Coraopolis, Pa.

National Security

White House staffer says dozens of security clearance denials overturned during Trump administration

Caitlin Yilek · April 1, 2019 2:57 pm

President Trump has chosen David Malpass, former U.S undersecretary for international affairs at the Treasury Department, to lead the World Bank for the next five years.

Righting a longstanding wrong at the World Bank

Ken Cuccinelli · March 12, 2019 4:00 am

Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who is in Moscow, is seen on a giant screen during a live video conference for an interview as part of Amnesty International's annual Write for Rights campaign at the Gaite Lyrique in Paris, France, Dec. 10, 2014.

Edward Snowden rips light Manafort sentence: ‘Your sentence derives from your proximity to power’

Daniel Chaitin · March 10, 2019 1:37 pm

Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal lawyer, arrives to testify before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in D.C.

Cohen testimony prompts Democratic bill to gut Trump’s nondisclosure agreements

Pete Kasperowicz · March 5, 2019 5:07 pm

In this Dec. 13, 2018, photo, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listens during a meeting between President Trump and newly elected governors in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington.

White House security specialist suspended after Jared Kushner clearance leak

Caitlin Yilek · January 31, 2019 5:15 pm

A view of atmosphere at "An Evening with Justified" on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at the Television Academy in the NoHo Arts District in Los Angeles.

Four-year Senate investigation finds US Marshals Service plagued with corruption

Anna Giaritelli · January 4, 2019 1:35 am

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Belmarsh Magistrate's court in London for an extradition hearing on Jan. 11, 2011.

WikiLeaks files expose group’s inner workings

Associated Press · September 17, 2018 8:30 pm

Linda Tripp, the Pentagon employee whose secret tape recordings of former White House intern Monica Lewinsky triggered a criminal investigation of President Bill Clinton, talks to reporters on July 29, 1998.

Linda Tripp: Blowing the whistle on the Lewinsky scandal ‘had nothing to do with politics’

Naomi Lim · July 30, 2018 7:01 pm

A sign of the Department of Veterans Affairs is shown above.

Beltway Confidential

VA launches criminal investigation against whistleblowers

Scott Davis · May 14, 2018 2:00 pm

Energy and Environment

Former top EPA staffer says Scott Pruitt ‘bald faced’ lied to Congress

Josh Siegel · April 30, 2018 11:27 pm