Watchdogs
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Federal watchdog warns fraudsters diverting taxpayer money from Medicare and Medicaid
The schemes targeting contractors and state agencies diverted nearly $27 million from the federal health programs that have been a target for fraudsters.
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'Soviet tribunal'? Public college accused of hiding allegations, evidence from accused students
Student Academic Senate chair eventually learns 40 discrimination and harassment allegations, including calling a bureaucrat an "idiot" behind his back and telling someone "you have no idea what you’re talking about, once again."
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Before Trump purge at USAID, memo warned agency it created 'vulnerabilities' doling out foreign aid
The internal watchdog warned the agency that it was not sufficiently vetting for terrorists or getting the U.N. to comply with transparency requirements.
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Cuba spent years training anti-Israel activists behind campus protests
Multiple organizers have close ties to the communist country.
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Associated Press under fire for calling antisemitic anti-Israel demonstrations 'anti-war' protests
Ayaan Hirsi Ali called on news outlets to stop referring to the "insurrection underway on our university campuses as Pro Palestinian protests."
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VA put veterans’ safety at risk with bungled roll out of new health records platform, probe finds
Despite some fixes, internal watchdog warns there are still "unmitigated high-risk patient safety issues" related to prescriptions and health records.
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Naked censorship? Google threatens to demonetize Wall Street watchdog as GOP targets ad collusion
Global Alliance for Responsible Media may be violating "U.S. antitrust laws and congressional intent by coordinating GARM members’ efforts to demonetize and eliminate disfavored content online," House Judiciary says.
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Education Department faces FOIA lawsuit over alleged scheme to pay students for election activity
While the new proposal does not appear to directly allow federal work-study money to be used in partisan political activities, critics have said it still violates federal law.
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Bureau of Prisons 'deficiencies' behind 'many inmate deaths,' watchdog finds
The watchdog studied inmate deaths resulting from suicide, homicide, accidents and unknown factors from fiscal year 2014 through 2021.
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Uvalde school shooting response had 'no urgency,' plagued with 'cascading failures': DOJ report
The shooter was in the school for 77 minutes before his rampage was stopped.
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US military equipment monitoring updates in Ukraine not to go into effect until late 2025: Watchdog
While it is unclear when some watchdog measures will go into effect, others will not be implemented until at least September 2025, the report states.
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Judge orders CDC to quickly turn over millions of COVID vaccine-injury reports by early patients
Agency grossly overstated how burdensome redaction process would be, ignored automated tools common in legal discovery, Trump appointee says. Former NIH director's recent apology shows continuing relevance of data.
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Federal watchdog to probe Defense Department's handling of Secretary Austin's hospitalization
Inspector General Robert Storch said the objective of the review is to "examine the roles, processes, procedures, responsibilities and actions related to the Secretary of Defense’s hospitalization."