Inspector General
Pandemic watchdog blasts Treasury for blocking COVID relief fraud investigations
A bureaucratic turf battle between the Treasury Department and a government watchdog named by President Trump could be giving free rein to scammers sucking cash out of federal COVID-19 relief...
DOJ declined to probe allegations against Trump Transport Secretary Elaine Chao
The US Justice Department declined to investigate former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao after the DOT inspector general’s office found she may have misused her office, according to a report made...
Tax dollars hard at work: MTA worker caught having sex at railyard — while collecting OT
The taxpayers weren't the only ones getting screwed. A Metro-North worker resigned last month after the MTA's watchdog caught him having sex with a woman at a railyard — while...
DHS nom Mayorkas faced scrutiny for giving visas to foreign investors: OIG report
Alejandro Mayorkas, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to lead the Homeland Security Department, faced scrutiny in his last position with the agency over issuing EB-5 visas. In his capacity as head...
House Democrats say PA postal worker retracts claim of ballot tampering
A postal worker in Pennsylvania has recanted claims that a supervisor tampered with mail-in ballots for last week's election, Congressional Democrats said Tuesday.
Watchdog rips MTA oversight of big-dollar contractors: 'Everyone passes'
The MTA’s evaluation process for big-dollar contractors is "a pass/fail test where everyone passes" and in need of a “fundamental revamp,” the agency’s inspector general said in a damning new...
Inside the hidden 'man cave' MTA workers built below Grand Central tracks
The lounge — complete with futon, flat-screen, microwave and refrigerator — was found behind a sheetrock wall in an unused locksmith shop below Track 114.
Whistleblower says DHS chiefs censored Russia, white supremacist intel
Top Homeland Security officials are accused of trying to censor or stop work related to threats from Russian influence activities or violent white supremacy in a new whistleblower report filed...
Democrats subpoena Mike Pompeo aides over ousting of State Dept. watchdog
WASHINGTON — Top House Democrats on Monday subpoenaed four aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — including the advisor who was allegedly made to walk his dog — as...
Small business loan program rife with potential fraud, watchdog says
Suspected fraudsters have infiltrated a loan program meant to help small businesses weather the coronavirus crisis — and the feds are letting them slip through, a watchdog warned. The Small...
Grassley halts Trump nominees, demands answers on inspector general firings
Sen. Chuck Grassley has moved to halt consideration on two Trump administration nominees until the White House offers more information about why it fired two inspectors general. The hold from...
Trump defends Mike Pompeo against 'stupid' allegations after firing IG
President Trump on Monday defended Secretary of State Mike Pompeo against "stupid" allegations of misusing his office, and said it was Pompeo who asked him to fire State Department inspector...
Trump slams 'radical left' giants of social media
President Trump slammed the giants of social media Saturday in a tweet that was a shot across the bow of Google — which may soon face a federal antitrust lawsuit....
Trump firing of watchdog linked to Pompeo investigation, Dems say
"This President believes he is above the law," Rep. Eliot Engel said in a statement in which he claimed to have knowledge of an ongoing Pompeo investigation.
Senate Dems grill Trump's pick to oversee coronavirus stimulus funds
President Trump’s choice for special inspector general to oversee trillions of dollars in funding laid out in the coronavirus stimulus package was grilled during a Senate hearing about whether he...
Why Trump was totally right to fire the intel inspector-general
Firing the US intelligence community’s inspector general is a big deal. I should know. I was a former longtime Central Intelligence Agency official who blew the whistle on the Clinton...
Sen. Grassley planning bipartisan letter to Trump about IG firing
GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley is trying to round up bipartisan backing for a letter demanding President Trump explain why he fired Michael Atkinson, the intelligence community's independent watchdog who handled...
Trump needs to call off his 'war' on inspectors general
While President Trump does battle against the invisible enemy of the coronavirus, he seems on the verge of starting another war — on very visible inspectors general. On Tuesday, Trump...
Trump slams HHS watchdog for report on hospital shortages, rips WHO
President Trump on Tuesday again lashed out at the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general, accusing her of political bias after she compiled a report about serious shortages...
Trump nominates White House lawyer to oversee coronavirus stimulus plan
President Trump nominated a White House lawyer to serve as the special inspector to oversee how the $2 trillion approved by Congress to fight the coronavirus pandemic will be spent.