#Government Accountability

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• 🇺🇸 Months after the ICE shootings in Minnesota, a federal probe remains elusive — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Officials in Minnesota have sued the Trump administration, saying federal officials are withholding evidence in the killings of U.S. citizens Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good by immigration agents i...

  Related: #Law Enforcement, #Immigration Policy
• 🇺🇸 AP report: Trump administration admits a glaring error in its New York health fraud accusations — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  The error, which the administration admitted first to The Associated Press, prompted health analysts to question how many of the Republican administration's sweeping anti-fraud efforts around the coun...

  Related: #Healthcare Policy, #Political Controversy
• 🇺🇸 "Uncanny Valley": OpenAI and Musk Fight Again; DOJ Mishandles Voter Data; Artemis II Comes Home — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  In this episode, the hosts discuss the fight between OpenAI and Elon Musk, the misuse of voter data, and Artemis II's moonshot.

  Related: #Technology Ethics, #Space Exploration
• 🇺🇸 Judge orders Pentagon to let New York Times reporters back in — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Pentagon cheated when it tried to block access to all reporters in order to keep The New York Times out of the building.

  Related: #Press Freedom, #Legal Precedent
• 🇺🇸 Federal judge finds Pentagon in violation of court order to restore reporters' access — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the Defense Department is violating his earlier order to restore access to the Pentagon for reporters, a setback in the administration's efforts to impede the wo...

  Related: #Press Freedom, #Legal Precedent
• 🇺🇸 Pam Bondi Is Now Trying to Duck Out of Testifying About Epstein — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  A bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling for the former attorney general to answer for her handling of the Epstein files

  Related: #Justice System, #Bipartisan Politics
• 🇺🇸 Elon Musk’s DOGE stole your Social Security data — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  The Trump administration is accused of stealing the Social Security data of 500 million Americans, living and dead, and sharing it with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for misus...

  Related: #Data Privacy, #Political Controversy, #Technology Ethics
• 🇺🇸 Trump’s NATO threat is strategic illiteracy — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Walking away from the World Health Organization after the greatest pandemic in memory and ripping up global trade were foolish. Undermining the Department of Education and the Federal Emergency Manage...

  Related: #US Foreign Policy, #NATO, #Political Criticism
• 🇺🇸 The Army Opens Inquiry After Kid Rock’s Personal Apache Helicopter Flyby — 31/03/2026 [USA]

  The Army has opened an inquiry into two videos shared by Kid Rock that show a pair of Apache helicopters flying by his Nashville residence over the weekend, Pentagon officials told the New York Times....

  Related: #Military Protocol, #Celebrity Culture
• 🇬🇧 South Africa's police chief to appear in court over controversial health contract — 25/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  South African authorities declined to disclose the charges he will face when he stands in the dock.

  Related: #Police Corruption, #Legal Proceedings
• 🇺🇸 States need data tools and incentives to stop improper federal payments — 21/03/2026 [USA]

  Congress and the administration must prioritize rooting out federal waste by leveraging federal data to prevent benefit fraud and mandating the use of three key databases to ensure that only eligible ...

  Related: #Financial Oversight
• 🇺🇸 Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism — 21/03/2026 [USA]

  The ruling cut deeper than left-versus-right politics, declaring that the policy imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is unconstitutional.

  Related: #Press Freedom
• 🇬🇧 Madagascar’s military ruler decrees that ministers must pass lie detector tests — 20/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Michael Randrianirina, who sacked PM and cabinet without explanation, claims measure is to root out corruption</p><p>Madagascar’s military president has said new ministers will have to pass lie det...

  Related: #Anti-Corruption
• 🇬🇧 Government admits adoption system 'needs to improve' after BBC investigation highlights failures — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The children and families minister for England apologises to families who have received "support from services that isn't good enough".

  Related: #Adoption Reform
• 🇬🇧 US Attorney General Bondi formally summoned to Congress in Epstein case — 17/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  It comes weeks after a Republican lawmaker accused the justice department of a "cover-up" in releasing the Epstein files.

  Related: #Legal Investigation
• 🇺🇸 After ‘Weak’ Live Nation-DOJ Settlement, Senator Amy Klobuchar Introduces Antitrust Accountability and Transparency Act — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  Barely a week after the surprise settlement of the antitrust case leveled by the Department of Justice that threatened to separate Live Nation from its Ticketmaster division, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-...

  Related: #Antitrust Legislation
• 🇺🇸 Inside Noem’s tense relationship with controversial DHS inspector general — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  Tensions are running high between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its inspector general, a Trump appointee who is pushing back on agency leadership, claiming they are trying to stifle hi...

  Related: #Political Conflict
• 🇺🇸 FBI official ousted under Trump says Patel's Bureau has had "loss of expertise" — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  Since retaking office, President Trump and his administration have purged the Justice Department and law enforcement agencies of many career officials who believed they were terminated for political r...

  Related: #Institutional Expertise
• 🇺🇸 Trump officially creates task force to investigate theft benefits fraud — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump on Monday formally launched a fraud task force to investigate the theft of taxpayer dollars from federally funded social-services programs in states across the country.

  Related: #Fraud Prevention
• 🇺🇸 Durbin and Raskin call for perjury investigation into DHS&apos; Kristi Noem — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  Ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified before Congress earlier this month.

  Related: #Legal Investigation
• 🇬🇧 Swinney tells UK government to 'get a move on' with heating oil support — 15/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The first minister responds to Chancellor Rachel Reeves' promise of help with rising energy costs caused by war in the Middle East

  Related: #Energy Policy
• 🇬🇧 Unpaid carers ordered to repay benefits despite DWP knowing rules were unlawful — 14/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Officials sent out repayment letters to about 1,400 people relying on discredited guidance that had been scrapped</p><p>Unpaid carers have been issued with demands to repay thousands of pounds for ...

  Related: #Benefits Scandal
• 🇬🇧 Investigate miscarriage of justice and quash Post Office Capture convictions, MPs say — 13/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The government has been called on by an influential committee of MPs to quash convictions obtained with data from the Post Office's Capture software, the predecessor to the faulty Horizon IT programme...

  Related: #Legal Justice
• 🇺🇸 Energy secretary says he'll personally review X posts after military escort gaffe — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Thursday that he is going to personally review his posts on the social platform X after a deleted post about a military escort that the White House disputed. “My las...

  Related: #Social Media Management
• 🇬🇧 Watchdog says he 'can't trust ministers' with Sturgeon inquiry files — 12/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The information commissioner has threatened the government with more legal action over the release of files.

  Related: #Political Transparency
• 🇺🇸 Senators ask for investigation into DOJ handling of Epstein files — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  A bipartisan group of senators is requesting the Government Accountability Office (GAO) review the Department of Justice's (DOJ) handling and release of documents related to the investigation into con...

  Related: #Legal Investigation
• 🇺🇸 Trump Documents Missing in Epstein Files Highlight DOJ’s Missteps — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  In late July, an F.B.I. agent asked colleagues to get started on a sensitive task relating to Jeffrey Epstein, listing the names of 14 prominent men, with President Trump at the top.

  Related: #Legal Oversight
• 🇬🇧 ‘Naming them is not justice’: robodebt victims feel let down by findings of corruption watchdog — 11/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Nacc report into unlawful scheme found two senior public servants engaged in corrupt conduct but declined to refer them for charges in what victims call a ‘massive letdown’</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a...

  Related: #Social Justice
• 🇺🇸 DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

  Related: #Privacy Rights
• 🇺🇸 DOJ official Ed Martin faces legal ethics charges over ’DEI’ letter — 10/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Legal Ethics