#Government Oversight
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🇺🇸 Pentagon Watchdog Stalls Proposal to Review Targeting in Trump’s Boat Strikes
[USA]
A new inspector general delayed a decision on whether to approve the project and is said to have raised its potential political ramifications, in a test of the watchdog system in President Trump’s sec...
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🇬🇧 Flight logs and hot tub photo among key moments from Bill Clinton's deposition
[United Kingdom]
The former US president, who is featured in photographs within the Epstein files, denies having any knowledge of the convicted sex offender's crimes.
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🇺🇸 Adam Schiff Says Paramount-WBD Deal Should Be Subject To “Highest Levels Of Scrutiny” And “Free From White House Political Influence”
[USA]
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) weighed in on Paramount apparent victory in the battle over Warner Bros., after Netflix dropped out of a bidding war for the assets. “What was true for Netflix is still true no...
Related: #Media Consolidation, #Job Protection -
🇺🇸 Trump's ballroom project can continue for now, court says
[USA]
A US District Judge denied a preservation group's effort to put a pause on construction
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🇺🇸 Democrat senators press Commerce Secretary Lutnick on conflict of interest concerns in USA Rare Earth deal
[USA]
Senators Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen and Ron Wyden are pressing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for more information on the USA Rare Earth deal.
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🇺🇸 Democrats demand special counsel investigation of Bondi, accusing her of perjury
[USA]
Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) are calling on the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate Attorney General Pam Bondi, accusing her of perjuring herself when ...
Related: #Political Investigations, #Legal Accountability -
🇺🇸 WATCH: Whistleblower and former ICE attorney calls agent training 'deficient, defective and broke'
[USA]
A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer who was responsible for training new deportation officers warned lawmakers on Monday that the ICE training program is "deficient, defective and...
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🇺🇸 Training for New ICE Agents Is ‘Deficient’ and ‘Broken,’ Whistle-Blower Says
[USA]
The former official appeared with congressional Democrats, who also released documents indicating significant reductions in instructional hours for recruits.
Related: #Immigration Enforcement, #Training Standards -
🇺🇸 NASA Blames Itself and Boeing for Botched Starliner Flight Test
[USA]
In a report released nearly two years after Boeing’s botched Starliner mission to the International Space Station, NASA put the mishap in the same category as the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle...
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🇺🇸 Investigators Blame NASA and Boeing for Starliner Failures
[USA]
Technical and oversight problems left two astronauts aboard the International Space Station for months longer than had been expected.
Related: #Space Exploration, #Corporate Responsibility -
🇺🇸 NASA report paints damning picture of Boeing mishap that stranded two astronauts in space
[USA]
A NASA investigation of Boeing’s bungled 2024 flight to the International Space Station, which stranded two astronauts there, revealed rampant mistrust and insufficient testing.
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🇺🇸 Trump's White House ballroom project wins approval from federal architecture commission
[USA]
President Trump's proposal to construct a ballroom at the White House was approved by the Commission of Fine Arts on Thursday.
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🇺🇸 Pam Bondi hearing devolves into shouting matches with Democrats over Epstein and DOJ prosecutions
[USA]
Attorney General Pam Bondi lashed out at judges and lawmakers at a contentious House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday that followed reports of President Donald Trump's gripes with her tenure.
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🇺🇸 Watch: Top House Judiciary Republican, Democrat open Bondi hearing
[USA]
Rep. Jim Jordan, a Republican from Ohio who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the committee, opened their hearing where Attorney General Pam ...
Related: #Justice, #Public Policy -
🇺🇸 Attorney General Bondi testifies at House hearing [USA]
Watch live coverage as Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Department of Justice.
Related: #Justice Department, #National Security -
🇺🇸 Justice Department releases names of 3 people the FBI once called Jeffrey Epstein 'co-conspirators'
[USA]
The Justice Department has released the names of three people the FBI once called co-conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein after lawmakers complained that the names had been improperly withheld
Related: #Justice, #Transparency, #Legal Affairs -
🇺🇸 Top Immigration Officials Refuse to Discuss Minnesota Shootings at Hearing
[USA]
The heads of ICE and Customs and Border Protection told lawmakers that they could not comment on the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti because of continuing investigations.
Related: #National Security, #Immigration Policy -
🇺🇸 Why is Rep. Ilhan Omar’s husband being scrutinized instead of the Trumps?
[USA]
'The Trump family has made an estimated $4 billion since the beginning of his second term. Investigate them, Rep. Comer,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Related: #Politics, #Ethics -
🇺🇸 Ghislaine Maxwell pleads the Fifth and refuses to answer questions before House panel
[USA]
Ghislaine Maxwell invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions during a virtual deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Monday. CBS News' Katrina Kaufman has the latest.
Related: #Legal Justice, #Criminal Law -
🇺🇸 Gabbard rejects claims she withheld whistleblower complaint from Congress
[USA]
Related: #National Security, #Legal Integrity
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🇺🇸 Tulsi Gabbard responds to senator's criticism over handling of whistleblower complaint
[USA]
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard responded to criticism from Sen.
Related: #Politics, #National Security -
🇺🇸 Members of Congress to view unredacted Epstein files [USA]
Members of Congress will be able to begin reviewing the unredacted version of the Justice Department’s files on Jeffrey Epstein on Monday morning. The review process will take place in person at the D...
Related: #Transparency, #Justice -
🇺🇸 DHS warned its independent watchdog that Noem can kill its investigations, senator says
[USA]
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth wrote that she fears “repeated tacit threats” could be weakening the Department of Homeland Security inspector general’s independence.
Related: #Political Accountability, #National Security -
🇺🇸 Congress to receive unredacted Epstein files next week
[USA]
On Monday, members of Congress will be able to review the unredacted version of the Epstein files after serious debate about the Justice Department's handling. CBS News justice correspondent Scott Mac...
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🇺🇸 Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret U.S. government surveillance, sounds new alarm over ‘CIA activities’
[USA]
The two-line letter to the CIA's director is the latest warning in recent years from a long-serving Democratic senator with knowledge of secret government programs and intelligence operations.
Related: #National Security, #Data Privacy -
🇺🇸 Federal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim at Covid Shots
[USA]
One panelist accused the F.D.A. of withholding data on potential harms. The advisers also are reviewing research on vaccines given to pregnant women.
Related: #Public Health, #Medical Ethics -
🇺🇸 On Capitol Hill, Treasury Secretary Bessent’s testimony descends into insults and shouting matches
[USA]
A hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent turned chaotic Wednesday as Democratic lawmakers clashed with him over fiscal policy and Trump family conflicts
Related: #Political Tensions, #Fiscal Policy, #Political Discourse -
🇺🇸 Ex-Capitol riot prosecutors draft strategy for Congress to probe ICE conduct
[USA]
The memo details a series of recommendations for Congressional committees to probe allegations of excessive force and violations by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
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🇺🇸 Trump Sues I.R.S. Over Tax Data Leak, Demanding $10 Billion
[USA]
The president charged that the I.R.S. and the Treasury Department had failed to prevent a former I.R.S. contractor from gaining access to documents shared with news outlets.
Related: #Politics, #Legal Action, #Data Privacy -
🇺🇸 Democrats ask top US spy to explain presence at FBI raid on election facility
[USA]
Related: #National Security, #Election Integrity, #Law Enforcement