#Political Accountability

Articles (30)

• 🇺🇸 Comer responds to Melania Trump: 'We will have hearings' with Epstein victims — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) committed on Friday to holding hearings with victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as part of his committee's ongoing probe, a day after...

  Related: #Government Investigation, #Sexual Abuse Scandal
• 🇺🇸 U.S. Democrats keep pressure on Trump regulators over ’suspicious’ trades — 10/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Financial Regulation, #Market Ethics
• 🇺🇸 Trump administration admits to using skewed statistics in New York Medicaid probe — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, justified his fraud investigation into New York's Medicaid by using inaccurate data.

  Related: #Healthcare Policy, #Federal-State Relations
• 🇺🇸 Anyone with political aspirations should be fighting to stop Trump — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  'Everyone knows President Trump is out of control, and yet Congress and the Supreme Court sit back and watch as we circle the drain,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

  Related: #Institutional Failure, #Civic Duty
• 🇺🇸 DHS insiders open up about Kristi Noem's troubled tenure -- while watching their backs — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Kristi Noem's departure from Homeland Security drew sighs of relief from many inside the department, who are now sharing stories of chaos and mismanagement while she was at the helm.

  Related: #Government Management, #Workplace Culture
• 🇺🇸 Tracking 7 of Mamdani’s Biggest Campaign Promises — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Zohran Mamdani based his successful campaign for mayor of New York City on several central pledges. Here’s an early look on where those stand.

  Related: #Urban Governance, #Policy Implementation
• 🇺🇸 4/9: CBS Evening News — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The first lady denies ties to Jeffrey Epstein; VP Vance prepares for a high-stakes diplomatic meeting with Iran.

  Related: #Foreign Diplomacy, #Public Misinformation
• 🇺🇸 Mamdani concedes free bus pledge won't be fulfilled this year — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged that his signature campaign promise to make city buses free is not coming to fruition this year, citing funding obstacles and ongoing negotiations with ...

  Related: #Urban Policy, #Public Transportation
• 🇺🇸 'Why is this so high?' Electric bills in West Virginia now top mortgages despite Trump's promises — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  West Virginians are angry and perplexed over soaring utility costs in one of the most energy-rich, yet poorest, corners of America, where families have been forced to choose between paying for food or...

  Related: #Energy Poverty, #Economic Inequality
• 🇺🇸 Khanna: Netanyahu in Situation Room 'a betrayal of the American people' — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Wednesday slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reportedly being in the White House's Situation Room weeks before the U.S.-Israeli joint military operation...

  Related: #US-Israel Relations, #National Security
• 🇺🇸 Zohran Mamdani on his first 100 days — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  100 days in, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces a performance review. We asked New Yorkers about his record.

  Related: #Urban Governance, #Policy Implementation
• 🇺🇸 After threatening a ‘whole civilization,’ Trump should be removed from office — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  'There are many things that Trump has said or done that could be grounds for removing him from office, but surely this one is the most egregious,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

  Related: #Media Commentary, #Democratic Norms
• 🇺🇸 Jake Tapper Explains Why CNN Reported On Iranian “Victory” Statement That Trump Falsely Claimed Was Fraudulent: “Our Job Is Not To Please The President” — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Jake Tapper provided some context to CNN’s reporting on a boastful statement put out by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council in the aftermath of a ceasefire deal with the United States, pushing ba...

  Related: #Media Integrity
• 🇺🇸 Bondi won't appear for House deposition next week in the Epstein investigation — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  A spokeswoman for the House Oversight Committee says that the department has signaled that Bondi won't appear on April 14 "since she is no longer attorney general and was subpoenaed in her capacity as...

  Related: #Government Investigation, #Legal Procedure
• 🇺🇸 Mace calls for Bondi to testify in Epstein files probe or be held in contempt — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Wednesday echoed Democratic calls to hold former Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt if she failed to comply with a subpoena to testify before the House Oversight Commit...

  Related: #Congressional Oversight, #Bipartisan Action
• 🇺🇸 Bondi Won’t Appear on Capitol Hill for Scheduled Epstein Deposition — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Pam Bondi had already been working to avoid testifying before she was fired as attorney general. The House Oversight Committee said she would not honor her subpoena because she was no longer in the po...

  Related: #Government Oversight, #Legal Proceedings
• 🇬🇧 Trump whistleblower Alex Vindman: ‘Sitting on the sidelines was not an option’ — 23/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Democratic Senate hopeful says experience of being key witness in Trump’s first impeachment makes him right choice for Florida</p><p>Alex Vindman is not a man to hold a grudge. Ask him about the <a...

  Related: #Whistleblowing, #Civic Duty
• 🇬🇧 ‘Nobody else is responsible’: Trump to blame for Iran crisis, ex-CIA chief says — 22/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Leon Panetta calls president ‘naive’ over strait of Hormuz closure and says ‘the chickens are coming home to roost’</p><p>Donald Trump is stuck between “a rock and a hard place” after three weeks o...

  Related: #Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 2 former FBI agents say they were fired over their roles in Trump 2020 election probe — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Two agents fired from the FBI last year said in a federal lawsuit Thursday that they were terminated "solely" because of their participation in an investigation into President Donald Trump's effort to...

  Related: #Law Enforcement
• 🇺🇸 Elizabeth Warren demands answers on costs, economic impact of &apos;illegal and reckless war&apos; — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  The liberal Democratic firebrand ripped President Donald Trump, whom she said has 'dragged the United States into an illegal and reckless war.'

  Related: #War Economics
• 🇺🇸 Gabbard, Ratcliffe dodge questions about Trump's Iran war planning — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe dodged questions about President Trump’s planning for the war with Iran and to what extent the president was briefed on ...

  Related: #Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Mullin agrees to meet with committee behind closed doors after dustup over claims about overseas trips — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) on Wednesday agreed to meet with members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee behind closed doors after a dustup with leadership from both parties over him largely...

  Related: #Government Transparency
• 🇺🇸 Gabbard deflects when asked on Capitol Hill about intelligence she'd offered Trump before Iran war — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Democratic senators pressed the U.S. government's top intelligence official at annual worldwide threats hearings Wednesday about the war with Iran, including whether she had advised President Donald T...

  Related: #Intelligence Controversy
• 🇺🇸 Top intelligence officials' testimonies raise concerns over Trump's justification for Iran war — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Top U.S. intelligence officials testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about worldwide threats. Senators pressed Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard about intelligenc...

  Related: #National Security
• 🇺🇸 Mullin says FEMA should be 'restructured' and that he'll end Noem's controversial $100K expense reviews — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), President Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), says that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) should be “restructured, not elimina...

  Related: #Government Reform
• 🇺🇸 Your right to hold politicians accountable is under attack — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Oregon's Secretary of State and a member of Congress from Oregon are raising the alarm about the SAVE America Act, which would require Americans to show proof of citizenship to register to vote, and c...

  Related: #Civil Rights
• 🇺🇸 Mamdani Moves to End City’s Defense of Adams in Sexual Assault Lawsuit — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  New York City has been paying for the lawyers representing former Mayor Eric Adams in a civil lawsuit concerning an alleged sexual assault in the 1990s.

  Related: #Legal Defense
• 🇺🇸 Rep. Jasmine Crockett says she was unaware of late bodyguard's criminal history — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  Rep. Jasmine Crockett broke her silence on her bodyguard who was shot and killed following a standoff with Dallas police, saying there was "never any reason to suspect that he wasn't who he held himse...

  Related: #Security Oversight
• 🇬🇧 Sinn Féin shirking responsibilities on oil bills, says Lyons — 17/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The communities minister was giving his reaction to the £17m support package announced by the UK government.

  Related: #Energy Policy
• 🇺🇸 Hakeem Jeffries Vows An Investigation Of Brendan Carr After FCC Chairman’s Threat To Broadcasters — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is warning FCC Chairman Brendan Carr that he will be investigated “in short order” following his threat to pull broadcasters’ licenses, adding to a list of expect...

  Related: #Media Regulation