Watchdogs
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Social Security reform imperative to avoid 34% tax hike, insolvency by 2032, trustees warn
“Unless policymakers act, America’s favorite entitlement program will become its most disgraced,” expert warns.
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Mexican citizen sentenced for conspiring to import nearly 2,000 kg of cocaine into US
DOJ Assistant Attorney General Andrew Tysen Duva believes this level of Mexican DTO importation is the root of the injection of drugs and violence into American communities.
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Who watches the watchdogs? GAO finds agency that polices Inspectors General breaks its own rules
The ancient Romans asked "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" Inspector General independence and IG firings have been a running accountability fight, and this is the watchdog-over-the-watchdogs failing the timeliness and transparency standards it's supposed to enforce, with Congress not being told.
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Universities hide full DEI spending, threaten public with lower bar for med school: watchdogs
Medical University of South Carolina pays new chief equity officer "base compensation" of $370,000 plus potential "executive variable compensation" of 5-15%, and another $40,000 just for staying 30 days and finishing "onboarding."
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Call them racist? Teachers union worked with feds to neutralize parents with concerns about CRT
Blacks and Latinos more concerned than Biden voters about politicized classrooms, lack of parental say, according to Democratic report prepared for American Federation of Teachers. Strong resistance to gender ID without parental approval.
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Nonprofit aid agencies raise money off of Israel war, often side with Palestinian narratives
There has been evidence that Hamas has been stealing the civilian aid, the State Department said.
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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.