Watchdogs
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Watchdog asks IRS to probe tax-exempt status of NGO tied to China-linked donor
An NGO with ties to China that is alleged to have supported violent riots in America should have its tax-exempt status reviewed, a watchdog says.
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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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Fraud report: $38 million in pandemic relief aid sent to dead people
Horowitz testified in February that federal agencies failed to use some of the tools at their disposal to prevent fraud.
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Border chaos eroding CBP, ICE morale, watchdog warns agency practices 'unsustainable'
"Despite greater workloads, staffing levels have remained the same, with CBP and ICE using details and overtime to temporarily address the rising number of encounters along the Southwest border," the report read.
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New memo encourages GOP to denounce 'alarmist' UN climate change report
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently asked for wealthy nations to speed up its net-zero emissions goal from 2050 to 2040.
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Government watchdog warns unemployment facial recognition system has 'racial and gender' bias
The federal watchdog cited a report showing black Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program applicants in two states received payments at about half the rate of white applicants.
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Watchdog asks DOJ IG to clarify plans on FBI whistleblower interview
Leavitt acknowledged that the DOJ IG had clarified that it had not rejected his retaliation claims and asked for clarification that Horowitz's office still intends to interview Friend.
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ICE, Secret Service used cell tracking techniques without required court orders, watchdog says
The watchdog recommended that the Secret Service and ICE HSI establish internal controls to ensure compliance with federal regulations on the use of CSS, a suggestion with which the DHS concurred.
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Activist Brockovich: Officials 'still don’t have any answers' about enviro impact of Ohio derailment
Children are not allowed to drink from water fountains in school in the East Palestine, Ohio, Brockovich said.
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FEMA fumbles oversight of PPE shipments, incurring $238M in questionable costs: watchdog
Moving from conception to implementation in one week, disaster relief agency's Project Airbridge failed to assess both PPE inventories at medical supply distributors and the capacity of their supply chains, DHS inspector general found.
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YouTube, Musk's Twitter throttle investigative journalists behind Pfizer 'mutate' video
Twitter shows users searching for Project Veritas founder's verified account a parody account. YouTube imputes Pfizer "misinformation" to Project Veritas to remove video, suspend account.
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EPA 'not on track' to reach goals of curbing vehicle-emissions compliance, watchdog
Out of the government's 40 goals, 10 were not met and just nine were.