Tag: Watchdog

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

UPDATED: CFPB exec sought ways to shield bank documents from public

Mark Tapscott · August 6, 2014 8:04 pm

Federal authorities say New York City has agreed to pay $1.05 million to settle allegations that the city's Human Resources Administration failed to stop Medicaid payments for health care coverage for beneficiaries who became ineligible. (iStock Image)

New York City to pay $1m to settle Medicaid probe

Associated Press · August 5, 2014 1:32 pm

EXography: Senators’ trips home decline with time in office, age, boosting claims of term limits advocates

EXography: Senators’ trips home decline with time in office, age, boosting claims of term limits advocates

Luke Rosiak · August 5, 2014 9:00 am

FILE - This Oct. 24, 2006 file photo shows the Ice Harbor dam on the Snake River in Pasco, Wash. For the first time in its history, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will have to disclose the amount of pollutants its dams are sending into waterways in a groundbreaking legal settlement that could have broad implications for the Corps' hundreds of dams nationwide. The Corps announced in a settlement on Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, that it will immediately notify the conservation group that filed the lawsuit of any oil spills among its eight dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in Oregon and Washington. (AP Photo/Jackie Johnston,File)

Historic deal for Corps dam pollution

Nigel Duara · August 5, 2014 2:15 am

AIG to pay $960M to settle shareholder lawsuits

AIG to pay $960M to settle shareholder lawsuits

Washington Examiner · August 4, 2014 11:55 pm

Community Health paying $98M to settle US claims

Community Health paying $98M to settle US claims

Washington Examiner · August 4, 2014 11:46 pm

In this July 11, 2014 photo, Manuel Barbosa, 25, speaks during an interview with Associated Press in Santa Clara, Cuba. Fernando Murillo contacted Barbosa, a founder of the group "Revolution," while working on a clandestine operation by the Obama administration that dispatched Latin American youth to Cuba under the cover of health and civic programs to provoke unrest. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

National Security

US sent Latin youth undercover in anti-Cuba ploy

DESMOND BUTLERJACK GILLUMALBERTO ARCEANDREA RODRIGUEZ · August 4, 2014 10:23 pm

NY investigates mortgage firm’s insurance deals

Jeff Horwitz · August 4, 2014 10:00 pm

The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Partnership received the contract to administer the Combined Federal Campaign in California for many years despite constant overruns, according to the Office of Personnel Management's inspector general. (iStock)

Firm running California federal charity drive misspent millions in donations, including buying a house

Luke Rosiak · August 4, 2014 10:00 am

Ex-banker sentenced in NY insider trading case

Ex-banker sentenced in NY insider trading case

Washington Examiner · August 1, 2014 10:58 pm

Recalls this week: bicycles, aquarium heaters

The Associated Press · August 1, 2014 8:03 pm

$This undated photo provided by Hyundai shows the 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe. Hyundai is recalling more than 419,000 cars and SUVs to fix suspension, brake and oil leak problems. The biggest of three recalls posted Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, by U.S. safety regulators is of 225,000 Santa Fe SUVs from 2001-2006 to replace front coil springs that can rust and crack in cold-weather states. The springs can fracture and make contact with a tire, potentially causing a crash. (AP Photo/Hyundai)$ Business

Hyundai recalls more than 419K vehicles

Washington Examiner · August 1, 2014 3:56 pm