Tag: Watchdog

The Veterans Affairs Health Care Center in Harlingen, Texas. The Harlingen medical center ranked high on the list of the facilities with the longest average waits as of May 15 for new patients seeking primary care, specialist care and mental health care. (AP Photo/Valley Morning Star, David Pike)

Millions of tax dollars in ‘sordid’ bonuses paid to top Veterans Affairs administrators despite phony wait lists, patient deaths

Mark Flatten · July 8, 2014 9:00 am

Arizona utility to pay $3.25M for 2011 blackout

Arizona utility to pay $3.25M for 2011 blackout

Washington Examiner · July 8, 2014 2:42 am

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2014 file photo, Illinois state Treasurer Dan Rutherford is seen in the House chambers at the state Capitol in Springfield Ill. The Associated Press has learned that Rutherford fired three top administrators after an investigation by the treasurer's inspector general. Letters from Rutherford's office obtained by the AP indicate Patrick Carlson, George Daglas and Ashvin Lad were dismissed July 2, 2014. Each was dismissed for allegedly violating timekeeping policies and falsifying records. The letter to Carlson says he also violated rules against "workplace harassment." (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Illinois treasurer fires 3 staffers

John O'connor · July 8, 2014 1:21 am

FILE - In this February 7, 2012, file photo, shows equipment in the oil fields of the Uintah Basin, southeast of Vernal, Utah. A federal report finds the agency tasked with approving mines and drills on public lands has hampered development by taking too long to review those proposals. The recent report from the Department of the Interior's inspector general says half of such applications flow into the Bureau of Land Management's Vernal office. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Trent Nelson, File)

Report: Backlog in drill requests hurts industry

Washington Examiner · July 7, 2014 10:59 pm

FILE - This Tuesday, April 1, 2014 file photo shows a key in the ignition switch of a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt in Alexandria, Va. Responding to complaints about "cheap-feeling" switches that required too much effort to turn, General Motors set about making new ones that would work more smoothly and give drivers the impression that they were better designed, a GM switch engineer testified in a lawsuit deposition in the spring of 2013. The switches, though, were too loose, touching off events that led to at least 13 deaths, more than 50 crashes and a raft of legal trouble for the Detroit automaker. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

How GM’s ignition switch redesign went wrong

Tom Krisher · July 7, 2014 7:39 pm

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's circus handler Joey Frisco speaks to an Asian elephant during an appearance in Boston's North End. (AP/Elise Amendola)

Animal rights groups that paid circus $15.7 million file suit against insurers who cancelled them in 2010

Richard Pollock · July 7, 2014 10:00 am

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Judicial Watch asks federal judge to lift ‘temporary’ stay on lawsuit seeking Operation Fast and Furious documents

Mark Tapscott · July 7, 2014 10:00 am

In this Wednesday, July 2, 2014 photo, warning flags hang on the parking garage of the State Board of Equalization building in Sacramento, Calif. The building, which houses the headquarters of the state agency that administers taxes and fees, has been plagued with problems including panes of glass popping out and crashing to the sidewalk, elevators stalling and corroding pipes damaging the buildings's water system, since it was opened in 1993.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

State office building racks up millions in repairs

Fenit Nirappil · July 7, 2014 2:44 am

Fla man charged in Medicare scam among most wanted

Fla man charged in Medicare scam among most wanted

Washington Examiner · July 6, 2014 9:43 pm

Subaru recalls 660K vehicles for brake line rust

Washington Examiner · July 3, 2014 5:49 pm

George Tattos attends his arraignment at Manhattan Supreme Court, Wednesday, July 2, 2014, in New York. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. and city Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters announced earlier that morning the indictment of several individuals and businesses on charges including grand larceny, fraud, forgery, and evidence tampering through a building site safety inspection scam. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

New York construction firms accused of safety scam

Jennifer Peltz · July 2, 2014 11:18 pm

FILE - In this June 23, 2011, file photo, Chief Judge Richard F. Cebull makes a speech during a naturalization ceremony at the federal courthouse in Billings, Mont. A group of American Indians wants a court to preserve and eventually release an investigative file containing inappropriate emails sent by Cebull including a racist message involving President Barack Obama. A judicial review panel found he sent hundreds of emails from his federal account that showed disdain for blacks, Indians, Hispanics, women, certain religions and others. He was publicly reprimanded and retired. (AP Photo/Billings Gazette, James Woodcock, File)

Groups want to see Montana judge’s racist emails

Matthew Brown · July 2, 2014 11:00 pm