Watchdog

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, calls for Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki to resign in May amid an investigation into allegations of corruption and unnecessary deaths at the Phoenix VA Medical Center. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Sen. John Cornyn calls Veterans Affairs cancer test delays ‘outrageous’

Mark Flatten · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

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National Security

Poop smell has (surprisingly) long history in national defense

Kelly Cohen · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

As many as 15,000 patients a Southeast Texas Department of Veterans Affairs medical system who should have gotten the colonoscopies either did not get them or were examined only after long and needless delays, according to a whistleblower. (Thinkstock)

Whistleblower says Veterans Affairs cost-cutting led to denials, delays in life-saving cancer tests

Mark Flatten · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

In this Dec. 5, 2007 file photo, a message is posted on an electronic voting machine in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Voting data leads to double voting in Tennessee election

Kelly Cohen · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

Deborah Lum of the Atlanta Workforce Development Agency retired after a newspaper investigation found her agency "recklessly spent hundreds of thousands of dollars."ÃÂ (Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

Investigation into Atlanta jobs agency head leads to her retirement

Kelly Cohen · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2013, file photo, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says a leadership change may help resolve what he calls "dysfunction" at the Department of Veterans Affairs, following allegations of corruption and avoidable deaths at the veterans' hospital in Phoenix. McConnell says the tenure of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is "embarrassing" and that the agency is in "a stunning period of dysfunction." McConnell isn't calling for Shinseki to step down, but says a change in leadership "might be a good thing."(AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Hagel: Accountability has be upheld in VA scandal

Washington Examiner · May 11, 2014 3:39 pm

For Massachusetts lawmakers, steady lobbying money

For Massachusetts lawmakers, steady lobbying money

Steve LeBlanc · May 11, 2014 2:41 pm

Emails from Sylvania City Schools included solicitations for parents to help with a $3.8 million continuous levy, which would appear on the May 6 primary ballot. (Thinkstock)

Ohio citizen watchdog exposes school district’s illegal tax hike campaign

Maggie Thurber · May 11, 2014 4:00 am

Report: Government agents protected director’s aide

Report: Government agents protected director’s aide

Washington Examiner · May 11, 2014 3:42 am

Chrysler recalls 780K minivans over window switch

Chrysler recalls 780K minivans over window switch

The Associated Press · May 9, 2014 9:17 pm

Watchdog: Pipeline safety oversight inadequate

Joan Lowy · May 9, 2014 9:05 pm

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows a magnetic color sorting board from Discount School Supply. The item is being recalled due to magnet ingestion risk and excessive lead levels. (AP Photo/U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)

Recalls this week: magnetic boards, bicycles

The Associated Press · May 9, 2014 7:09 pm