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Department of Energy officials have spent seven years and $603 million to prove the commercial viability of biofuels, a major focus of the Obama administration's energy plan, but instead have missed their own goals and failed to make biorefineries commercially viable. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Energy and Environment

Department of Energy spends $603m to fail its own biofuel goals

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U.S. flags are shown outside of General Motors world headquarters in a Detroit file photo from April 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

General Motors bailout czar downplayed role in Delphi union pension deal

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FOIA ombudsman not ensuring agencies follow transparency laws

FOIA ombudsman not ensuring agencies follow transparency laws

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The U.S. government has spent $96 billion in a dozen years on Afghan reconstruction. (AP File)

US has no anti-corruption strategy for Afghan reconstruction

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A member of the Afghan National Security Forces patrols on Sept. 8. As part of the 2014 transition, the U.S. is building facilities worth $4.7 billion and transferring existing U.S. bases to hold Afghan National Security Forces troops. But officials didn't take existing U.S. buildings and future troop drawdowns into consideration, and may be left with expensive empty buildings, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)
Politics

US spending billions on buildings in Afghanistan that may go wasted

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 Jonathan Silver, executive director of the Department of Energy Loans Programs Office, left, and Jeffrey Zients, deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, testify during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Solyndra in September 2011. (Photo Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg.)
Energy and Environment

Lobbyists’ email asks Darrell Issa panel not to question former Energy official over emails

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Consumer Financial Protection Board headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

CFPB threatens independence of bankruptcy office

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Former 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's op-ed in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal criticizing President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's
Politics

FEC presses Mitt Romney on foreign contributions

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We can’t make this up

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VA officials regret patient deaths but keep bonuses

VA officials regret patient deaths but keep bonuses

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