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Rep. Steve King, R-IA, addresses one of the many demonstrations for and against Obamacare since its passage. (AP Photo)

Healthcare

Virginia centers get $2.5 million to promote Obamacare

Kenric Ward -

July 13, 2013 4:00 am

Cindy Harrington was caught performing a flip on a trapeze after she began collecting federal disability because of a reported neck injury sustained while lifting a mail tray. Harrington collected more than $193,000 in disability payments, using some of the money to buy a boat called âFree Ride.â She eventually pleaded guilty to fraud charges.
(Photos courtesy U.S. Postal Service Inspector General)

Fraud rampant in fed disability program

Mark Flatten -

July 12, 2013 4:00 am

Consumer Finance Protection Board officials are spending $95 million renovating their headquarters building seen here at 1700 G Street, NW, in the nation's capital. The structure was building in the 1970s. (Photo by Graeme Jennings, Washington Examiner)

Costs spiral for CFPB’s lavish new headquarters as Congress fumes

Richard Pollock -

July 11, 2013 4:00 am

Campaign work paid off with federal jobs for early Obama supporters

Education

Campaign work paid off with federal jobs for early Obama supporters

Luke Rosiak -

July 11, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., said

House panel hears Labor Department plan to fight federal worker disability fraud

Mark Flatten -

July 10, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, said he hopes the Department of Veterans Affairs will respond to requests from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee for emails about training conferences. (AP File)

House panels deploy subpoenas, new website in quest for VA documents

Mark Flatten -

July 10, 2013 4:00 am

Brits Mark Sawyer, left, and John Bryant, both of Bath, England, are seen in front of the Elvis band at the 2013 Fourth of July celebration wearing their blue suede shoes. Bath is home of the American Museum of Britain, which houses the largest collection of Americana outside of the U.S. (Photo by Richard Pollock)

Celebrating America on July Fourth in the UK

Richard Pollock -

July 10, 2013 4:00 am

Stonewalling by the Department of Veterans Affairs over its lavish spending on a pair of training conferences in Orlando, Fla., triggered a subpoena Tuesday from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

House panel issues subpoenas for VA training conference documents

Washington Examiner -

July 9, 2013 4:00 am

More than $100 million in State Department grants to foreign organizations for reconstruction work in Afghanistan has never been audited. (Photo: Thinkstock)

State Department hands out millions in grants that are never audited

Washington Examiner -

July 9, 2013 4:00 am

IG says Texas housing authority is auditors’ nightmare

IG says Texas housing authority is auditors’ nightmare

Jon Cassidy -

July 9, 2013 4:00 am

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