Agency Oversight

Election 2024 Secret Service Director

Secret Service director, grilled by lawmakers on the Trump assassination attempt, says ‘we failed’

The Secret Service’s director says the roof where a shooter opened fire at Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally was identified as a potential vulnerability…

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USPS, EV, USPS electric vehicles

The road to electrifying America’s personal vehicles starts with the USPS EV fleet

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Supreme Court, Chevron deference

GOP lawmakers see post-Chevron opportunity to ‘retake’ power from regulatory agencies. Experts doubt it’ll work

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Election 2024 Trump

House Oversight panel subpoenas Secret Service director to testify on Trump assassination attempt

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VA bonuses, Veterans Homeless Grants

VA warns of historic $15B budget shortfall. House committee says more hiring ‘above all’ is driving up costs

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Joni Ernst

GOP lawmakers demand SBA postpone IT upgrades amid year-end contract spending surge

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(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown, nearly 60 percent of its workforce, to handle tax returns and pay out refunds. The employees won't be paid. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS recovers $1B in crackdown on taxes owed by millionaires

IRS is tapping into tens of billions of multi-year modernization funds in the Inflation Reduction Act to rebuild its workforce and beef up enforcement.

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How the government spends a billion dollars a year on advertising

The federal government is among the biggest spenders on advertising. At about $1.3 billion a year, it’s in the top 25 U.S. spenders.

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How the government spends a billion dollars a year on advertising

The federal government is among the biggest spenders on advertising. At about $1.3 billion a year, it’s in the top 25 U.S. spenders.

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