White House Violated Law in Freezing Ukraine Aid, Watchdog Claims

ANDREW TAYLOR and ZEKE MILLER / The Associated Press Jan 16, 2020 The Government Accountability Office says the president may not substitute his own policy priorities for laws Congress has enacted. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Nearly 100,000 Pentagon Whistleblower Complaints Have Been Silenced

Lee Camp / Truthdig Apr 17, 2019 There are trillions of reasons whistleblowers might want to sound the alarm in the first place. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Next Generation of GPS Satellites Are Headed to Space

DAN ELLIOTT / The Associated Press Dec 16, 2018 The Air Force is about to launch the first of 32 planned GPS satellites designed to be more accurate, secure and versatile. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pruitt Broke Spending Law in Buying Privacy Booth, GAO Finds

MICHAEL BIESECKER / The Associated Press Apr 16, 2018 The Government Accountability Office says the Environmental Protection Agency ran afoul of federal spending laws by buying a $43,000 soundproof booth for Scott Pruitt to make private calls in his office. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Air Algerie: Flight AH5017 Apparently Went Down in Mali

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2014 Just a week after the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 killed 298 people in eastern Ukraine, another passenger jet has apparently crashed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cost of Financial Crisis Tops $22 Trillion

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 15, 2013 The 2008 financial crisis cost the U.S. economy more than $22 trillion, a study by the Government Accountability Office published Thursday said. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

French Intervention in Mali

Patrick Chappatte, Cagle Cartoons, Le Temps, Switzerland Jan 17, 2013 Dig deeper

U.S. Gov’t May Blend FDA, USDA

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2012 Here's a fun story involving the USDA, the FDA, the GAO -- i.e., the United States Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration and the Government Accountability Office -- with the Office of Management and Budget thrown in for good measure. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bernanke Offers Fed’s AIG Records to Gov’t Watchdogs

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2010 The Fed has nothing to hide about its dealings with AIG when it saved the too-big-to-fail insurance behemoth during the great bailout of 2008-9 -- or at least Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has signaled his full willingness to make the central bank's relevant "records and personnel" available to investigators from the Government Accountability Office. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

EPA Tells Agency’s Enforcers to Zip It

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2008 According to an internal e-mail obtained by the AP, the chief of staff of the EPA's enforcement wing has issued a gag order, telling staffers in June exactly what to do should a reporter, the inspector general or the Government Accountability Office call: "Please do not respond to questions or make any statements." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Submarine to Fight al-Qaida?s Navy

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 2, 2008 A trillion dollars here, a trillion dollars there, and soon you're talking real money. But when it comes to reporting on what the Bush war legacy has cost American taxpayers, the media have been shockingly indifferent to the highest run-up in military spending since World War II. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Terrorism? What Terrorism?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 29, 2007 All but two of the nation's 43 "fusion centers," information-sharing offices set up after 9/11 to help uncover terrorist activity, have been distracted by local crime and other distinctly non-terrorist intrigue, according to a Government Accountability Office report obtained by the Associated Press. The problem, like so many facing our nation, apparently stems from the lack of funding and oversight by the Bush administration. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )