Suffolk police watchdog reports nearly 400 misconduct cases — but has no clue who got punished
Suffolk officers received nearly 400 fraudulent complaints between March 2023 and May 2024, but the county police watchdog said they don't know exactly how many officers were disciplined. The findings of the Suffolk County Human Rights Commission praised SCPD leadership for being generally cooperative, but argue that the committee is still arm-length when it comes […]
Sens. Roger Wicker and Jack Reed ask Pentagon watchdog to probe leaked Signal chat
Top Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee have requested an investigation of Pentagon inspectors whether classified defense information is shared on Signal, an encrypted messaging platform. “The chat is said to contain classification information on sensitive military discussions in Yemen,” Roger Wicker, R-Miss. and ranking member Dr. Jack Reed wrote. in letter […]
Aviation watchdog to look at ‘resilience’ rules after Heathrow closure | Heathrow airport
The UK Air Watchdog reviews rules regarding “resilience” after Heathrow was closed due to a fire at a current substation. Europe's largest airport closed early last Friday. A fire fire attack occurred at Hayes substation in west London. It was not permitted to remove planes or land, causing detours that affected around 1,300 flights and […]
EXCLUSIVE: Nat Sec Watchdog Wants Trump HHS To Make Good On Records Request Biden Admin Ignored
The new lawsuit seeks to reveal exactly what happened to thousands of migrant children who went missing or otherwise placed in inadequate homes across the country amid the Biden administration's US-Mexico border crisis. According to court documents shared only with the Daily Caller News Foundation, the Center for Advancement of the National Security Agency's Watchdog […]
NYC schools watchdog probes just 4% of complaints of wrongdoing by DOE employees
Complaints of fraudulent behavior by city department employees have skyrocketed, but the agencies responsible for investigating only open a few cases each year, records show. Special committee members of the city's school investigation introduced the highest ever record of alleged misconduct by educators and other school workers and vendors in 2024, but launched only 484 […]
Watchdog calls for ethics investigation into Lutnick's Tesla stock plug
The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) on Friday called for an investigation into whether Commerce Secretary Howard Rutnick's recent comments were recent comments encouraging Americans to buy Tesla shares. in letter To the Department of Commerce's Government Ethics and Ethics Officer's Office of Government Ethics and Ethics, Watchdog Group has called Lutnick's remarks a “clearly serious […]
Police watchdog serves notices on four officers over Harshita Brella case | UK news
Four police officers were provided with disciplinary notices for alleged failure in processing a woman's domestic abuse report before they died in car boots. The body of 24-year-old Harsita Brera was found on November 14th last year at Silvervoxhol Corsa on Brisbane Road, East London. Her husband, Pankaji Lamba, 23, is permitted to commit murder. […]
To fund MTA’s $68B rebuild plan, nab fare-beaters, squeeze riders, taxpayers: watchdog
New York officials must seriously crack down on getting fares to fund the MTA's newly proposed $68.4 billion, five-year capital plan recommended by a new report released Friday. Gov. Kathy Hochul will also need to scrap her $3 billion “inflebate” check program to New York taxpayers proposed in her executive budget plan, dedicating the state's […]
Manchin, Romney join board of directors for top budget watchdog
Former Senators Mitt Romney (R-UTAH) and Joe Manchin (IW.Va.) have joined the board of directors of the Responsible Federal Budget Committee, a well-known Washington, DC-based think tank focusing on fiscal policy. The organization's chairman Maya McGuinneas said in a statement Wednesday that the addition highlighted “the committee's long-standing commitment to promoting a bipartisan solution to […]
Probation Service problems in England and Wales leaving public at risk, watchdog finds | Prisons and probation
The UK and Wales probation services are “too little experience and training” and “too little staff” putting public members at risk, the official watchdog discovered. Martin Jones, the chief inspector for probation, said in his annual report that attempts by staff under pressure “keeping others safe” were “consistently inadequate at all tests.” The findings are […]