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EPA administrator Gina McCarthy told testified on Capitol Hill that she has never tried to obstruct oversight of her agency. (Associated Press)

McCarthy denies trying to obstruct oversight at EPA

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight Committee, joined at left by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the ranking member, leads the questioning of Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen as lawmakers continue their probe of whether tea party groups were improperly targeted for increased scrutiny by the IRS, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 23, 2014. The IRS asserts it can't produce emails from seven officials connected to the tea party investigation because of computer crashes, including the emails from Lois Lerner, the former IRS official at the center of the investigation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP probe into IRS political targeting gets ‘hostile’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. listens to testimony regarding social security and disability benefits, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Four Social Security judges are facing accusations they rubber-stamped claims for disability benefits, approving billions of dollars in payments from the cash-strapped program. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

House panel probes problems at chemical safety board

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy holds up a pen before signing new emission guidelines during an announcement of a plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 30 percent by 2030, Monday, June 2, 2014, at EPA headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

GOP lawmakers to EPA’s McCarthy: Stop impeding federal probes

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this May 31, 2013, file photo, acting Social Security Commissioner Carolyn W. Colvin, center, accompanied by Acting Labor Secretary Seth D. Harris, left, and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, speaks during a news conference about Social Security and Medicare in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Social Security chief spars with GOP over funding, discipline for judges who grant most claims

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

"How much pornography would it take for an EPA employee to lose their job?" an incredulous Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican and chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, asked an EPA deputy last week during a hearing into agency misconduct. (associated press)

Feds drop criminal charges over damaged bird nest

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, said on Tuesday that he's considering subpoenas to force the White House to hand over more details about its new political office. He has set a new deadline for June 3. Mr. Issa said the American people have a right to know if their tax dollars are being spent to support congressional campaigns. (Associated Press)

Issa hits fed crackdown on tree-trimmer

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, said on Tuesday that he's considering subpoenas to force the White House to hand over more details about its new political office. He has set a new deadline for June 3. Mr. Issa said the American people have a right to know if their tax dollars are being spent to support congressional campaigns. (Associated Press)

Issa may subpoena White House for political office details

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE -- In this April 28, 2014 file photo, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Twin Peaks, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, talks with reporters at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Republican Congressman Darrell Issa has condemned comments by Donnelly in which he has tried to tie his Indian-American opponent, Republican Neel Kashkari, to fundamentalist Islamic law. Issa said Thursday the comments and post on social media are &quot;hateful and ignorant garbage.&quot;(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,file)

Issa condemns Donnelly comments on Islamic law

By JULIET WILLIAMS - Associated Press

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference at the US embassy in Juba, South Sudan, Friday May 2, 2014. Kerry, landing in the capital Juba on Friday, carried the threat of U.S. sanctions against prominent South Sudanese leaders if the rampant violence doesn't stop. But more than anything, he sought to compel authorities on both sides of the fight to put aside personal and tribal animosities for the good of a nation that declared independence three years ago to escape decades of war. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

John Kerry subpoenaed by House on Benghazi

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This April 29, 2014, file photo shows House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner says he'll establish select House committee to investigate Benghazi attack. (AP Photo, File)

House Speaker John Boehner says special committee needed to investigate Benghazi

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Romney, Wilson, Issa endorse Kashkari for governor

Associated Press

** FILE ** This March 26, 2014, file photo shows House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House passes modest modification to D.C.’s Height Act

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa said Tuesday that little seems to be getting done to save taxpayers money and avoid wasting billions of dollars through duplication and redundant programs. (Associated Press)

Watchdog finds more federal waste

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

B. Todd Jones, nominated to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, faces a claim that he retaliated against a whistleblower. (Associated Press)

ATF chief: No one canned over Fast & Furious

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

FILE - This Sept. 12, 2012 file photo shows a man walking through a room in the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. is doggedly pursuing the question of whether military personnel were told to “stand down” during the 2012 deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, despite the insistence of military leaders and other Republicans that it never happened. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri, File)

House GOP pursues Benghazi ‘stand down’ probe

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., right, listens as the committee's ranking member, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, as the committee continues its probe of whether tea party groups were improperly targeted for increased scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats say enough on Benghazi: It’s ‘undermining the credibility’ of committee

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

House Oversight Committee Republicans' new report accuses Lois G. Lerner of "reckless handling" of sensitive taxpayer information because she forwarded it from her government account to a private email. (Associated Press)

House lawyer: IRS’s Lerner can be held in contempt

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times