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Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, arrives as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House Republican calls on government watchdog to investigate DOD after another failed audit

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

U.S. and Philippine marines wait at the airport of the Philippines' northernmost town of Itbayat, Batanes province during a joint military exercise on Monday, May 6, 2024. American and Filipino marines held annual combat-readiness exercises called Balikatan, Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder, in a show of allied military readiness in the Philippines' northernmost town facing southern Taiwan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Half of the Navy’s critical amphibious warships are in ‘poor condition,’ GAO says

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Justice Department kept FBI employees in the dark for years about whistleblower protections

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Students make their way through the Sather Gate near Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley, campus March 29, 2022, in Berkeley, Calif. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid is available for the 2024-2025 school year, three months later than usual. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Government report blames Education Department for botched college aid revamp

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft F-35 performs aerobatic maneuvers on the second day of the Aero India 2023 at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

All-in costs for troubled F-35 fighter jet program price tag likely to top $2 trillion, GAO says

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden walks along the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Biden sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars in unspent border wall money

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II performs a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget, east of Paris, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. On Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, a Marine Corps pilot safely ejected from an F-35 Lightning II over North Charleston, S.C. The search for his missing aircraft was focused on two lakes north of North Charleston, military officials said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

F-35 Lightning program’s cost keeps rocketing — to over $1.5 trillion

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Migrants from Haiti, Africa, and Central America wait to see if their number will be called to cross the border and apply for asylum in the United States, at the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Dozens of immigrants lined up Friday at a major Tijuana border crossing waiting to learn how the Trump administration's radical new restrictions on who qualifies for asylum would affect the tens of thousands of migrants stuck on the Mexican border seeking refuge.(AP Photo/Emilio Espejel)

Federal audit dings Kamala Harris’ border czar plan to tackle ‘root cause’ of illegal immigration

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire at Russian positions from a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, July 14, 2022. U.S. officials say the Pentagon will announce it is sending up to $500 million in military aid to Ukraine, including more than 50 heavily armored vehicles and an infusion of missiles for air defense systems. The aid comes as Ukrainian and Western leaders try to sort out the impact of the brief weekend revolt against the Russian military. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) **FILE**

GAO faults Pentagon over tracking of shipments of arms, supplies to Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Oct. 2, 2015, a sign warning of asbestos is displayed on a pipe of the engineering room at the John H. Wood, Jr. Federal Courthouse, in San Antonio, Texas. (John Davenport /The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

Feds aren’t doing asbestos checks in most government buildings

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks during a news conference, Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. Hundreds of communities around the country will receive more than $1 billion in federal money to help them plant and maintain trees under a federal program that is intended to reduce extreme heat, benefit health and improve access to nature. Vilsack will announce the $1.13 billion in funding for 385 projects at an event Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, morning in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

Whistleblower: Federal agency’s HQ is ‘empty’; Vilsack says work is getting done

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view made through an airplane window in Washington, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Pentagon should delay buying new planes for Special Operations Command, advises GAO

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Kendal Underwood, left, and Brittany Nickens protest in support of abortion rights outside Planned Parenthood Friday, June 24, 2022, in St. Louis. Missouri’s attorney general is defending the Republican-led Legislature’s latest attempt in a years-long struggle to block taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood. Lawyers for the state argued against any taxpayer money going to Planned Parenthood during a Missouri Supreme Court hearing Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) **FILE**

Planned Parenthood received nearly $2 billion in federal funds, pandemic loans in three years

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden listens at a informal dialogue and working lunch at the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Biden student loan forgiveness ripe for fraud; 2 million claims were poised for automatic approval

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Unattended workstations fill the Teleworks USA job site in Beattyville, Ky., on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. The center was left dormant because of COVID-19 health concerns. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston) ** FILE **

Ghost towns: Federal office buildings are 80% vacant, government audit finds

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times