5+ hour, 14+ min ago  (915+ words) As new BLM Director Steve Pearce begins work, energy leaders say staffing shortages are top priority. "We need people working on permits," Wyoming mining honcho Travis Deti said. Without renewed leases, coal companies can lose access to federally leased reserves....

5+ hour, 5+ min ago  (36+ words) Federal agencies sent out roughly $186 billion in improper payments during fiscal year 2025, according to a recent Government Accountability Office analysis that found Medicare, Medicaid, and welfare-related programs accounted for much of the total....

6+ hour, 15+ min ago  (964+ words) When inspectors from the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) arrived at U. S. Penitentiary Canaan in June 2025, the visit was described as "unannounced." That word carries weight as it suggests surprise, exposure, a glimpse behind the curtain. But…...

7+ hour, 51+ min ago  (416+ words) The federal government overpaid welfare and social services recipients by a stunning $186 billion in fiscal year 2025, a startling surge of $24 billion from the previous year's total. According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), 15 federal agencies made up the massive improper…...

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10+ hour, 34+ min ago  (1029+ words) A federal appellate court judge delivered an epic burn to the Department of Justice during oral arguments this month in a case where the government was attempting to defend ICE's aggressive posture in making arrests at churches. "It's very hard…...

11+ hour ago  (413+ words) (The Center Square) " Ethics advocates say Illinois" loose restrictions on dual office holding leave the door open to conflicts of interest and potential retaliation by public officials, following renewed scrutiny surrounding Thaddeus Jones and allegations involving city spending and state…...

12+ hour, 49+ min ago  (1061+ words) The Seventeenth Amendment reshaped the Senate from a body tied to the states into a national political arena defined by permanent ambition and escalating federal power. For most Americans'or at least most Americans with even a remedial education in civics'the…...

12+ hour, 29+ min ago  (268+ words) Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson'the same one who couldn't define 'woman' during her confirmation hearings'is now lecturing her colleagues that their recent ruling in a Louisiana voting rights case may have wrecked the Court's impartiality in political matters." Yeah,…...

19+ hour, 31+ min ago  (16+ words) Military members and their families face far more difficult moments than we see in the headlines....