Corruption

In 2011 and 2012, the U.S. Postal Service paid out $6.84 billion in overtime. (AP File)

Postal Service pays too much overtime, IG audit finds

Kelly Cohen · July 10, 2013 4:00 am

Millions spent by the State Department in grants to foreign agencies for Afghan reconstruction were never audited. (AP File)

Hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. Afghan aid given without audits

Michal Conger · July 10, 2013 4:00 am

Stonewalling by the Department of Veterans Affairs over its lavish spending on a pair of training conferences in Orlando, Fla., triggered a subpoena Tuesday from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

House panel issues subpoenas for VA training conference documents

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

More than $100 million in State Department grants to foreign organizations for reconstruction work in Afghanistan has never been audited. (Photo: Thinkstock)

State Department hands out millions in grants that are never audited

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

By the Social Security Administration's own figures, the national Disability Insurance Trust Fund is on a path to go broke in less than three years. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Social Security disability fund to go broke in 2016

Rob Nikolewski · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

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Examiner Editorial: Congress can’t afford to ignore civil service disability fraud

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is already a big name in the GOP despite being in the Senate only six months. (AP File)

Ted Cruz would be a formidable 2016 presidential contender

Hugh Hewitt · July 8, 2013 4:00 am

Jon Corzine, former senator and governor of New Jersey, was CEO of MFGlobal, which went bankrupt with about $1.6 billion missing from customers' accounts. (Getty Images File)

Beltway Confidential

Jon Corzine: No criminal charges for a reckless man

Michael Barone · July 8, 2013 4:00 am

Chicago IG challenges Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s claimed savings with new garbage system

Kelly Cohen · July 8, 2013 12:00 am

Farmer Martha Boneta has been involved in a series of disputes with the Piedmont Environmental Council and the government of Fauquier County, Virginia. (AP File)

Audited Virginia farmer faces more thuggery

Mark Fitzgibbons · July 7, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama (AP/Evan Vucci)

Energy and Environment

Audit rips Obama climate science program for money blunders

Ron Arnold · July 5, 2013 4:00 am

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Afghan officials improperly fining U.S. contractors, harming war effort

Michal Conger · July 2, 2013 4:00 am