Transparency

In new policies revealed Tuesday, Twitter said it will create an "Advertising Transparency Center" that will allow users to see all ads being run on its platform. (iStock photo)

Twitter promises ‘transparency’ in ads after 2016 election miscues

Kelly Cohen · October 24, 2017 8:55 pm

Bureaucrats can’t run but they can hide, and it’s time to stop them

Washington Examiner · August 14, 2017 4:01 am

The General Services Administration on Friday took down documents that revealed the Trump International Hotel made nearly $2 million in profits in its first four months. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Federal government takes down data on Trump’s DC hotel

Pete Kasperowicz · August 11, 2017 5:57 pm

When we make our arguments about the costs and benefits of our preferred policies, we should at least be willing to explain how and why our policies would work. (Twitter)

Would it really kill the CBO to show its work?

Ross Marchand · August 9, 2017 4:01 am

A report from a Supreme Court transparency watchdog spotlighted positive developments it says the high court made in the past year, but said there is much room for improvement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Transparency advocate notes small steps by Supreme Court but much room for improvement

Ryan Lovelace · July 31, 2017 6:17 pm

This Saturday, April 15, 2017, file photo shows President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Watchdog group to receive and release Mar-a-Lago visitor logs after lawsuit

Kelly Cohen · July 17, 2017 2:49 pm

It's good that these emails are out in the open. But let's not suggest Donald Trump Jr. released them out of a desire to be transparent. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Beltway Confidential

Dumping personal emails to preempt a news cycle isn’t ‘transparency’

Becket Adams · July 11, 2017 11:48 pm

Trump should let lawmakers do their job. He should listen to Chaffetz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Do yourself a favor, Mr. President. Listen to Jason Chaffetz’s criticism. Open the oversight ‘floodgates’

Philip Wegmann · June 19, 2017 7:36 pm

Chief Justice John Roberts sold up to $500,000 worth of Microsoft stock, a practice watchdog groups are praising as justices shed shares of companies. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Supreme Court’s financial disclosures: Roberts sells Microsoft, Ginsburg’s book rakes it in

Ryan Lovelace · June 8, 2017 10:31 pm

"At some point, you've got to ask yourself, has the day of the CBO come and gone?" Mulvaney told the Washington Examiner's writers and editors in a recent meeting at the White House complex. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

The Congressional Budget Office needs to open its books

Washington Examiner · June 4, 2017 2:23 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee leaders ask White House for records of Comey meeting just days after President Trump said in a tweet that FBI Director James Comey should hope there are no "tapes" of his talks with Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Senate Judiciary Committee asks White House for tapes, other records of Comey meeting

Melissa Quinn · May 17, 2017 5:52 pm

These FARA disclosures, available on the DOJ's website, reveal the extent of Turkey's efforts to sway Washington's elite class. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Prominent lobbyists and consultants represent interests of Turkish government in Washington

Emily Jashinsky · May 16, 2017 10:58 pm