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Rep. Steve King, R-IA, addresses one of the many demonstrations for and against Obamacare since its passage. (AP Photo)

U.S. gave troubled Florida firm $129 million for new Ohio Obamacare health insurance cooperative

Richard Pollock · March 5, 2013 5:00 am

Rep. Frank Wolf, R-VA, is concerned about the prospect of Chinese visitors to a NASA Langley Research Center event March 12-14. (AP Photo)

Wolf reminds NASA federal funds can’t be used to host Chinese officials

Richard Pollock · March 4, 2013 5:00 am

Derk Wilcox, lead attorney for the MacKinac Center for Public Policy in Michigan, filed suit on behalf of three teachers who believe a hastily concluded labor deal in their public school district violates their state's new Right-to-Work law by forcing them to remain union members for a decade. (MacKinac Photo)

Teachers say union cheated on first test of Michigan Right-to-Work law

Dustin Hurst · March 3, 2013 5:00 am

The National Research Education Laboratory in Golden, Colo. (Photo: Bill Timmerman, DOE/NREL)

Obscure, unaccountable federal green energy lab targeted for spending cuts

Tori Richards · March 1, 2013 5:00 am

Watchdog: Agencies pleading for sequestration relief spent millions on employee conferences in 2012

Mark Flatten · February 28, 2013 5:00 am

Rep. Frank Wolf, R-VA, is concerned about the prospect of Chinese visitors to a NASA Langley Research Center event March 12-14. (AP Photo)

Lawmakers accuse Obama prosecutors of lying about espionage probe at NASA

Richard Pollock · February 28, 2013 5:00 am

Veterans representatives told Congress today they doubt the Department of Veterans Affairs will make significant progress in reducing the backlog of more than a million unprocessed benefits claims by 2015. (AP Photo)

Watchdog: Veterans group skeptical of VA claims progress

Mark Flatten · February 28, 2013 5:00 am

Federal green energy lab in Colorado handing fat paychecks to managers

Federal green energy lab in Colorado handing fat paychecks to managers

earl-glynn and Tori Richards · February 26, 2013 5:00 am

House Committee on Veterans Affairs Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., speaks on the House floor. Miller and Rep. Michael Michaud, D-Maine, the committee's ranking minority member, agreed yesterday that Department of Veterans Affairs employees who can't perform as required to eliminate a mounting backlog of unprocessed benefits claims should be disciplined or terminated. (AP Photo)

Bipartisan agreement on Veterans Affairs firings needed to speed up vets claims processing

Mark Flatten · February 26, 2013 5:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner said the Department of Veterans Affairs is displaying "an underwhelming performance." (Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP file)

UPDATED! House Speaker John Boehner challenges VA Secretary Eric Shinseki on veterans claims delays

Mark Flatten · February 25, 2013 5:00 am

Video: One million veterans waiting on VA disability claims

Video: One million veterans waiting on VA disability claims

Washington Examiner · February 25, 2013 5:00 am

Electric vehicle charging stations like these at Nashville's airport are funded by taxpayers under a Department of Energy program. (Photo by Chris Butler, Tennessee Watchdog)

STATE WATCHDOGS: Few drivers using tax-paid stations to recharge EVs

Chris Butler · February 23, 2013 5:00 am