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Marshall faces final debate in fight for political life
In today’s issue: Marshall, Hamilton meeting in final debate Trump unveils fraud whistleblower program Big midterm spending in final weeks Backlash to controversial Ramaswamy ad Sen. Roge…
Secret Source: Industry insiders reveal the truth about bad business
Whistleblowers from the world's biggest industries let us in on dodgy, dangerous and illegal practices
'The Social Reckoning' review: Aaron Sorkin's follow-up to 'The Social Network' is missing some key ingredients
A whistleblower reveals hard truths about Facebook in this sequel, which opens Friday.
FBI whistleblower alleges Trump ordered investigations of L.A.-area immigration protesters
A former FBI intelligence analyst has alleged that President Trump ordered the FBI to launch unconstitutional investigations into immigration enforcement protesters from the Los Angeles area.
FBI investigated anti-ICE protesters after Trump demanded probe over TikTok video, whistleblower alleges
The FBI opened preliminary investigations targeting anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters in Southern California, a former FBI intelligence official alleged in a whistleblower complaint, adding that she believed the move violated the law and agency policy.
City Council takes on debate over catastrophic risks of AI
AI whistleblowers and executives at top AI labs took turns testifying.
IRS takes up whistleblower claim of Hope Florida money that flowed to Uthmeier’s political committee
The Internal Revenue Service is reviewing a whistleblower claim about $10 million in Medicaid settlement money that moved through the Hope Florida Foundation and, within weeks, into a political committee chaired by James Uthmeier, now Florida’s attorney general, according to new records obtained by the Florida Trident.
Whistleblowers allege top NC health officials used false information to secure Medicaid funds
In a newly unsealed federal lawsuit, former state workers allege North Carolina health officials used false information to secure federal funding for a Medicaid technology overhaul, and that federal regulators approved money despite red flags. The lawsuit was dismissed but might be revived.
Kennedy Center put off planned repairs despite known structural issues, former employees allege
The center’s executive director and chief operating officer, Matt Floca, did not treat the roofing issues as priorities and in April halted a funded plan to address them, according to the letter Thursday signed by David Seide, a lawyer representing the anonymous whistleblowers.
Kennedy Center put off planned repairs despite known structural issues, former employees allege
Some former Kennedy Center employees are accusing officials at the performing arts venue of long knowing about structural issues they recently cited as new problems. The anonymous whistleblowers...
Whistleblowers accuse Kennedy Center officials of halting planned repairs later used to justify closure
Whistleblowers are alleging that Kennedy Center officials halted plans earlier this year to repair leaks in the building, which the Trump administration has highlighted as its reason to close the storied arts institution.
Whistleblower Law Collaborative Adds Former DOJ Senior Health Care Fraud Counsel Augustine M. Ripa
/PRNewswire/ -- Whistleblower Law Collaborative LLC (WLC), a firm dedicated to representing whistleblowers nationwide under the False Claims Act and other...
DHS may have violated state election law, Virginia's AG says after whistleblower report
Virginia's attorney general said Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security may have violated several state laws after a whistleblower accused its employees of misrepresenting themselves on voter lookup tools to hunt for noncitizen voters.
Missouri election chief faces whistleblower lawsuit from fired election integrity director
Missouri's former election integrity director has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. Nicholas La Strada says he was fired for raising concerns that staff were
Whistle-Blower: Federal Agents May Have Broken State Laws in Search For Voter Fraud
Agents expressed concern about being directed by top Homeland Security leaders to use private information to look up voter records in state databases.
New wave of healthcare fraud enforcement
In past years, federal and state authorities typically initiated healthcare fraud investigations based on whistleblower complaints and audits. While that still occurs, the model is changing. Federal enforcement agencies are increasingly using sophisticated data analytics, artificial intelligence, and coordinated investigative efforts to identify potential fraud. The Department of Justice (DOJ),…
Whistleblower Raises Alarming Possibility About Mail Ballots
An unnamed federal official warned that the Postal Service’s moves to comply with a Trump executive order could “derail” the midterms.
USPS whistleblower warns new ballot system could fail
The whistleblower says the Postal Service built the system in weeks, far short of the time needed for a project of this complexity.
Whistleblower warns Postal Service's new mail ballot system has "potentially catastrophic problems"
Postal Service plans may keep voters from getting ballots, whistleblower says
An anonymous federal official warns that a rushed USPS portal tied to Trump’s mail-voting order could reject large batches of ballots before the midterms.
Whistleblower says USPS system Trump ordered for mail ballots is flawed and untested
An executive order from Trump, which is stymied in the courts, required the Postal Service to rapidly build a complex system to vet mail ballots.
NM delegation urges House Oversight Committee to avoid partisan politics in DEA fentanyl probe
The House Oversight Committee has opened a new investigation into DEA fentanyl policies after whistleblowers said agents let hundreds of thousands of pills stay on the streets.
Meta settlement falls short on teen mental health protections, whistleblower says
A whistleblower whose testimony helped build a child safety case against Meta Platforms said on Wednesday that the firm's settlement with a coalition of U.S. states does not meaningfully address harms from social media that he described in court.
KPMG Australia's troubles deepen as it cuts 5% of its workforce
The Big Four firm plans to cut hundreds of employees as its annual consulting revenue falls 16.9% and a whistleblower-led scandal continues.
Whistleblower alleges political pressure, lack of evidence in antisemitism probes targeting schools
The complaint alleges that the investigations into some of the nation’s most prestigious academic institutions were designed to strong-arm the schools into cutting deals for political purposes.
Whistleblower alleges political pressure, lack of evidence in antisemitism probes targeting schools
A whistleblower is alleging that a Trump administration task force created to combat antisemitism pushed for settlements with Ivy League universities. That's despite government investigations the...
Politics drove antisemitism probes against Ivy League schools, DOJ whistleblower says
A Trump administration task force on antisemitism pressured universities into punitive settlements despite turning up little to no evidence of systemic abuses, a whistleblower says.
Whistleblower alleges political pressure, lack of evidence in antisemitism probes targeting schools
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Trump administration task force created to combat antisemitism pushed for settlements with Ivy League universities despite government investigations that were rushed and incomplete or that failed to establish legal violations by the schools, a former Justice Department lawyer ...
Whistleblower alleges political pressure in antisemitism probes of schools
A whistleblower is alleging that a Trump administration task force created to combat antisemitism pushed for settlements with Ivy League universities.
New York City lawmaker accused of using government staff for political fundraising
The accusations, outlined in a formal whistleblower complaint, come as concerns about wrongdoing in New York City government remain heightened.
Investigation of Mark Walter’s empire began with Guggenheim whistleblower: report
Federal prosecutors are examining roughly $16 billion in loans that were made to companies connected to Walter or his TWG Global, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Heritage Valley Health System seeks to disqualify whistleblower attorney, law firm in case against nurse
Heritage Valley Health System on Monday asked a federal court judge to disqualify the Pittsburgh attorney and law firm that is pursuing a whistleblower...
Sen. Whitehouse announces whistleblower allegations of construction problems at Kennedy Center
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island said in a release on Saturday that he had received a whistleblower disclosure from the Government Accountability Project.
Haley Stevens knows how to win in Michigan. Dems must decide if that's enough to win the Senate
Holding Michigan’s Senate seat is essential to any Democratic path back to the Senate majority this fall.
This whistleblower took on a health insurance giant and a political machine. She’s not stopping there
America’s employers must stop acting helpless in the face of health care industry profiteering, Chris Deacon says.
Hospital sued after drug addict nurse allegedly causes death of two patients
An emergency department nurse at Heritage Valley Sewickley Hospital is accused of stealing drugs and neglecting patients, causing at least two fatalities. A lawsuit filed by two whistleblowers further alleges that hospital leadership covered for the drug-dependent nurse.
Whistleblower investigating Ecuadorian president’s family business was murdered, activists say
Monika Silva Koniuszek died from a blow to the head and strangulation, postmortem found, despite government claim of suicide
KPMG leaked confidential Optus information and surveilled whistleblower’s laptop, inquiry hears
International firm owns up to breach of ethics after staff leaked confidential Optus information while bidding for telco contract
Major grocery operator on the hook for $40M over pharmacy monkey business; $6M windfall for whistleblower
One of the largest food retailers in the world—and the fourth biggest in this country—got itself into hot water with the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly cheating on drug prices it charges to federal healthcare programs.
Trump officials planned to mark 2.7 million living people as dead, whistleblower says
A former Social Security executive said the plan, which was not carried out, would have used a death database to pressure immigrants to leave the country.
Whistleblower hunt
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CIA calls COVID whistleblower hearing ‘political theater’ in new statement
Fox News congressional correspondent Bill Melugin discusses the CIA’s response to the COVID whistleblower hearing and the absence of Senate Democrats from the testimony on ‘The Faulkner Focus.’
Lawmakers accuse Justice Department of rushing SPLC indictment, citing whistleblower reports
Lawmakers have received whistle blower reports accusing a top Justice Department official of pressuring prosecutors to work quickly to indict the Southern Poverty Law Center despite misgivings about the case, House Democrats said in a new letter to the official, Associate Deputy Attorney General Aakash Singh.
FEMA reinstates whistleblowers as Trump administration reverses Noem’s policies
FEMA has reinstated a group of whistleblowers who signed an open letter to Congress last August warning that the Trump administration’s dismantling of the federal agency was setting the stage for a disaster-response breakdown on the scale of Hurricane Katrina, according to five FEMA officials with knowledge of the matter.
The Whistleblower Who Uncovered the NSA’s ‘Big Brother Machine’
An unexpected visitor gave my team the evidence we needed to prove that the government was secretly wiretapping Americans.
DNI Tulsi Gabbard sends criminal referral over Trump’s 2019 impeachment to Justice Department
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard sent at least one criminal referral to the Justice Department seeking investigations of a whistleblower complaint and its handling by the intelligence community watchdog that led to the 2019 impeachment of President Donald Trump, a spokesperson for Gabbard’s office confirmed Wednesday.
Dozens arrested as protesters urge Schumer, Gillibrand block bomb sale to Israel
Among the 90 people taken into custody were whistleblower Chelsea Manning, actor Hari Nef and New York City Council Member Alexa Avilés, according to a JVP spokesperson.
DOJ whistleblower complains to Congress that internal watchdog isn’t doing its job
A former federal immigration prosecutor and whistleblower who has taken issue with Trump administration leadership has now gone to Capitol Hill, saying the internal watchdog offices of the Justice Department are doing nothing to investigate his and other complaints.
Health care fraud whistleblowers could make millions as Bessent cracks down on sprawling scams
Trump whistleblower Alex Vindman: ‘Sitting on the sidelines was not an option’
Democratic Senate hopeful says experience of being key witness in Trump’s first impeachment makes him right choice for Florida
An NIH whistleblower warning
The doctors behind the telehealth GLP-1 boom, a men's health office moment, and other health news
Treasury’s FinCEN Whistleblower Portal Presents Business Risks
The Treasury Department’s new whistleblower portal is likely to increase enforcement risks for companies that must comply with the Bank Secrecy Act, US sanctions, and beyond.
I’m an NIH whistleblower. The scientific community cannot afford to avoid politics
“Scientists are often encouraged to avoid politics. But this advice is outdated, if it was ever correct in the first place,” writes Jenna Norton, NIH whistleblower.
Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job
The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familiar with the process.
Exclusive | Spy Agency Blocks Congress From Seeing Gabbard Whistleblower Intelligence
Tulsi Gabbard’s office rejected Democratic efforts to see all the underlying material about a foreign conversation that discussed Jared Kushner.
Training for New ICE Agents Is ‘Deficient’ and ‘Broken,’ Whistle-Blower Says
The former official will appear with congressional Democrats, who also released documents indicating significant reductions in instructional hours for recruits.
GOP Sen. Rand Paul Lends Credence to Democrats’ DHS Outrage
Plus, Jared Kushner figures in the classified whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard.
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
Top lawmakers review whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard
Whistleblower complaint centers on sharing of classified intelligence and reporting of a potential crime, watchdog says
A complaint filed last year by a US intelligence community whistleblower that is now being scrutinized by lawmakers includes claims that the distribution of a highly classified intelligence report had been “restricted for political purposes” and that an intelligence agency lawyer had failed to report a potential crime to the Justice Department, a government watchdog told lawmakers earlier this week.
Exclusive | Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency
Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.
Alex Vindman pulls in $1.7M in first 24 hours of Senate campaign
The whistleblower who testified in Donald Trump's first impeachment saw a national profile translate into hard cash.
Alexander Vindman, whistleblower behind Donald Trump's first impeachment, launches Senate campaign
The Democrat enters a growing field of challengers to Ashley Moody.
Porton Down shake-up harming critical national security science, whistleblower warns
Senior insider says ‘limbo’ at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has hit morale and disrupted vital research
Judge blocks Trump effort to strip security clearance from attorney who represented whistleblowers
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a March presidential memorandum to revoke the security clearance of prominent Washington attorney Mark Zaid, ruling that the order — which also targeted 14 other individuals — could not be applied to him.
Fired NIH institute director sues Trump health officials, seeks reinstatement and backpay
The former director of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is suing Trump | The former director of the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is suing Trump administration officials over her September firing, which she alleges violated her rights and was illegal under federal whistleblower protections.