In 1857, the United States House of Representatives launched a major anti-corruption investigation following allegations of bribery involving land grants and railroad subsidies. The probe led to the first federal…
In 1983, the United States experienced a constitutional crisis when EPA Administrator Anne Gorsuch Burford refused to release Superfund documents to Congress. The resulting contempt citation and legal battle clarified…
In 1941, Senator Harry S. Truman established a special committee to investigate waste and corruption in the United States defense industry during the buildup to World War II. The bipartisan…
In 1935, Senator Hugo Black led a high-profile United States Senate investigation into the deceptive lobbying tactics used by utility companies to oppose New Deal legislation. The committee exposed a…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s latest appearance before a House panel turned a scheduled hearing on worldwide threats into an aggressive debate over immigration enforcement. An Associated Press account said…
The Trump administration is shifting disaster policy toward state leadership while tightening scrutiny of nonprofit funding. FEMA froze nearly $10 billion for NGOs pending compliance reviews, paused major mitigation grants,…
