By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times
You may not have seen the show “Diary of a Single Mom” co-starring Billy Dee Williams, but your tax dollars helped pay for it. Published December 1, 2011 Comments
By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times
Solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC defeated a proposed government takeover bid, but the attempt underscored the depth of concerns in recent weeks at the Justice Department about the roles played by the bankrupt company’s top financial officer and its board of directors. Published October 19, 2011 Comments
By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times
Four years after inspectors found that the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service could save tens of millions of dollars by charging Netflix for hand-sorting its DVD mailers, postal executives have refused to make the change. Now, regulators are calling the Postal Service’s treatment of Netflix discriminatory. Published April 26, 2011 Comments
By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, assisted by federal, state and local law enforcement authorities, have seized more than 36,000 phony Super Bowl-related items nationwide along with other counterfeit goods worth $3.56 million — including $554,280 in bogus goods in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Published February 4, 2011 Comments
By Manuel Valdes - Associated Press
A small but growing number of Americans are choosing environmentally friendly burials. Published October 17, 2010 Comments
By Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times
The D.C. agency charged with rehabilitating youth offenders has squandered and underutilized resources intended for youth services during a period in which dozens of managers have left or been forced out of the agency, according to legislative oversight documents obtained through a public-records request. Published December 6, 2012
By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times
Four senior ATF managers who supervised the botched Fast and Furious gunrunning investigation could face termination if the recommendations of a disciplinary board are upheld. Published December 5, 2012
By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times
A bankruptcy trustee and government lawyers have settled accusations that the Obama administration mishandled a multimillion-dollar loan awarded to a wireless company in the waning days of the George W. Bush administration, leading the business to go broke and lay off hundreds of workers. Published December 5, 2012
By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times
From floods in Florida to mudslides in California, Ronald Houston inspected thousands of battered homes during his career in the disaster business, becoming one of the top earners for a local joint venture that gets paid lots of money in the wake of powerful storms such as Sandy. Published November 27, 2012
By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times
Bankrupt solar-panel company Solyndra LLC and the criminal investigation into its downfall have faded from public view, but the law firm representing the company in a grand jury probe quietly has stayed busy, racking up nearly a half-million dollars in legal fees over the past year, records show. Published November 21, 2012
By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times
A Mexican national who pleaded guilty in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent — whose 2010 death led to a congressional probe of the botched "Fast and Furious" gunrunning operation — was part of a group of five Mexicans armed with semiautomatic assault rifles who were "patrolling" north of the U.S.-Mexico border with the intent to "intentionally and forcibly assault" U.S. border agents. Published November 21, 2012
By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times
An Iranian national and his Iran-based company were named Tuesday in a federal grand jury indictment in federal court in Washington, D.C., on charges of conspiracy to defraud the U.S., smuggling and the unlawful export of military antennas to Singapore and Hong Kong. Published November 20, 2012
By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times
Seventy-two law enforcement officers from around the nation were killed in the line of duty in 2011, while another 53 officers died in accidents while performing their duties, the FBI said Tuesday. Published November 20, 2012
By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times
Despite nearly $16 billion in annual losses announced by the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday, all but one of the top five executives for the nation's mail service had an overall compensation increase this year, records show. Published November 15, 2012
By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times
Exelon Corp. agreed on Thursday to pay $400,000 as part of a civil settlement with the Justice Department to resolve the company's alleged violation of two court orders in its sale of three electricity plants in Maryland in order to purchase the Constellation Energy Group. Published November 15, 2012
By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times
From contract fraud and false billing to nepotism and possession of child pornography, wide-ranging accusations of misconduct have surfaced at agencies all across the federal government -- even, it turns out, inside the nation's revered spy agency. Published November 13, 2012
By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times
A 22-year-old Saudi national was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Texas to life in prison in his June conviction on charges of attempting to build a weapon of mass destruction. Published November 13, 2012
By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times
It's not always easy to tell who's coming or going as the Obama administration starts its second term, but multiple agencies have quietly commissioned artists to paint official portraits of Cabinet secretaries and other top appointees — an expenditure often seen when officials are on the way out the door or already gone. Published November 11, 2012
By Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times
Ebony McCombs expected to see her son one last time before he was transferred from the District's youth rehabilitation agency. But when he asked to speak with police about things Perry C. White had told him, all that changed. Published November 5, 2012
By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times
Citing the destruction of Superstorm Sandy, the Obama administration has waived immigration laws for illegal immigrants now in the United States, arguing that the immigrants' ability to maintain their lawful immigration status or obtain other immigration benefits may have been hampered by the deadly storm. Published November 5, 2012
