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White House: Rangel Charges 'Very Serious'
By not in system - AOL NewsMoving ahead with a trial-like proceeding in Rep. Charles Rangel's ethics case is the "right course" for Congress, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Friday. Gibbs also predicted Democrats would retain control of the U.S. House, despite political setbacks and the weak economy. ...
94 Charged in Sweeping Health Care Fraud Sting
By not in system - AOL NewsCalling it the largest health care fraud sting in U.S. history, the Justice Department announced charges Friday against 94 people accused of cheating Medicare and Medicaid, The Washington Post reported. ...
California Discovers 3,500 Nurses Have Bad Records in Other States
By David Sessions - Politics DailyCalifornia's registered nursing board has discovered that 3,500 nurses working in the state had been punished by other states, and even had their licenses revoked, while maintaining clean records in California, ProPublica reports. After a joint investigation by the non-profit ProPublica and The Los Angeles Times last year, California examined its registry of 376,000 nurses in the state, and is now preparing to take disciplinary action against 2,000 nurses. Nurses currently working in California have been sanctioned in other states for sexual abuse, neglect, rampant drug use and other criminal ...
ACORN: GAO Investigation Finds No Misuse of Federal Dollars
By David Sessions - Politics DailyA preliminary report from the General Accounting Office has cleared ACORN of allegations that it misused millions of federal dollars over a four-year span. According to the report, nine federal agencies gave the community group more than $40 million in eight housing-related grants from 2005 to 2009. There were no problems with seven of the eight grants, and ACORN supplied correct documentation for the eighth after it was notified the paperwork was missing. The GAO said it found no evidence of fraud or misuse of federal dollars. ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis said the report "does nothing more than ...
Feds Probe Morgan Stanley's Mortgage Business
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyFederal prosecutors have launched an investigation into whether Morgan Stanley misled investors about complex mortgage deals it helped design and sometimes bet against. The probe, in its early stages, grew out of a broader investigation of the entire mortgage-backed securities business on Wall Street launched last year by the Securities and Exchange Commission, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The larger probe has already targeted Goldman Sachs, which is accused of misleading clients by selling them pieces of a mortgage transaction that the bank expected would fail. The firm has ...
Eric Massa Harassment Case: Feds, House Panel Open New Probes
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe FBI and the Justice Department announced Wednesday that they were investigating payments possibly related to the accusations of sexual harassment of male staffers by Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY). Earlier, the House ethics committee said it was looking into whether anyone covered up information related to the case. Federal authorities are looking into large payments Massa's campaign made last month to his top aide and to renew the lease for the congressman's personal car, The Washington Post reported. A former Massa staffer was served with a Justice Department request to preserve all his phone ...
FBI Targets Christian Militia Group in Midwestern Raids
By David Sessions - Politics DailyA Christian militia group was the focus of an FBI raid over the weekend, part of a series of actions by the bureau across Illinois, Ohio and Michigan, the Associated Press reports. Three people were arrested under a veil of secrecy, but one FBI source said they face gun charges and are due in court Monday. The source added that the FBI is now pursuing additional suspects. The names of the arrested and the groups to which they belong have not been released, and it remains unclear what prompted the action. Michael Lackomar, a spokesman for the Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia, said leaders ...
Watchdogs: Following the Money in Health Insurance and International Banking
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThis week, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), sent open letters to the heads of America's four largest health insurance companies -- WellPoint, United Health, Humana, and Aetna -- asking how often their clients have been denied insurance coverage based on pre-existing conditions. The committee also wants information on maternity coverage and premium increases; asked the four insurance chief executives to respond by March 12 if they plan to voluntarily provide the information; and requested their testimony at a committee hearing on March ...
PDI Shout-Outs: Bloody Money, Right-Wing Militias, and Saddam's Social Network
By David Sessions - Politics DailyIn appreciation of the great work by hard-digging journalists in our midst, PDI salutes investigative reporting in other publications: Bloody Money As noted in a previous PDI Watchdog column, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations is looking into the effect of foreign corruption on America's pocketbooks and politics. A recent hearing revealed a seamy swirl of American lobbyists, real estate deals, and loopholes in our federal laws through which flood millions of dollars in truly dirty money, much of it also covered in the blood of those unlucky enough to be born under foreign ...
Torture Investigation or Tortured Witch Hunt?
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyThere are two words that those on the left need to remember as they demand that any detainee torture investigation examine top officials in the Bush administration: "Karl Rove." ...
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