Oversight
Trump Offers CIA Director Position to Kansas Representative Mike Pompeo
Pompeo is a lead Benghazi critic.
Oversight
Trump Selects Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as Attorney General
Sessions serves on the Judiciary Committee and has opposed immigration reform.
Oversight
How Far Behind is Donald Trump's Presidential Transition Compared to Obama's?
Trump's team is several days behind the Obama effort in terms of getting staffers in position to assess how they will make policy and who they will need to do it.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Donald Trump Should Probably Contact the Pentagon
As the transition continues, the Defense Department has not heard from the president-elect.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Trump's Cabinet Search May Be a Game Show
The president-elect said on Twitter that only he knows who the "finalists" are.
Oversight
Senate Democrats Plan to Pick Their Battles With Trump
A caucus dismayed by his victory sees a few areas for collaboration too.
Tech
A Visit to Treasury’s DATA Act Nerve Center
Spending transparency is just the first step—the real reward is in measuring program outcomes.
Management
Why Donald Trump (and His Family) Won’t Be Subject to Security Clearance Background Checks
A CIA chef undergoes more scrutiny for his job than does the president to receive the nation’s most closely-held secrets.
Oversight
'Selling Out the American Public' —Elizabeth Warren’s Letter on Donald Trump’s Transition Team
Trump's transition team is full of career industry lobbyists.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Commuter-In-Chief?
Would Donald Trump still live in New York after inauguration?
Oversight
House Democrats Demand Oversight Probes of Trump and Potential Conflicts of Interest
Cummings wants review of president-elect’s plan for “blind trust.”
Management
TRICARE Bid Protests Denied
The government’s watchdog found no reason to sustain challenges to a pair of lucrative Defense contracts to deliver military health care.
Oversight
Trump Tries to Bend Republicans on Infrastructure
Whether the president-elect gets his way on money for roads and bridges will say a lot about who runs Washington in 2017.
Oversight
Donald Trump Tried to Sweet-talk Theresa May By Telling Her She’ll Be Thatcher and He’ll Be Reagan
Except that Thatcher didn't have Nigel Farage competing for the president's attention.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Donald Trump Takes on Hate Crimes
The president-elect tells those committing violent acts to "stop it."
Oversight
Hillary Clinton Directly Blames FBI Director James Comey For Her Loss
His letters to Congress "stopped our momentum," according to the candidate.
Oversight
Play of the Day: It's Awfully Hard to 'Drain the Swamp'
Donald Trump's administration may have more longtime government types than he promised.
Defense
White House: $11.6B More Needed for ISIS Fight, Afghanistan
The request brings the expected 2017 price tag for both wars to $85.3 billion.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Peaceful Transition of Power – And Websites – Has Begun
Obama and Trump meet as www.GreatAgain.gov goes live.
Oversight