Oversight

Senate Agrees to Up-or-Down Votes for Obama Nominees, Avoids 'Nuclear Option'

Deal paves way for vote on CFPB nominee Richard Cordray.

Pay & Benefits

NTSB Fires Intern Who Erroneously Confirmed Fake Asiana Pilot Names

The Airline is suing the TV station, but not the agency.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Snowden’s New Job at Terminal C

The NSA leaker is still stuck at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport.

Oversight

Contractors Slammed for Uranium Project's Ballooning Expense

NNSA was 'overly optimistic' in its assumptions, auditors say.

Oversight

Can the House Reach Bipartisan Agreement on Postal Reform?

Oversight committee will hold hearing in another attempt at finding consensus.

Oversight

The House Is the Most Conservative It's Been in More Than 60 Years

House Republicans are veering right faster than Democrats are pulling left.

Oversight

Analysis: Sequestration Is Holding Up Our Legal System

Federal judges say a constitutional crisis may be on the horizon.

Oversight

Who Is Rand Paul? Google Rand Paul.

People don't know much about Paul. That may be reason to take him seriously in 2016.

Oversight

USDA Works to Bench Baseball's Unsplendid Splinters

A government lab has been studying broken bats at Major League Baseball games to try and improve safety for players and fans.

Management

Who Will Be the Next Homeland Security Secretary?

Thad Allen and Jane Holl Lute may be among potential nominees to succeed Napolitano, congressional sources say.

Oversight

Democrats Find More Flaws in Inspector General Report on IRS Targeting

Republicans noncommittal on requiring new testimony from J. Russell George.

Tech

Analysis: Washington Is out of Step With America on Snowden

The former NSA contractor set This Town's teeth on edge, but most Americans think he exposed something worth exposing.

Oversight

Play of the Day: The Biebs Apologizes to Slick Willy

After defacing a photo of the 42nd president, Justin Bieber calls Bill Clinton.

Oversight

Senate on the Brink of 'Nuclear' War Over Nominations

Labor and EPA nominees are among those still awaiting confirmation.

Oversight

You Can Now Bear Arms in a Post Office Parking Lot

A federal judge rules it is OK to bring a gun to a USPS parking lot, but not inside the facility.

Oversight

Reliance on Industry May Have Led to Texas Oversight Lapse, Official Says

DHS has 'doubled down' since fertilizer plant explosion killed 14.

Oversight

Homeland Security Appeals Air Marshal Whistleblower Case

Aviation specialist was fired for telling media of reduced flight coverage.