Oversight
Education beats defense industry in lobbying against sequestration
Education has 91 groups lobbying on the cuts, defense has 25.
Oversight
Body overseeing Washington airports called 'poster child for corruption'
Lawmaker blasts troubled contracting, hiring.
Oversight
Analysis: Pry a tax hike from the House?
Rarely used century-old rule could come into play as lawmakers try to avoid fiscal cliff.
Defense
Analysis: Benghazi attacks show diplomacy can’t be done on the cheap
A primary reason why the U.S. consulate was unable to defend itself? The State Department is under-resourced.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Mitt's gifts, Petraeus' shopping and turkey pardons
Thanksgiving approaches for late-night shows.
Defense
Pentagon falls short on savings at joint bases, auditors say
Lack of consistent policies jeopardizes projected $2.3 billion in savings.
Oversight
All sides claim deal on fiscal cliff obtainable
Lawmakers won't wait until the 'last day of December to get it done,' Reid says.
Defense
State neglected GAO’s diplomatic security advice
Recommendations from 2009 report not implemented, official says.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Mitt and his gifts
The election is over, but Romney cannot stop talking.
Defense
Panetta orders officer ethics review
Pentagon officials said review had been planned before Gen. David Petraeus's extramarital affair was uncovered.
Oversight
Senators jab FDA over lethal meningitis outbreak
More than 30 people have died and more than 400 were infected.
Defense
Drop commissaries, schools, beef jerky research and Klingon workshops
GOP senator would cut $68 billion in nonmission Pentagon programs.
Management
Postal Service announces a record $16 billion loss in fiscal 2012
Agency claims solvency is possible, with congressional action.
Oversight
BP agrees to $4.5 billion settlement of criminal charges in Gulf spill
The company will plead guilty to felonies related to worker deaths and obstruction.
Oversight
Petraeus to testify before Congress on Thursday, Friday
The former CIA director is set to attend hearings on Libya attack.
Defense
FBI director briefs lawmakers on Petraeus investigation
Robert Mueller says he wasn't told of the probe before the election.
Oversight
Petraeus will testify about Benghazi tomorrow
The former CIA director will appear at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing Thursday
Management