Alerts and Updates

DHS closing down a critical internal watchdog  

May Day mayday

These words are irredeemable

Since the very beginning of this second term, the Trump administration has gutted the inspectors general system, undermined oversight bodies, and created a hostile environment for whistleblowers. 

Congress has repeatedly failed to exercise its war powers against this unauthorized campaign — but make no mistake; Congress isn’t powerless.

Today is the last day of Sunshine Week, when a coalition of our peers call attention to the importance of a transparent government and the role of public records in exposing corruption and abuses of power.

Following a damning hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee where she faced bipartisan ire — and where your senators pressed the (then-)Homeland Security secretary on POGO’s investigative findings — Kristi Noem was fired by President Donald Trump himself.

A confirmation of what we have been seeing play out on the streets.

Congress is learning the hard way what it should have seen coming: If this White House can get away with something, it will keep doing it.

A whistleblower disclosure sent to Congress and obtained by the Associated Press alleges the existence of an internal ICE memo that authorizes agents to forcibly enter homes without a judicial warrant, in stunning violation of constitutional law