Alerts and Updates

But the justices still face little accountability.

A highly anticipated report detailing the findings of a multi-year investigation into the controversial Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security Joseph V. Cuffari has been finalized and released to the public.

The body that establishes federal judiciary policy released an antithetical ethics rule revision that has made it so federal judges don't have to disclose instances when they dine or lodge at someone’s personal residence.  

It was an eventful week on the Hill, and we have some promising developments to report back to you.

This week, ProPublica reported that Ginni Thomas privately applauded religious-rights group First Liberty Institute for countering the widespread calls to reform the Supreme Court, writing in an email to the group that they had “filled the sails of so many judges.”

We got news this week of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s failure to disclose yet another expensive and unethical gift: This time, it was a round trip from Hawaii to New Zealand in 2010 on billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow’s private jet. 

On Wednesday, a bipartisan group of senators reached a deal on legislation that would ban members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependents from trading stocks

In case you missed it, our award-winning investigative podcast Bad Watchdog returned for a second season this week.

The Army is undercounting domestic abuse incidents by the thousands, according to an audit POGO obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.

Once again, the season of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is upon us.

Sometime in the coming weeks, the Supreme Court justices will be releasing their decision in Trump v. United States, ruling whether former President Donald J. Trump can face charges for his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, or if presidents are entitled to immunity from criminal charges simply because they are presidents.