The dust has settled from our latest hiring spree, and I’m pleased to introduce the two newest members of the TWI team. Jesse Zwick comes to us from The New Republic, where he’s made his mark with some great political coverage. He’ll be digging into national politics for us, using More…
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has been receiving a lot of media attention for his gadfly role as ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Since the Obama administration took office, he’s aggressively pursued investigations against favorite GOP targets like ACORN and alleged wrongdoing by the administration More…
In April, the multibillion-dollar hedge fund Paulson & Co. was cited in a blockbuster Securities and Exchange Commission civil fraud suit against Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs. The SEC complaint alleged that Paulson helped build investment vehicles predicated on rising real-estate prices — and then bet against them, More…
On Tuesday, the Senate voted in a landslide to approve the Audit the Fed amendment to Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform proposal. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the author of the amendment, has directed the Government Accountability Office to publish a report on the Fed’s books by Dec. 1, More…
The Federal Reserve has instructed federal investigators to withhold from Congress certain documents related to the Fed’s payments to AIG counterparties, according to a recent letter from Neil Barofsky TARP inspector general, to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.). The letter, available here, was published on Issa’s site.
“The Federal Reserve More…
Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has invited Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to testify on his role in the New York Fed’s 2008 decision to hide massive AIG payments to other Wall Street firms.
“More than one year after More…
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), one week off of his ACORN forum, tweets proof that the White House served ACORN-shaped treats at a Christmas party last night.
Republican lawmakers aren’t about to let this one slide.
Following the “Climategate” scandal, which global warming skeptics say casts doubt on the science behind climate change, four GOP leaders today sent a letter (PDF) to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson calling on the EPA to withdraw its More…
House Republicans, led by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), are holding a hearing on ACORN on the Hill now, and TWI’s Dave Weigel is on the scene, filing live updates from his Twitter account.
A few highlights thus far: Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) came prepared, with a bucket full of More…
I mentioned in my story today about the Washington Examiner that political correspondent Byron York has had the paper’s first big success with a blogosphere-style, flood-the-zone story: relentless coverage of the firing of Americorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin. York has an update today that consists of advice for More…
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