The Strange Tale of Issa and Ike

The case of the proposed Eisenhower Memorial gets weird

Aaron MacLean
September 12, 2014 5:00 AM

The most recent development in what has become one of the most regrettable slow-motion disasters in the history of Washington’s fine arts bureaucracy—and that’s saying something—is that at the latest hearing of the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), influential Republican Congressman Darrell Issa (Calif.) announced he would support Frank Gehry’s atrocious design for the Eisenhower memorial.

Labor Department Spent $2,627 a Week on Propaganda Posters

Congress launching investigation into mismanagement of taxpayer funds

Elizabeth Harrington
August 26, 2014 3:30 PM

Congress is investigating misuse of taxpayer dollars at the Labor Department, including propaganda elevator posters that cost $2,627 a week to produce.

Darrell Issa: IRS Scandal Is ‘Amazing Sequence’ of Cover-Up, Denial

Washington Free Beacon Staff
August 25, 2014 10:19 PM

Judge Orders Release of ‘Fast and Furious’ Docs

Washington Free Beacon Staff
August 21, 2014 4:14 PM

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Justice Department to give Congress a list of documents related to Operation Fast and Furious that the Obama administration is withholding under claims of executive privilege.

Former Employees Allege Widespread Illegality at Taxpayer-Backed Solar Company

Spanish firm under federal investigation routinely violated U.S. immigration, workplace safety laws, former employees claim

Lachlan Markay
July 31, 2014 2:30 PM

A solar company backed by billions in stimulus funds routinely violated U.S. immigration law, workplace safety codes, and environmental regulations, replaced American workers with foreigners, and may be on the verge of bankruptcy, former employees tell the Washington Free Beacon.

Issa Rips Acting SSA Commissioner Over Failure to Fight Disability Fraud

SSA judges rubber-stamped $400 billion in benefits

Elizabeth Harrington
July 3, 2014 11:38 AM

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) sent a scathing letter to Acting Social Security Administrator (SSA) Carolyn Colvin late Tuesday, questioning her commitment to stopping widespread abuse within federal disability programs.

Issa Subpoenas IRS Commissioner to Testify on ‘Lost’ Lerner Emails

Agency claims years of emails lost due to computer crash

CJ Ciaramella
June 17, 2014 9:25 AM

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) subpoenaed the IRS commissioner Monday to testify next week after the agency claimed it lost an unknown number of emails from former senior official Lois Lerner.

Working Hard or Hardly Working at the EPA

EPA inspector general describes numerous ethical failures at agency

CJ Ciaramella
May 7, 2014 4:12 PM

An Environmental Protection Agency employee who spent two to six hours a day perusing pornography websites such as “Sadism is Beautiful” received performance bonuses for his hard work, investigators told Congress Thursday.

CBS: IRS Workers Received Bonuses Despite Misconduct

Issa: ‘In the private sector you don’t get bonuses, pay increases, and promotions right after you’ve done something wrong’

Washington Free Beacon Staff
April 23, 2014 9:18 AM

Barber: Emails Suggest Collusion Between IRS, Rep. Cummings in True the Vote Targeting

Washington Free Beacon Staff
April 10, 2014 10:23 AM