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The best-documented, government-backed estimate is that up to 70 U.S. citizens were mistakenly deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during the five-year period 2015–2020, according to...
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) defines “excepted” work under the Antideficiency Act as a narrow set of activities that may continue when an appropriation lapses: functions expr...
DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviews and Government Accountability Office (GAO) audits paint a recurring picture: DHS components including ICE have inconsistent oversight of use‑of‑force prac...
Since 2024, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a detailed review of DHS detention-inspection programs identifying widespread “passing” inspection scores alongside persistent, varied...
Auditors and Congress draw a clear legal and operational line between improper payments—mistakes, administrative errors, or beneficiary reporting failures—and criminal fraud, which requires knowing mi...
Congressional pensions are built from two moving pieces: the retiree’s “high‑3” average salary (the highest average pay over any three consecutive years) and a years‑of‑service accrual rate that diffe...
Senators are subject to the federal retirement rules that govern all Members of Congress: they do not automatically receive a lifetime salary at departure, and they must meet both service and (in many...
Congress and reform groups have proposed multiple statutory fixes—amending ethics law to “close the presidential loophole,” strengthening disclosure and OGE enforcement, and passing bills like the Pro...