The day after a congressional hearing about military presence at the southern border, the Pentagon announced it will be deploying another 2,000 troops.
American Oversight filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice to find out whether outside groups or individuals have influenced the agency’s shifting priorities in the enforcement of civil rights protections.
As the country’s longest government shutdown finally comes to a (perhaps temporary) end, preparations for congressional hearings continue to move forward.
Oversight’s return with the new Congress is one of the most important developments of 2019, but House Republicans are already threatening to abdicate their share of the responsibility.
Former CEQ official Alex Herrgott pushed Senate staffers in 2018 to ask their bosses to voice support for the administration’s infrastructure plans, going so far as to feed them lines.