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Watchdog: Trump administration illegally withheld federal research funds

Watchdog: Trump administration illegally withheld federal research funds

The Trump administration violated federal law by withholding tens of millions of dollars in research grant funding Congress had appropriated for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), according to a federal watchdog report.  The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Wednesday found the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) violated the Impoundment Control…

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Oct 7, 2026 · byThe Hill
House Democrats call for GAO to investigate government-funded Trump ads

House Democrats call for GAO to investigate government-funded Trump ads

A pair of House Democrats called on the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate government-funded ads featuring President Trump that aired last month. Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and George Whitesides (D-Calif.) sent a letter to the GAO leadership, asking for an investigation as to why “the American…

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Oct 1, 2026 · byThe Hill
GAO reasserts pocket rescissions’ illegality after Trump uses tactic to cancel nearly $1B

GAO reasserts pocket rescissions’ illegality after Trump uses tactic to cancel nearly $1B

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reasserted on Tuesday that President Trump’s use of a “pocket rescission” to cancel $810 million in federal funding was unlawful.  The letter by the government watchdog’s lead attorney, Edda Emmanuelli Perez, outlined under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (ICA), “the rescission proposals contained in the President’s September 25,…

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Sep 29, 2026 · byThe Hill
Key data missing for half of US child labor deaths, official report finds

Key data missing for half of US child labor deaths, official report finds

Over half of 260 workplace child fatalities between 2013 and 2023 lacked data on cause of death or the industry worked Information is missing on over half of deaths at work of people under the age of 18 in the US because of significant gaps in child labor data, according to a government accountability office (GAO) report released on Tuesday. The report found that between 2013 and 2023, an average of 24 children under the age of 18 died each year due to work-related incidents. Over half of the 260 child fatality cases did not contain detailed data on the cause of death or the industry the child worked in. Continue reading...

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Sep 29, 2026 · byThe Guardian
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AvTalk Episode 388: The difference a millisecond makes

On this week’s AvTalk, we’re back from Dorkfest/SpotLAX with a busy week of news. We’re digging into the ATC failure that snarled traffic in the northeast US to start the week. And the preliminary technical report from NATS on the 8 September outage of the London Control Area says that one millisecond made all the difference between normal operation and the the cancellation of 2,000 flights. Plus Michael O’Leary gives his thoughts. And we have a new kind of show notes this week thanks to some feedback from long-time listeners. Once you click play on the podcast, you can click the time code to jump straight to that section. Links to supporting materials are in the section title. –01:45 Opening / A380 episode-number discussion –05:38 Cranky Dorkfest and SpotLAX recap –09:38 FAA SMART system and machine learning vs AI –14:35 PHL TRACON outage — those cables aren’t buried that deep –19:10 NATS September 8 outage: preliminary technical report –23:26 Prestwick connectivity outage and airline reaction with a choice quote from Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary –26:52 GAO report on aviation communications security –29:19 Embraer E2 GPS problems — Azul, Porter, others? –33:09 KLM power-bank fire and inconsistent airline battery rules –35:04 Beijing airspace restrictions — A 600 km wide safety zone –38:20 Nice runway investigation yields proposed safety improvements –38:56 Turkish Airlines 737 MAX order –40:37 Istanbul adds another runway –42:35 Boeing 777 freighter emissions waiver –43:35 777X engine mid-seal durability and ETOPS certification –44:20 Boeing engineering union contract –45:11 Icelandair mechanics’ “indefinite” strike –48:17 JSX puts down a deposit on the Heart Aerospace ES-36 –49:20 A321XLR wing becoming standard across A321neo models –50:14 Qantas Project Sunrise New York announcement — finally –53:32 Picasso Pilot flight-path artwork Check back soon for a transcript of this episode.

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Sep 25, 2026 · byFlightradar24 Blog
ICE has wasted tens of millions to carry out Trump’s mass detention agenda – report

ICE has wasted tens of millions to carry out Trump’s mass detention agenda – report

US GAO documents array of costly problems as ICE pursues controversial plans to rapidly increase detention capacity US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) and other federal agencies have wasted tens of millions of dollars pursuing controversial plans to rapidly increase detention capacity – and the total will likely rise due to ongoing mismanagement, congressional investigators warned on Thursday. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) documented costly problems in several initiatives ICE has pursued since Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025 and ordered the mass arrest and deportation of people whom his administration has deemed should be forced out of the country. Continue reading...

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Sep 24, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Flights halted at three US airports as watchdog warns over hacking threat

Flights halted at three US airports as watchdog warns over hacking threat

Senator Ron Wyden calls for swift action after GAO report finds systems guiding US aircraft vulnerable to interference A congressional watchdog has warned the systems guiding US aircraft are open to interference and deception as flights into three busy airports in the country’s north east US were halted by a radio equipment problem. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered a ground stop at about 10am on Monday for Newark Liberty international, Philadelphia international and Teterboro airports, saying some radio frequencies at the Philadelphia terminal radar approach control (Tracon) were affected until the early afternoon. Arrivals and departures at Newark were delayed, and the agency has not said what caused the outage. Continue reading...

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Sep 21, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Lawmakers see waste in DOGE’s ‘stupid’ $7B buyout costs

Lawmakers see waste in DOGE’s ‘stupid’ $7B buyout costs

A new government report showing that the administration spent $7 billion paying staff not to work as it pushed its buyouts is sparking the latest round of scrutiny of President Trump’s DOGE era. A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimated the administration spent $6.7 billion on administrative leave after Department of Government Efficiency…

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Sep 19, 2026 · byThe Hill
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AvTalk Episode 387: The CVR makes it worse

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Ian and Jason prepare to head to Los Angeles for the annual CrankyFlier Dorkfest and NYC Aviation’s SpotLAX events . If you’re in town, stop by and say hello. But before we take off, the NTSB released a partial summary of the cockpit voice recorder from the 21 Air 767 that overran the runway in Miami. Far from providing clarity, the summary only adds to the questions raised about the pilots’ actions in the final minutes of the flight. A news helicopter covering a fatal car collision crashed in Los Angeles, killing the pilot and reporter onboard the aircraft, as well as one person on the ground. Virginia Senators Time Kaine and Mark Warner have introduced a bill to limit flights at DCA in Washington DC. We discuss why the DCA Air Safety Act has a long, uphill battle for passage. A GAO report on the FAA’s recent push to modernize the nation’s air traffic control systems calls for greater cost and schedule planning, noting that there are 11,389 individual project schedules. And you’re going to be hearing a lot about “capacity” over the next few months. What that means for airlines—and airfares. Check back soon for a transcript of this episode.

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Sep 18, 2026 · byFlightradar24 Blog
US government paid federal employees $9.5bn not to work amid Doge cuts – report

US government paid federal employees $9.5bn not to work amid Doge cuts – report

GAO report shows how use paid administrative leave rose by 435% from 2023 to 2025 and incurred a sixfold cost The US government paid federal workers $9.5bn not to work in 2025 as part of the Trump administration ’s attempts to shrink the federal workforce. As part of efforts by the “department of government efficiency” (Doge), spearheaded by Elon Musk , federal agencies’ use of paid administrative leave rose 435% from 2023 to 2025 – costing six times what the government spent in 2023 – according to a new report released on Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent watchdog. Continue reading...

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Sep 16, 2026 · byThe Guardian