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News Roundup: HUD Secretary Carson and a top aide to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos appeared before Congress this week (but not, of course, former White House Counsel Don McGahn): americanoversight.org/news-roundup-c…
Ben Carson confused the term "REO" with Oreo cookies, was stumped by a question about OMWI (the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion), and attempted to "reclaim his time" (he couldn't): vox.com/2019/5/21/1863…
Carson also defended the administration’s proposal to deny federally subsidized housing to undocumented immigrants. We've requested communications about HUD's policy of denying FHA-backed loans to DACA recipients: americanoversight.org/documents?fwp_…
Our investigation into Ben Carson's HUD includes the inappropriate involvement of his family members at the agency: americanoversight.org/investigation/…
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News Roundup: Kellyanne Conway's Hatch Act violations, Secretary Chao's photoshoot with her family's company, and President Trump's tax returns americanoversight.org/news-roundup-t…
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Administration officials under legal scrutiny, as Scott Pruitt was, have used legal defense funds to help pay expenses. But there is no federal regulation specifically governing their use. We're calling on the Office of Government Ethics to change that: americanoversight.org/legal-defense-…
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NEW: We obtained new documents regarding Customs and Border Protection's 2017 use of the hashtag #CatchOfTheDay to describe immigrants apprehended at the border: americanoversight.org/documents-reve…
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