Government Accountability

While most people in the country were focused on counting votes last week, the U.S. Department of Labor published some controversial new rules dealing with farm labor.

Where are hospitals reaching capacity? Which metro areas are running out of beds? NPR has learned agencies collect and analyze this information in detail but don't share it.

Manafort and Gates were accused of using the companies to launder $75 million from the Ukrainian government to help Manafort and Gates in tax fraud and other crimes.

The memorial opened as Pennsylvania experiences another surge of the deadly coronavirus.

County officials in Pennsylvania downplayed the significance of the problem, saying the system will not allow someone to vote twice.

Trump for the first time explicitly called on Barr to investigate the Bidens and even pointed to the nearing Nov. 3 election as reason that Barr should not delay taking action

Perry County’s Board of Elections decided to reject the state funds for postage-paid mail ballot return envelopes, said county Commissioner Gary Eby.

If as many people with disabilities turned out to vote as those without, then the 2018 midterm election would’ve recorded a whopping 2.35 million more votes.

First up on Wednesday’s Radio Times, Marty will speak with Mother Jones reporter  ...

Members of Congress and advocacy groups say Operation Warp Speed should release its contracts with vaccine makers after NPR reporting found the terms aren't public.

Pa. Republicans have dropped their plan to create an “election integrity” panel with subpoena power, an effort Democrats feared would lead to a “stealth attack” on voting.

In a since-deleted social media post, Rep. Aaron Bernstine is heard urging his son to smoke a cigar, telling him to “hit it harder, breathe in.”

Ahead of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. Senator Chris Coons asks one key question: “Why are we doing this?”

The ruling by the three judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco was a split decision for the Trump administration and a coalition of civil rights groups.

The lawsuit, which Scarnati’s campaign could attempt to refile, could pose a chilling effect on journalists’ and the public’s access to public records.