As the legal battle over President Trump’s ballroom plays out, a new report from the watchdog group Public Citizen found that ballroom donors won new $50 billion in new government contracts. In response, the White House called the contracts “fake conflicts of interest.” Robert Weissman, the co-president of Public Citizen, joins “The Takeout” to discuss. … Read more
A Department of Homeland Security watchdog report revealed that staff at an ICE detention center in Louisiana used a prohibited chokehold to “gain control” of one person being held there and stabbed another in the hand with a pen when an officer could not close the door to a housing unit. Subscribe to read this … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As pervasive fraud schemes continue to sweep across the U.S., a group that seeks to preserve economic freedoms at the state level says that former President Joe Biden‘s policies were a main driver for the proliferation of the issue. OJ Oleka, CEO of the State Financial Officers … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A watchdog is sounding the alarm over at least $3.85 million in taxpayer-backed support tied to the Southern Poverty Law Center, including a multimillion-dollar federal grant for a university-led project that says it integrates SPLC’s racial justice curriculum into middle school classrooms. Using the … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department’s inspector general said Monday that it’s investigating U.S. Southern Command over its targeting of alleged drug-smuggling boats in the military’s campaign against drug cartels, which some critics have argued is illegal. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Southern Command has targeted … Read more
A group that says its mission is to serve as a prediction market “watchdog” is launching a six-figure ad buy focused on digital and billboards this week in the Washington, D.C., media market, timed to coincide with a Senate Commerce Committee hearing examining the expansion of gambling and prediction markets. Subscribe to read this story … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: As the liberal activist organization Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) faces federal fraud charges, an education watchdog warns that the group continues to integrate its “far-left content and materials” into classrooms as early as kindergarten in more than 40 states across the U.S. Nicole Neily, president … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A major Virginia school district outside Washington, D.C., is facing a demand to rescind one of its policies that is alleged to be keeping parents in the dark if their child begins showing signs of transitioning genders at school. America First Legal (AFL), a … Read more
Press freedom has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century, Reporters Without Borders warned on Thursday. The media rights watchdog also known as RSF cited as examples President Trump’s “systematic” attacks on journalists and Saudi Arabia, which executed a journalist in 2025. “For the first time in the (RSF) Index’s 25-year … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A new pair of reports is shedding fresh light on how teachers unions across the country have quietly poured more than $1 billion into political causes over the past decade, with a top education watchdog warning the spending reflects a growing focus on activism … Read more