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Watchdog Fines Deloitte £6.05m Over Go-Ahead Audits — 6dFRC fined Deloitte £6.05m and issued a severe reprimand over 2016-2020 Go-Ahead audits; Go-Ahead kept more than £30m of public money it was not entitled to, the regulator said.

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Watchdog Urges OpenAI to Restrict ChatGPT for TeensTech — 6dCommon Sense Media says tests found major failures in ChatGPT for Teens’ safeguards, including parental alerts for crisis-related conversations, and urged OpenAI to keep minors off the product until protections are independently verified. OpenAI disputed the evaluation, saying its testing does not reflect how the safeguards work.

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New Jersey’s Ratepayer Watchdog Warns Lawmakers’ Energy Agency Plan Would ‘Almost Certainly’ Raise Utility Costs — Oct 6, 2026New Jersey lawmakers are weighing a new state energy agency as utility bills climb, but the state's ratepayer advocate says the legislation to create it does not explain how it would buy power or who would pay for it.

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Watchdog clears Powell of misconduct in Fed renovation with rising costs — Sep 30, 2026Fed OIG’s 120-page report finds no criminal or administrative misconduct by Jerome Powell as HQ renovation costs hit an estimated $2.5 billion.

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Jared Kim The clearance makes sense given the details, but someone needs to account for why those expenses kept climbing without better oversight.

Watchdog warns Serbian journalists face election threats — Sep 23, 2026CPJ says Serbian journalists face assaults and threats ahead of the Oct. 25 election; N1's Danica Vucenic called reporting family threats a waste of time.

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AP Top 25 College Football TeamsRankingCollege football fans argue endlessly over which programs deserve the top spots in the AP Poll based on wins, schedule strength, and legacy.

UK Watchdog Proposes Google Search Choices Including AI — Sep 23, 2026U.K. CMA would require Google to show Android and Chrome users a search-provider choice at setup and yearly, with ChatGPT and Perplexity eligible if they meet safety rules.

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Chris Dalton Forcing these choice screens every year feels unnecessary since most people will just stick with what they already use.

Pentagon watchdog report tallies Iran war damage and munitions shortages — Sep 14, 2026Pentagon IG report: Iranian strikes hit hundreds of U.S. base structures and 50-plus aircraft; war cost $37.5B and left munitions shortfalls.

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Sam Okafor Munitions shortages after this kind of conflict leave us vulnerable if tensions rise again.

DHS Watchdog Finds 79 Detainees Held in Cages — Sep 14, 2026DHS OIG found 79 Alligator Alcatraz detainees held in 4-by-4-foot outdoor metal cages and 18-sq-ft enclosures, a practice it called unprecedented and not aligned with humane standards.

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Priya Raman Holding 79 detainees in 4-by-4 cages is a clear violation of basic humane standards that demands immediate correction.

Mexico Antitrust Watchdog Probes Professional Soccer Market — Sep 14, 2026Mexico’s National Antitrust Commission opened a formal, ex-officio probe into possible monopolistic practices in the professional football market, prompted by fan complaints and focusing on the absence of promotion and relegation and the concentration of Liga MX’s ownership and broadcasting rights. If violations are found, the FMF could face penalties up to 10% of annual revenue as investigators examine affiliation, organization and access to competitions.

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Nicole Hardy It's good the commission is finally checking how Liga MX blocks promotion and locks up TV rights.

Internal Watchdog To Probe How Justice Department Prepared Before Capitol RiotsReporting — Jan 16, 2021The U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog will review how the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies prepared and responded to the storming of the U.S. Capitol by President Donald…

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US Watchdog To Investigate Whistleblower’s Detention AllegationsReporting — Sep 16, 2020U.S. immigration officials said on Tuesday a federal watchdog would investigate complaints made by a whistleblower nurse in a Georgia immigration detention facility who alleged detainees had improperly received…

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Most Influential Women in World HistoryYourlist — RankingFrom ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.

Democrats Launch Probe of Trump’s Firing of State Department WatchdogReporting — May 17, 2020Democrats in Congress on Saturday launched an investigation into President Donald Trump’s move to oust the State Department’s internal watchdog, accusing the president of escalating his fight against any oversight of…

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EXCLUSIVE: Climate Activists ‘Afraid Of The Sunlight,’ Watchdogs Sue — Aug 3, 2026A watchdog organization filed a complaint Monday accusing the University of Hawaii of unlawfully withholding public records that reveal whether climate activists and legal advocates influence climate lawsuits.

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EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog Demands Medical Schools Not Comply With ‘Antisemitic’ Rule — Sep 25, 2024Medical watchdog group Do No Harm sent letters to every U.S. medical school on Wednesday demanding that they not comply with the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations’ (IFMSA) “blatantly…

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Watchdog Uncovers Nearly $1 Billion In Covid Fraud — Feb 18, 2026Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed trillions in emergency spending, nearly $1 billion in unemployment benefits is still sitting untouched — and federal watchdogs are sounding the alarm. The Department of…

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Toy Story vs ShrekYourlist — VS BattleThe toy box vs the swamp: two animation revolutions, one inevitable playground argument.

Trump Budget Czar Thumbs Nose At ‘Partisan’ Watchdog Over Impoundment Allegation — May 23, 2025White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought on Friday morning slammed a Congressional watchdog’s opinion which had suggested that the Trump administration violated the law by withholding…

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Biden Planning to Open Flow of Taxpayer Money to the Taliban, Government Watchdog WarnsReporting — Feb 13, 2022The Biden administration is planning to throw Americans’ tax dollars at the Taliban without knowing how the money will be used, according to a watchdog group. “The Biden administration has laid out plans through the…

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Government Watchdog Accuses HHS of Ignoring Recommendations to Improve Response to PandemicReporting — Jan 28, 2022A government watchdog suggested if the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) fails to address “deficiencies” in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it will affect the country’s ability to respond to “future…

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‘He’s a Total Disgrace’: Trump Defends Firing U.S. Intel WatchdogReporting — Apr 6, 2020President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his decision to fire the top watchdog of the U.S. Intelligence Community, saying Michael Atkinson did “a terrible job” in handling the whistleblower complaint that triggered…

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Watchdog Warns Law School Gatekeeper Could Use ‘Sleight-Of-Hand’ To Conceal DEI Mandate — Jul 7, 2026An education watchdog is urging America's law school accreditor to end rather than hide its policy requiring law schools to embed DEI in their curricula.

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Taliban Finding New Use for American Equipment Abandoned in Afghanistan, Watchdog WarnsReporting — Jan 2, 2022The Biden administration left behind billions of dollars of American military hardware in Afghanistan within the reach of the Taliban, according to auditors with Open the Books, a government spending watchdog. The…

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US Government Watchdog Says Top Homeland Security Appointments Were ImproperReporting — Aug 14, 2020A U.S. government watchdog agency said on Friday that the appointments of two top homeland security officials in the administration of President Donald Trump were improper. The U.S. Government Accountability Office…

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Gov’t Watchdog Reveals Hospitals Are Facing ‘Severe’ Supply Shortages Amid CoronavirusReporting — Apr 6, 2020An internal government watchdog has uncovered a “severe” shortage in coronavirus supplies, including testing kits, as the United States braces for what is expected to be a grim week. Department of Health and Human…

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Watchdog Group Issues Report On Teddy Bear — Nov 25, 2025A recent report from a consumer watchdog group is raising major concerns over a $99 talking teddy bear that allegedly exposed children to sexually explicit content and dangerous advice. The AI-powered Kumma bear…

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