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    U.S. Park Police and other federal officers hold a perimeter near the White House on June 1 as demonstrators gather to protest the killing of George Floyd.
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    Watchdog To Review Nonlethal Tactics Against Protesters, Including 'Heat Ray' Request

    Sep 18, 2020
    The Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan government watchdog, will review the federal government's use of nonlethal weapons and the tactics it wielded against protesters this summer.
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    Acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf testifies during a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on August 6.
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    Government Watchdog Says Homeland Security Leaders Were Not Legitimately Appointed

    Aug 14, 2020
    Chad Wolf is acting secretary of DHS and Ken Cuccinelli is senior official performing the duties of deputy secretary. The Government Accountability Office says the appointments are invalid.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    The Government Accountability Office says the IRS did not use death records for the first three batches of coronavirus relief payments — which account for 72% of the nearly $270 billion in payments dispensed so far.
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    Nearly $1.4 Billion In Coronavirus Relief Payments Sent To Dead People

    Jun 25, 2020
    The improper payments happened due to confusion over whether dead people should receive the payments from the IRS, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.
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    Trump Impeachment Inquiry
    The White House has said that President Trump was acting within his legal authority when he froze military aid to Ukraine.
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    Trump Broke The Law In Freezing Ukraine Funds, Watchdog Report Concludes

    Jan 16, 2020
    The Government Accountability Office opined on Thursday that the Trump administration's actions in the Ukraine affair went beyond the bounds of a law called the Impoundment Control Act.
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    Threats, Assaults Against Federal Employees On The Rise

    Nov 04, 2019

    The number of threats or assaults against federal employees who oversee public lands is on the rise.  

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    A Coast Guard patrol boat in the waters off Mar-A-Lago.
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    Government Watchdog: Trump's Trips To Florida Costing Taxpayers Millions

    Feb 05, 2019
    The GAO looked into four trips early on in the Trump presidency, estimating they cost $13.6 million. The watchdog agency says the Secret Service needs to do a better job of reporting the costs.
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    Technology
    The Pentagon only recently made cybersecurity a priority, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report, which found vulnerabilities in weapons that are under development.
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    Cyber Tests Showed 'Nearly All' New Pentagon Weapons Vulnerable To Attack, GAO Says

    Oct 09, 2018
    "One test report indicated that the test team was able to guess an administrator password in nine seconds," the Government Accountability Office says.
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    The fatter paychecks that many Americans have been receiving this year may end with a big check to the government come tax time.
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    More Taxpayers Will Owe The IRS In April Because Of Underwithholding, Report Says

    Jul 31, 2018
    The Government Accountability Office says 3 million more Americans are likely to have experienced underwithholding from their paychecks in 2018 as a direct result of the new tax law.
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