Chuck Grassley

White House Defunds Council of Inspectors General, Disabling Federal Oversight

| Importance: 10/10

The Office of Management and Budget withheld congressionally approved funding for the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), effectively disabling oversight of 72 federal watchdogs. The defunding caused at least 15 government oversight websites to go dark, removing …

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Mass Inspector General Firings Implement Project 2025 Plan

| Importance: 9/10

On September 1, 2025, President Trump initiated a massive purge of federal Inspectors General, firing approximately 17 independent watchdogs across multiple agencies. These dismissals, explicitly outlined in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 blueprint, violated federal law requiring …

Donald Trump Chuck Grassley Chuck Schumer Elizabeth Warren Robert Storch +2 more inspector-general-purge oversight-elimination executive-power accountability-removal project-2025 +2 more
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FBI Disbands Washington Public Corruption Squad Amid Broader Investigative Reorganization

| Importance: 8/10

The FBI’s Washington Field Office disbanded its ‘CR15’ public corruption squad, a unit critical to investigating potential misconduct in the Trump administration. This move follows broader cuts to the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section and represents a significant …

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Elon Musk Donates to GOP Lawmakers Targeting Judicial Oversight

| Importance: 7/10

Elon Musk donated maximum campaign contributions of $6,600 to at least seven Republican lawmakers who have publicly called for impeaching or limiting the power of federal judges blocking his government efficiency initiatives. Recipients included Representatives Eli Crane, Lauren Boebert, Andy Ogles, …

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Trump Purges Inspectors General Investigating Musk's Businesses

| Importance: 9/10

President Trump executed a coordinated mass firing of approximately 17 inspectors general across federal agencies on February 7, 2025, in an unprecedented action that effectively dismantled critical government oversight mechanisms. The purge targeted inspectors general conducting sensitive …

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Christine Blasey Ford Delivers Credible, Emotional Testimony Alleging Kavanaugh Sexual Assault, He Responds with Partisan Rant

| Importance: 9/10

On September 27, 2018, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her at a house party in 1982 when she was 15 and he was 17. Ford delivered four hours of credible, detailed, emotionally raw testimony …

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Obama Nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court, McConnell and Senate Republicans Refuse to Hold Hearings or Vote

| Importance: 9/10

On March 16, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick B. Garland, the widely respected Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death one month earlier. Garland was considered a …

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