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Rep. Raul Grijalva, Arizona Democrat, told The Washington Times that the pay to a former female staffer was a severance package and that the agreement was reached without a complaint lodged with the Office of Compliance, which handles workplace grievances by congressional employees.

How a House Dem accused of drunken shenanigans revealed another secret ‘hush fund’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Muzzling the Government Watchdog Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

RICHARD BERMAN: CREW silent over Hillary Clinton email scandal

By Richard Berman

Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, center, is mobbed by media as he gets into a car with his son, Bobby, right, after McDonnell and his wife, former first lady Maureen McDonnell, were convicted on multiple counts of corruption at Federal Court in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. A federal jury in Richmond convicted Bob McDonnell of 11 of the 13 counts he faced; Maureen McDonnell was convicted of nine of the 13 counts she had faced. Sentencing was scheduled for Jan. 6. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Bob McDonnell verdict a much-needed win for Justice Department ethics unit

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

David Brock, a former critic and later defender of Bill and Hillary Clinton, will head the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics. (associated press)

Clinton ally Brock will head ethics oversight watchdog

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

The dome of the Capitol is reflected in a skylight of the Capitol Visitor's Center in Washington on Jan. 1, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Ethics Committee will reverse travel disclosure rule change

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. Vice President Joe Biden delivers a speech during a joint statement to the press, alongside Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Octav Ganea, Mediafax)

Watchdog: Lobbying on fuel mandates may have been improper

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Robert E. Andrews, New Jersey Democrat.

New Jersey Democrat under investigation to leave House

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Ben Carson, right, speaking at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, where he burst on the national scene when he criticized Obamacare with President Obama himself seated nearby on the dais. (Courtesy of C-SPAN)

The long line of conservatives targeted by the IRS

By John Solomon and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, listens March 12, 2013, to testimony at the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, where he testified about worldwide threats. (Associated Press)

Eric Holder prodded by ethics group to probe Clapper claims

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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Lawmaker’s D.C. homestead deduction raises questions

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

Tim Kaine, running for the U.S. Senate in Virginia as the Democratic Party candidate, is the subject of an ad run by Crossroads GPS that prompted a complaint to the Federal Elections Commission. (Richmond Times-Dispatch via Associated Press)

Crossroads’ ad takes sides, says watchdog

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel speaks in Akron, Ohio, on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Candidates from both parties benefiting from domestic oil boom

By Ben Wolfgang and Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times

** FILE ** John Edwards speaks May 31, 2012, outside a federal courthouse as his daughter Cate Edwards (left) and parents Wallace Edwards (second from right) and Bobbie Edwards look on after the jury's verdict in his trial on charges of campaign corruption in Greensboro, N.C. (Associated Press)

Jurors talk about deliberations in Edwards trial

By Michael Biesecker - Associated Press

For ‘briefing,’ $20,000 lunch is on the House

By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times

Illustration: GOP target by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

KNIGHT: Time to disarm partisan CREW

By Robert Knight - The Washington Times

Amparo Martinez, left, watches as her daughter, Sorayo Martinez, 4, is given a dose of swine flu vaccine in Oregon City, Ore., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. Children and health workers are the first to receive vaccines from the first batch to hit Oregon. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Group demands antitrust probe of vaccine discounts for doctors

By Rachel B. Duke - The Washington Times