investigation

(Newser) - Consider the U.S. attorneys  investigation the tip of the iceberg: With more than a dozen probes launched in its first 100 days, Congress is ramping up to reclaim its role as a watchdog over the executive branch, the Christian Science Monitor reports, honing skills that haven't been in demand...

(Newser) - Celeb clothier Anand Jon swapped a Smashbox Studios fashion show for a Beverly Hills jail this week, as police filed an additional 15 felony sexual assault charges against the designer. Jon, who had been slated to star in his own VH1 reality series, was arrested last week on charges that...

(Newser) - Democrats haven't managed to score with a single one of the bills drafted in their giddy first 100 hours, but playing hardball with hearings has proved more fruitful. In cranking up the congressional oversight machinery, write Richard Simon and Noam Levey, they've dominated headlines and applied pressure to the administration.