#Congressional-Oversight
Events indexed under #Congressional-Oversight — 110 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | Bondi Epstein Transcript Released: Privilege Invoked on Trump Conversations; Blanche Named 30+ Times
4 src Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Donald Trump · House Oversight Committee · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-20 | Bessent Invokes Rare Authority to Mint 24-Karat Gold Coin Bearing Living President Trump's Image
3 src Scott Bessent · Donald Trump · U.S. Mint · Commission of Fine Arts · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-14 | Warren and Reed Demand DOJ/Treasury Probe of World Liberty Financial Token Sales to Sanctioned Actors
2 src Elizabeth Warren · Jack Reed · Scott Bessent · Todd Blanche · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-21 | ACLU of New Mexico Publishes 'The Invisible Military Bases at the Border' Report Documenting 4,600+ Federal Trespass Cases and 109,651 Acres of National Defense Areas in NM Alone
2 src American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Attorney's Office (District of New Mexico) · Federal Public Defender (District of New Mexico) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-20 | WYPR Exposes WEXMAC Contracting Method Used for $102.4M Williamsport MD Warehouse Purchase With $113M Retrofit and Up to $650M in Potential Add-On Work
1 src Todd Lyons · Elizabeth Warren · Jeanne Shaheen · Anthony Brown · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-13 | Pentagon Misses Warren-Shaheen WEXMAC Deadline — No Public Response to 13 Armed Services Questions on Navy Detention Contracting
4 src Elizabeth Warren · Jeanne Shaheen · Pete Hegseth · Department of Defense · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-29 | Warren, Raskin Lead 52 Lawmakers in Formal Inquiry to Six Detention Contractors and Real Estate Firms Over Trump Warehouse Detention Buildout
6 src Elizabeth Warren · Jamie Raskin · Andrey Sharkov · PNK Group · +10 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-23 | Sen. Warren Calls Anthropic Blacklist "Retaliation" for AI Safety Positions — Says DOD Trying to Strong-Arm Companies Into Bulk Surveillance
3 src Sen. Elizabeth Warren · Pete Hegseth · Anthropic | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-22 | Warren and Shaheen Demand Hegseth End DoD WEXMAC-TITUS Agreement With DHS, Citing $65 Billion Ceiling Growth and Diversion of Navy Resources to Domestic ICE Detention
5 src Elizabeth Warren · Jeanne Shaheen · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Navy · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | Booker War Powers Resolution Fails 47-53 — Only Paul Crosses Party Lines for Yes, Fetterman for No
4 src Sen. Cory Booker · Sen. Rand Paul · Sen. John Fetterman | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | CNN Reports 2.5 Million Epstein Documents Remain Unreleased Despite Transparency Act
1 src Rep. Thomas Massie · Rep. Ro Khanna · Judge Paul Engelmayer | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | Rep. Garcia and Sen. Wyden Letter to Affinity Partners Demands Disclosure of Kushner's Gulf-State Fundraising During Trump 2 Envoy-Adjacent Role
3 src Robert Garcia · Ron Wyden · Jared Kushner · Chad Mizelle · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-18 | Democrats Walk Out of Bondi-Blanche Epstein Briefing After Comer Vulgar Remark
4 src Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Rep. James Comer · Rep. Robert Garcia · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-18 | DNI Gabbard Admits Iran Was 'Not Rebuilding Enrichment' Before War — Omits Finding from Oral Testimony
6 src Tulsi Gabbard · John Ratcliffe · Kash Patel · Sen. Mark Warner · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | House Oversight Chairman Comer Subpoenas AG Bondi for Sworn Deposition on Epstein Files
3 src Rep. James Comer · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | Senate Six Democrats Prepare to Grind Chamber to Halt Over Iran War Oversight
2 src Sen. Adam Schiff · Sen. Cory Booker · Sen. Tim Kaine · Sen. Chris Murphy · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-16 | Republican Leadership Actively Avoids Public Hearings on Iran War
3 src Sen. John Thune · Senate Republicans | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-15 | House Democrats Launch Investigation Into DOJ Retaliatory Prosecution of NY AG Letitia James
3 src Rep. Jamie Raskin · Rep. Ted Lieu · Rep. Jerrold Nadler · Rep. Dan Goldman · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-13 | 120+ House Democrats Demand Pentagon Explain AI's Role in Selecting Minab School Target That Killed 170+
3 src Rep. Sara Jacobs · Pete Hegseth · House Democrats | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-13 | House Oversight Requests Epstein Prison Guard Tova Noel for Transcribed Interview
4 src Rep. James Comer · Tova Noel · Michael Thomas | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | Bipartisan Senators Request GAO Audit of DOJ Handling of Epstein Files
4 src U.S. Senate · Dick Durbin · Ben Ray Lujan · Jeff Merkley · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-09 | Senate Democrats Demand Hegseth and Rubio Testify on Iran War, Threaten Repeated War Powers Votes
5 src Pete Hegseth · Marco Rubio · Tim Kaine · Chris Murphy · +8 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-06 | 29 Congress Members Demand DOD Inspector General Investigate Commanders Framing Iran War as Biblical Armageddon
4 src Rep. Jared Huffman · Rep. Jamie Raskin · Rep. Chrissy Houlahan · Military Religious Freedom Foundation · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | Noem Faces Bipartisan Senate Rebuke as Tillis Calls Her Leadership "A Disaster"
8 src Kristi Noem · Thom Tillis · John Kennedy · Dick Durbin · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-26 | Hillary Clinton Gives Epstein Deposition as Boebert Leaks Classified Photo, Democrats Warn Trump Will Be Next
5 src Hillary Clinton · James Comer · Robert Garcia · Lauren Boebert · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-25 | Bipartisan House Oversight Investigation Launched into DOJ Withholding of Trump-Related Epstein Files
3 src James Comer · Robert Garcia · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | NPR Investigation Reveals DOJ Secretly Withheld Epstein Files Containing Abuse Accusations Against Trump
5 src Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Robert Garcia · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | Bondi Claims All Epstein Files Released, Sends Six-Page Justification Letter to Congress
4 src Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Robert Garcia · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | DHS Shutdown Begins as Congress Fails to Reach Immigration Reform Deal
3 src United States Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · John Thune · Chris Murphy · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | House Democrats Launch Investigation into DOJ Congressional Surveillance
4 src Jamie Raskin · Pramila Jayapal · Robert Garcia · Pam Bondi · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | Senate Fails to Advance DHS Funding Bill in 52-47 Vote
3 src United States Senate · John Thune · Chuck Schumer · John Fetterman · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Bondi House Testimony Devolves Into Personal Attacks Over Epstein Files and Political Prosecutions
3 src Pam Bondi · Jamie Raskin · Thomas Massie · Pramila Jayapal · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | DOJ Opens Epstein Files Reading Room to Congress Under Restrictive Conditions
4 src Department of Justice · Patrick Davis · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | Clintons Agree to Epstein Investigation Depositions Under Contempt Threat
3 src House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · James Comer · Bill Clinton · Hillary Clinton | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | House Votes 217-214 to End Four-Day Partial Government Shutdown
3 src U.S. House of Representatives · Mike Johnson · Nancy Mace · Hakeem Jeffries | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Comer Announces Walz and Ellison Will Testify on Minnesota Fraud March 4
3 src House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · James Comer · Tim Walz · Keith Ellison | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | DOJ Releases 3.5 Million Pages of Epstein Files, Claims Full Compliance
4 src Department of Justice · Todd Blanche · Pam Bondi · Ro Khanna · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Senate Passes Spending Package with Two-Week DHS Continuing Resolution
3 src United States Senate · Chuck Schumer · John Thune · Mike Johnson | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Senate Intelligence Committee Holds Confirmation Hearing for NSA Nominee Rudd
3 src Senate Select Committee on Intelligence · Joshua Rudd · Ron Wyden · Roger Wicker | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-22 | House Passes Final FY2026 Appropriations Bills in Split Vote
3 src U.S. House of Representatives · Mike Johnson · House Committee on Appropriations | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-21 | Federal Judge Rejects Special Master Request for Epstein Files
3 src Paul Engelmayer · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-15 | Senate Armed Services Committee Holds NSA Nominee Confirmation Hearing
3 src Senate Committee on Armed Services · Joshua Rudd · Roger Wicker · Angus King | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-07 | House Oversight Committee Holds Minnesota Social Services Fraud Hearing
3 src House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · James Comer · Kristin Robbins · Walter Hudson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-06 | DOJ Admits Less Than 1% of Epstein Files Released, 48 Days After Law's Deadline
2 src Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Chuck Schumer | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-06 | Massie and Khanna Ask Federal Judge to Appoint Special Master Over Epstein File Release
2 src Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Paul Engelmayer · Pam Bondi · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-03 | DOJ Misses 15-Day Deadline to Explain Redactions, Provide List of Named Officials
3 src Chuck Schumer · Thomas Massie · Department of Justice · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-24 | 12 Bipartisan Senators Demand Inspector General Audit of DOJ Epstein Files Compliance
6 src Richard Blumenthal · Lisa Murkowski · Jeff Merkley · Chuck Schumer · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-19 | Bipartisan Lawmakers Accuse DOJ of Violating Epstein Files Transparency Act
5 src Ro Khanna · Thomas Massie · Chuck Schumer · Marjorie Taylor Greene · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-17 | Senate Passes $901 Billion Defense Bill with Unprecedented Oversight Provisions Targeting Hegseth
3 src Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Tim Kaine · Frank Bradley · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-16 | House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing Exposes How Trump Administration Corrupted DOJ Antitrust Enforcement Through Pay-to-Play Schemes and Political Interference
3 src Jamie Raskin · Roger P. Alford · Pam Bondi · Chad Mizelle · +15 | reported | |
| 2025-12-11 | DHS Secretary Noem Confronted Over Veteran Deportations in Contentious Congressional Hearing
3 src Kristi Noem · Seth Magaziner · Sae Joon Park · Jim Brown · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-12-04 | Admiral Reveals Boat Strike Survivors Were Waving Before Execution; Hegseth Refuses to Release Video Evidence
6 src Admiral Frank Bradley · Pete Hegseth · Senator Jack Reed · Representative Jim Himes · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-12-03 | Pentagon IG Finds Hegseth Shared SECRET//NOFORN Classified Information on Signal, Violated National Security Protocols
7 src Pete Hegseth · Jeffrey Goldberg · Mike Waltz · JD Vance · +5 | disputed | |
| 2025-11-28 | Washington Post reveals Hegseth gave "kill everybody" order in Caribbean boat strikes, killing shipwrecked survivors
5 src Pete Hegseth · Admiral Frank Bradley · Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-11-25 | House Judiciary Democrats Release Report Exposing Trump Family's $800 Million Cryptocurrency Empire Built on Foreign Influence and Self-Dealing
4 src Jamie Raskin · Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Trump Family · +22 | reported | |
| 2025-10-15 | Pentagon Chief Hegseth Blocks Military Officials From Contacting Congress Without Approval
3 src Pete Hegseth · Steve Feinberg · Pentagon | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | Attorney General Bondi Testifies Before Senate Amid Accusations of DOJ Weaponization
3 src Pam Bondi · Senate Judiciary Committee · Department of Justice · Dick Durbin · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-09-26 | Supreme Court Allows Trump to Withhold $4B in Foreign Aid Through Illegal 'Pocket Rescission'
2 src U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Elena Kagan · Mike Johnson · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-22 | CREW Exposes OMB Hiding Spending Controls Through Secret 'Footnote' Agreements
2 src Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington | reported | |
| 2025-09-08 | House Oversight Committee Releases Epstein Birthday Book with Trump Contributions Including "Fully Depreciated Woman" Check Photo
3 src Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · Joel Pashcow · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-05 | Chairman Comer Issues 11 Subpoenas Including Clintons and Former AGs
4 src James Comer · Bill Clinton · Hillary Clinton · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-30 | Twelve House Democrats sue Trump administration for blocking detention facility oversight
4 src Rep. Joe Neguse (CO) · Rep. Jason Crow · Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY) · Rep. Dan Goldman (NY) · +10 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-28 | ICE blocks members of Congress from detention facilities, violating oversight law
3 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Rep. Jason Crow · Sen. Chris Van Hollen · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-23 | House Oversight Subcommittee Votes 8-2 to Subpoena DOJ for Epstein Files
3 src U.S. House Oversight Committee · Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) · Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) · Rep. Brian Jack (R-GA) · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-17 | Wyden, Goldman, Velázquez Letter to Palantir CEO Karp Demands Answers on ICE Surveillance Tools
3 src Ron Wyden · Daniel Goldman · Nydia Velázquez · Alex Karp · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-16 | Senate Permanent Subcommittee opens inquiry into Trump crypto corruption
4 src Richard Blumenthal · Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations · Donald Trump · Fight Fight Fight LLC · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Congressional Hearing Exposes Systematic Judicial Intimidation Tactics
4 src Senate Judiciary Committee · Chief Justice John Roberts · U.S. Marshals Service · Supreme Court Justices · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-04 | SpaceX wins $5.9 billion Space Force contract amid congressional conflict-of-interest investigation
4 src SpaceX · U.S. Space Force · Elon Musk · Rep. Stephen Lynch · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2024-07-23 | House Oversight Releases Damning PBM Report After 32-Month Investigation: Anticompetitive Policies Exposed
2 src U.S. House Oversight Committee · James Comer · Adam Kautzner · David Joyner · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2024-05-22 | House Oversight Launches Comprehensive Investigation into Grok AI's Safety and Government Deployment
4 src Robert Garcia · Stephen Lynch · Elon Musk · xAI · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2023-11-09 | Senate Judiciary Subpoenas Harlan Crow Over Thomas Gifts After Resistance
5 src Senate Judiciary Committee · Dick Durbin · Harlan Crow · Clarence Thomas · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2023-05-10 | Senate Hearing Exposes PBM Insulin Profiteering: 75% of Sales Go to Rebates and Fees
3 src Bernie Sanders · Senate HELP Committee · Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen · Paul Hudson · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2022-12-30 | House Ways and Means Committee Releases Six Years of Trump Tax Returns
4 src House Ways and Means Committee · Richard Neal · Donald Trump · Internal Revenue Service · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2022-05-12 | House Investigation Reveals Meatpacking Industry Drafted Trump DPA Order While 59,000 Workers Infected
3 src James Clyburn · Tyson Foods · JBS USA · Smithfield Foods · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2022-01-24 | Ten House and Senate committee chairs request GAO audit of CBP Critical Incident Teams
3 src Bennie G. Thompson · Gary Peters · Jerrold Nadler · Richard Durbin · +10 | confirmed | |
| 2020-08-24 | DeJoy House Testimony Refuses to Restore Mail Sorting Machines Despite Court Concerns
4 src Louis DeJoy · Carolyn Maloney · Ro Khanna · Harley Rouda · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-08-21 | DeJoy Senate Testimony Denies Sabotage as Gary Peters Details Severe Mail Delays
4 src Louis DeJoy · Gary Peters · Ron Johnson · USPS | confirmed | |
| 2020-01-16 | Pelosi Transmits Impeachment Articles to Senate After 28-Day Strategic Delay
3 src Nancy Pelosi · Mitch McConnell · Adam Schiff · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2020-01-07 | Rep. Pramila Jayapal Launches Congressional Inquiry Into McKinsey's ICE Contracts and Detention Recommendations
2 src Pramila Jayapal · McKinsey & Company · Kevin Sneader · House Judiciary Committee · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-24 | Speaker Pelosi Announces Formal Impeachment Inquiry After Ukraine Revelations
3 src Nancy Pelosi · Donald Trump · Adam Schiff · House Democrats | confirmed | |
| 2019-08-12 | Intelligence Community Whistleblower Files Urgent Complaint About Trump-Zelensky Call
3 src IC Whistleblower · Michael Atkinson · Joseph Maguire · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-24 | Trump Declares Fake Emergency to Ram Through $8.1 Billion Raytheon Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia
4 src Donald Trump · Mike Pompeo · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-07 | Don McGahn Defies Congressional Subpoena for Mueller-Related Documents
3 src Donald McGahn · White House · House Judiciary Committee · William Burck · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-09 | Trump Claims Absolute Immunity from Congressional Oversight
3 src Donald Trump · Pat Cipollone · Don McGahn · John Bolton · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2016-09-20 | CEO Stumpf Testifies Before Senate, Elizabeth Warren Demands Resignation
3 src John Stumpf · Elizabeth Warren · U.S. Senate Banking Committee | confirmed | |
| 2015-01-15 | House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers Retires, Enters CNN Commentary and Undisclosed Consulting
3 src Mike Rogers · CNN · AT&T · IronNet Cybersecurity · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2008-05-08 | Senate Intelligence Committee Raises Alarm Over Intelligence Contractor Revolving Door, Requires Workforce Reporting
3 src Senate Select Committee on Intelligence · Government Accountability Office · Department of Defense · Office of the Director of National Intelligence | confirmed | |
| 2007-10-02 | Erik Prince Testifies Before Congress Defending Blackwater Despite Evidence of 195 Shooting Incidents
3 src Erik Prince · Blackwater · U.S. House Oversight Committee · Henry Waxman | confirmed | |
| 2007-03-09 | DOJ Inspector General Documents Systematic FBI Surveillance Abuse
3 src Glenn Fine · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice · U.S. Congress · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2006-03-09 | Dubai Ports World Abandons US Port Takeover Under Congressional Pressure
4 src Dubai Ports World · House Appropriations Committee · Charles Schumer · Dennis Hastert · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2003-09-24 | Congress Officially Defunds Total Information Awareness Program
3 src U.S. Congress · United States Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · George W. Bush · +5 | confirmed | |
| 1987-05-05 | Televised Iran-Contra Congressional Hearings Begin, Riveting Nation
3 src Oliver North · John Poindexter · George Shultz · Caspar Weinberger | confirmed | |
| 1987-02-26 | Tower Commission Report Released, Criticized as Whitewash of Iran-Contra
3 src Ronald Reagan · John Tower · Edmund Muskie · Brent Scowcroft · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1986-11-25 | Attorney General Meese Reveals Iran-Contra Scandal to Public
3 src Edwin Meese · Ronald Reagan · Oliver North · John Poindexter | confirmed | |
| 1984-10-12 | Boland Amendment Explicitly Prohibits All U.S. Funding for Contras
3 src Edward Boland · Ronald Reagan | confirmed | |
| 1974-07-27 | House Judiciary Committee Approves Three Articles of Impeachment Against President Nixon
3 src House Judiciary Committee · Peter Rodino · Robert McClory · Richard Nixon | confirmed | |
| 1973-11-01 | Leon Jaworski Appointed as Special Prosecutor to Replace Fired Archibald Cox
3 src Leon Jaworski · Robert Bork · Richard Nixon · Archibald Cox | confirmed | |
| 1973-07-16 | Alexander Butterfield Reveals Nixon White House Secret Taping System in Bombshell Testimony
3 src Alexander Butterfield · Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · Donald Sanders · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1973-06-25 | John Dean Testifies to Senate Watergate Committee: "Cancer Growing on the Presidency"
6 src John Dean · Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · John Ehrlichman · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1973-05-17 | Senate Watergate Committee Begins Televised Hearings, Exposing Presidential Crimes to Public
3 src Sam Ervin · Howard Baker · Senate Watergate Committee · Richard Nixon | confirmed |