NYTIMES (Andrew E. Kramer, Bianca Pallaro and Evelina Riabenko) - What Secret Audits Tell Us About How Ukraine’s Military Is Spending Its Money
The documents amount to an autopsy of the weapons-contracting process.
YOUTUBE (LiveNOW from FOX) - Trump threatens funding if states don't adopt election changes
States and cities across the country are pushing back against the Trump administration’s effort to withhold millions of dollars in police and anti-terrorism funding unless they adopt new voting rules, as Trump campaigns ahead of the November midterm elections. Harris County, which includes Houston, and the other jurisdictions stand to lose millions in public safety grants unless they impose the controversial voting rules Trump wants: a plan to transition to paper ballots, proof of citizenship verifications, mandatory hand-counted audits of 5% of all ballots, and more, according to Axios. Trump is also visiting the Houston area on Thursday to meet with the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission and to campaign for Texas GOP Senate hopeful Ken…
YOUTUBE (Fox Business) - CRACKDOWN: Harvard-China ties come under FIRE as Pentagon orders audits
Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang discusses China's push for 'digital sovereignty' and the threat of Chinese-made products slipping into U.S. government procurement supply chains.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - NC governor vetoes state GOP election integrity measure
The bill also requires use of federal databases and information from other states to help remove deceased voters from the rolls. And the state auditor’s office would conduct post-election audits of county election systems at least once every six years.
NYTIMES (Luke Broadwater) - Multiple Investigations Refuted Trump’s Claims That Fraud Altered the Outcome in 2020
Dozens of investigations, audits, recounts and court proceedings examined the 2020 election. None found the widespread voter fraud that President Trump claimed tilted the vote.
NYTIMES (Scott Dance, Nick Corasaniti and Hilary Howard) - New Rules Require Election Changes for States to Get Terrorism Grants
Federal officials said they would withhold some money unless states pursue paper ballot systems, verify citizenship and conduct costly audits.
ABCNEWS - Former IRS officials call for judge to scrutinize Trump's immunity from audits
A group of former IRS officials is asking a federal judge to scrutinize a controversial deal that granted President Trump sweeping immunity from past tax audits.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Debra Heine) - US Attorney Bill Essayli Accuses California of Blocking Voter Roll Audit Amid Claims of ‘Rigged Election’
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli is accusing California of blocking a federal audit of its voter rolls as accusations of a rigged primary election […] Source
NYTIMES (Anita Raghavan) - Christine Hunsicker, CaaStle CEO, Confessed to Fraud. The Board Let Her Stay in Charge.
The final months of the fashion tech start-up CaaStle included fake audits, stock buybacks and a damage control strategy led by the chief executive who defrauded it.
AXIOS (Brittany Gibson) - The last holdouts from the Kristi Noem era of the Department of Homeland Security
Some of the most senior officials who survived the purge after former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's departure have been associated with the contracting practices that now face intense scrutiny. Why it matters: More than $9 billion in agency business was awarded during Noem's tenure through less-than-fully competitive bidding processes, according to SAM.gov, which tracks government spending and procurement. - The Office of the Inspector General has open audits on every less than competitive contract doled out in fiscal year 2025. - There's also an audit into the spending spree for new detention space, including the 11 currently vacant warehouses . - During the same period, Noem implemented a sign-off system to personally…