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April 25, 2024 | 9:48 AM

Thousands of employees at federal contractors do not have whistleblower protections despite 2013 law

A whistleblower reported issues at an affordable housing complex to HUD. But a gap in the law meant she wasn’t protected from retaliation.
By Charlotte Keith/Spotlight PA
July 13, 2022 | 5:36 AM

Penn State president is at the center of a whistleblower lawsuit filed against the University of Louisville

The suit by a former attorney at the University of Louisville alleges she was demoted and punished for reporting an assistant basketball coach for attempted extortion.

By Anne Danahy/WPSU
September 16, 2020 | 5:52 AM

Whistleblower alleges ‘medical neglect,’ questionable hysterectomies of ICE detainees

A nurse who worked at an immigration detention center in Georgia filed a whistleblower complaint alleging a lack of medical care and unsafe work practices that facilitated the spread of COVID-19.

She also alleges that immigrant women received questionable hysterectomies, a claim that lawmakers seized on in statements issued Tuesday.

By Rachel Treisman/NPR

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September 10, 2020 | 5:40 AM

Whistleblower alleges DHS told him to stop reporting on Russia threat

The DHS official, Brian Murphy, made the accusation in a formal whistleblower complaint filed Tuesday with the inspector general of Homeland Security.
By Greg Myre/NPR
February 7, 2020 | 5:44 AM

Coronavirus whistleblower dies from the disease in China

News of Li Wenliang's death has triggered millions of reactions on Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter.
By Huo Jingnan/NPR
November 28, 2019 | 5:34 AM

Trump knew of whistleblower before releasing Ukraine aid

The revelation comes just days before the House Judiciary Committee takes over the impeachment probe.
By Jonathan Lemire, Mary Clare Jalonick and Darlene Superville/The Associated Press
November 9, 2019 | 8:45 AM

Trump tried hard to win Ukraine Biden probes, officials say

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and Fiona Hill both gave firsthand descriptions of scenes central to the congressional probe

By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick and Eric Tucker/The Associated Press
November 6, 2019 | 2:33 PM

Diplomat had ‘clear understanding’ of Ukraine quid pro quo

William Taylor told the investigators he understood that the security assistance, and not just a White House meeting for Ukraine’s new president, was conditioned on the country committing to investigations of Joe Biden and also Democrats’ actions in the 2016 election.

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Eric Tucker/The Associated Press
November 5, 2019 | 4:38 PM

Impeachment probe: Diplomat says he knew why US aid withheld

The three-page update from U.S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland provides new insight into Trump’s push for Ukraine to investigate Democrats and Joe Biden in what the Democrats call a quid pro quo at the center of the House inquiry.

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Eric Tucker and Lisa Mascaro/The Associated Press
November 4, 2019 | 5:36 AM

Whistleblower willing to answer GOP questions, lawyer says

"Being a whistleblower is not a partisan job nor is impeachment an objective. That is not our role."
By Hope Yen/The Associated Press
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