Government Waste
NASA gets a $10 billion windfall from the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
The pork-barrel spending of President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) doesn't just fund terrestrial programs like military spending and immigration enforcement, it also rockets taxpayer money to…
Taxpayers are supposed to shell out $150 million for next year’s July 4th celebrations
Consumer spending on 2025 Fourth of July celebrations is expected to reach $8.9 billion, according to the National Retail Federation—a slight decrease from previous years, but still well above pre-pandemic level spending.…
The $4 trillion ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ violates Congress’ budget rules
Here we go again. This week, the Senate unveiled, honed, and passed its version of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," and it's a fiscal monstrosity. What was already an oversized mess in the House has been…
Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ nears final approval in Congress
President Donald Trump's domestic policy agenda advances: At 3:30 a.m., House Republicans advanced the policy bill. "After a day and night of paralysis on the House floor, and haggling and uncertainty in the…
Why do congressional Republicans support the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit?
President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" aims to avert the tax increases that would result from the expiration of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and it's drawn criticism for not doing enough to…
Trump’s immigration crackdown is overwhelming ICE facilities
On June 13, approximately 50 detainees at Delaney Hall, a 1,000-bed immigration facility in Newark, New Jersey, managed to push down the wall of a third-floor dormitory room, allowing four to escape. (Three have since been…
How the Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau reduced its staff and got more efficient
With the Department of Government Efficiency aiming to reduce the size and scope of the federal bureaucracy, the Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has not been immune. The agency recently reported a 13 percent reduction in…
D.C. Parade Fail
The federal government's parade route becomes a parade rout. Parade footage generated by VideoGen from Envato. Producer, Actor: Andrew HeatonProducer, Actor: Austin BraggProducer: Meredith…
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