Congress can't even debate a bill without wasting money. In the first two months of this year, it spent at least $27,500 "on printing charts, props, and posters, sticking them on easels (or making staff hold them…
Taxpayers are stuck paying more than $81 million per year for the maintenance or leasing of about 10,000 federal buildings sitting vacant or underused. The Trump administration is moving to reverse that trend by following up…
Do American businesses require government subsidies to thrive? In a Thursday post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump wrote: "Everyone is stating that I will destroy Elon companies by taking away some, if not all, of…
Means-tested welfare is the third-largest segment of federal spending, only outranked by Social Security and Medicare. The U.S. welfare system has been growing for decades, with little to show when it comes to helping…
The new director of the executive branch’s human resources department is aiming to make the agency the most efficient in the government, he told reporters Monday. “The culture is what drives our behavior, and what my…
Federal funding for NPR is no more, at least for now. Early Friday morning, the House approved the rescissions package, which, among other things, clawed back over $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The…
One of President Donald Trump's hallmark promises during his 2024 campaign was that he would target waste. It's a good goal—the federal government is not exactly famous for being savvy with resources, and few…
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…
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.…
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