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City agencies produced numbers that are wildly apart – differing by $11 million in...
Safe Streets is designed to de-escalate conflicts before they become violent. But...
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The Biden Administration is hiding previously published audit reports quantifying...
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If the White House payroll is a leading indicator of the president’s commitment to...
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Trump cut the Palestinian aid to zero in 2018. Now, Biden has reversed it.
35,940 lawyers work in 200 federal agencies and the headcount is at an all-time high.
Pork is back on the table in Congress!
Public employees in Boston will continue to earn high wages thanks to taxpayer bailouts.
Illinois public employees and retirees with $100,000+ paychecks grew to an all-time...
Everyone’s getting rich and the kids aren’t learning!
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Since 2004, twenty large federal agencies have admitted to disbursing an astonishing...
Mayor Bill de Blasio is aggressively pushing for a $12.4 billion federal bailout.
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The Trump administration released its annual report to Congress on the White House...
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New York's financial woes aren’t stopping 290,304 government employees from bringing...
Recently, Gov. Gavin Newsom asked U.S. taxpayers for a bailout.
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Illinois could soon be the first state in history to have its bonds rated as “junk.”
President Trump legitimized critics who allege that the agency shielded information...
Mohammed Nuru was arrested and charged by the FBI on allegations of bribery, wire...
Federal agencies scramble to spend what’s left in their budgets, in fear that leaving...
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Chart National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
U.S. Taxpayer Subsidies, Tax-Breaks and Federal Payments Into the Ivy League Colleges,...
The SBA is costly for taxpayers, and — even worse — it creates a painful human cost...
The VA created 40,000 new positions, but hired only 3,600 doctors (2012-2015) – the...
OpenTheBooks.com estimates that the number of border patrol, customs, and immigration...
Analysis by OpenTheBooks.com estimates that the number of non-Department of Defense...