July 19, 2022 House inked $96K deal to give staff premium access to meditation app The U.S. House cited the coronavirus pandemic and the January 6 incident as its reason for spending $96,000 in taxpayer money on a meditation app.
July 16, 2022 Manchin faces pressure in West Virginia to kill reconciliation deal Sen. Joe Manchin is facing pressure in West Virginia to kill the party-line spending deal Democrats have been working on since taking control of Congress.
July 13, 2022 Progressives lose defense bill battle to expand military abortions but win on many 'woke' priorities A progressive push to expand abortions in the military failed, but Republicans say the final defense spending authorization bill still prioritizes "woke ideology" over national security.
June 30, 2022 DOJ paying $1.5M for 'transgender programming curriculum' in US prisons The DOJ’s Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) awarded $1.5 million to The Change Companies in Nevada to develop "transgender programming curriculum" for federal inmates.
June 3, 2022 Russia-Ukraine war reaches 100 days: By the numbers The information war has remained a vital and frustrating element in the conflict as both sides present competing versions of events, including combat losses.
May 25, 2022 Millions from Biden's COVID relief bill went to museum, university programs pushing social, climate justice Universities and museums spent millions from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan on programs that had virtually little to do with COVID-19 recovery efforts.
May 15, 2022 Biden slammed for 'waging war' on US industry: 'We have crises erupting across our nation,' Sen. Hagerty says Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., weighed in on the $40 billion Ukrainian aid package during an appearance on 'Sunday Morning Futures.'
May 13, 2022 Democratic majority leader says Republicans shouldn't criticize Biden when 'we're at war' Hoyer, the second-highest ranking House Democrat stunned the lower chamber when he made the statement while debating on the House floor, pushing back on Republicans’ pointing out Biden has "clamped down" on producing energy domestically.
May 10, 2022 Japanese government debt hits record ¥1 quadrillion as leaders struggle to correct course on spending The Japanese government's long-term debt has hit a record ¥1 quadrillion (approximately $7.6 trillion) for the first time ever.
March 24, 2022 Here's my plan to hold Congress' big spenders accountable - and get transparency for American taxpayers Sen. Rand Paul says he has a plan that would give lawmakers ample time to read the bills before they vote and increase transparency and incentivize legislation to be shorter.