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Government waste, fraud and abuse rose 13% last year — despite Musk and DOGE saying they’d cut $1 trillion from the budget

The government’s leading watchdog reported this week that federal waste, fraud and abuse actually rose 13% last year — and in any case represent a budget-cutting target far smaller than many had ...
The Hill

Trump chose transparency instead of a payout — and his critics hate it

Last week, the Justice Department announced a new $1.8 billion “anti‑weaponization fund” as part of the settlement of President Trump’s lawsuit over the illegal leak of his tax returns. Trump did ...
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JD Vance promises crackdown on Medicaid fraud

Vice President JD Vance says the Trump administration is taking a far more aggressive approach toward Medicaid fraud and government abuse, arguing taxpayers and vulnerable Americans have suffered for ...
CounterPunch

Government Unchained: The Year the Constitution Lost Its Guardrails

We now live in a nation where constitutional rights exist in theory, not in practice. Yet what good are rights on paper when every branch of government is allowed to ignore, circumvent, chip away at ...
The Washington Post

We can deal with foreign threats without violating Americans’ rights

Jim Jordan, a Republican, represents Ohio’s 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House and is chairman of the Judiciary Committee. In the United States, if the government wants to search your ...