Government corruption

Inside the now-shuttered federal agency where employees lived โ€˜like reigningย kingsโ€™

One of the seven small federal agencies that President Donald Trump orderedย downsized or eliminatedย on Friday was rife with corruption, with its employees hiring friends and relatives, commissioning paintings of themselves, and using government credit cards to indulge in constant luxuries.

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The new Robert De Niro show is elite propaganda

The year was 2012, and I was 16, watching Mitt Romney debate Barack Obama on TV with my stepdad, a log truck driver whoโ€™d raised me since the age of fiveโ€”and whose verdict was this: โ€œIt donโ€™t matter anyhow.โ€ He said it, spitting his Copenhagen longcut into a Dr. Pepper can. โ€œTheyย already decided whoโ€™s gonna win anyway.โ€

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Trump terminates taxpayer benefits for illegal immigrants

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order ending all taxpayer-funded programs forย illegal migrants. The order is intended to ensure that taxpayer resources are going toward American citizens and not being used to incentivize or supportย illegal immigration.

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HHS splurged more than $22B on grants for migrants โ€” including cash for cars, home loans and startups

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ramped up grants for migrants from 2020 to 2024 โ€” which included cash assistance to buy cars, homes and even build credit for startup businesses, according to a shocking watchdog report that found taxpayers were left on the hook for $22.6 billion.

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Education Department spent hundreds of millions injecting DEI into school districts

The Department of Education, which isย facing the axย under President Donald Trumpโ€™s new administration, set aside over $300 million in grants intended to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion by prioritizing resources for racial minorities, according to aย Washington Examinerย analysisย of grant records.

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Liz Warrenโ€™s favorite agency just granted itself new powers to regulate checking accounts

The lame duck Biden administrationโ€™s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a rule in December to curb overdraft penalties in what experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation is an example of government overreach that will ravage low-income Americans.

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Grossman: In Trump 2.0, experience from the first administration will help tame the administrative state

President-electย Donald Trumpโ€™sย second administration will have a running start onย regulatoryย reform thanks to the experience of his first. A few key moves will go a long way toward taming theย administrative state.ย 

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Congress sneaks pay raise for itself into spending bill as Americans struggle to make ends meet

Members of Congress are slated to receive a pay raise for the first time in 15 years if the massive spending bill released by House leaders Tuesday evening passes both chambers and is signed into law.

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