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Congress is ramming through a $895 billion pork-filled defense bill before Trump takes office

National, Approved, The Federalist / December 12, 2024 / Defense, Donald Trump, Government spending, US Congress

Clocking in at 1,813 pages, the 2025 NDAA is stuffed with items unrelated to defense policy and void of conservative priorities.

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‘Accountability is coming’: Joni Ernst sends Musk’s DOGE ‘a trillion dollars’ worth of ideas to gut gov’t spending

National, Approved, The Daily Caller / November 25, 2024 / DOGE, Elon Musk, Government spending, Joni Ernst, Vivek Ramaswamy

By Harold Hutchison | Daily Caller

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa sent Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) co-chairs Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy a letter Monday with ideas for cuts that could save the federal government over $2 trillion.

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Colorado Medicaid Department Overspent by $123.8M Last Year

Approved, Governing, State / August 31, 2024 / Government spending, Medicaid

The state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing underestimated how sick its members would be. Medicaid covers about 1.26 million people in Colorado.

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