The USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) more than quadrupled its spending in the last quarter century, while staff numbers fell.
During Donald Trump's first administration, three federal employees outearned the President. Today that number stands at 956.
Zombie programs, which have funding but not specific authorization, pervade the federal government, numbering over 1500 at last count.
The U.S. federal budget is a maze apparently impervious to reform, and that is the most important revelation by Elon Musk's DOGE.
The GSA (General Services Administration) spent $5.3 billion in one month – last of the fiscal year, including use-it-or-lose-it spending.
Improper payments consume an unacceptably large portion of the federal budget, though that portion has declined recently.
The federal building in Roanoke, Virginia underwent a $100 million plus renovation, and is less safe than before.
Federal lending might be $62.8 billion more than the current federal budget claims, emphasizing losses on such loans.
The FCC spent $350,000 in 2008 on an ad on a NASCAR race car to announce the all-digital transition of live TV - and the car...
In an Ayn Rand world, regulation would be private, not governmental, and would work on an old principle: value for value in honest trade. Government regulation,...