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The Interior Department spent billions for drought relief, but the money is listed as "miscellaneous obligations," obscuring any detail.
In 2012 Perdue University took a six-figure federal grant to produce a study on how to make the game of golf easier to learn.
PepsiCo received $1.3 million in federal subsidies in 2012, plus more from New York State, to produce greek yogurt - and failed anyway.
In 2012, a federal grant went to pay for pet shampoo, and hair spray, styling gell and face wash for dogs.
Beverly Hills shouldn't have a low-income community, but they still got a grant intended for low-income communities in 2012.
In 2012 the National Science Foundation funded the creation of a video game called prom week, with AI (artificial intelligence) players.
Federal earmark funding came to almost $16 billion in the 2026 federal budget, but Republicans collectively got more than Democrats.
The government is directly subsidizing EV construction and sales to the tune of millions of dollars - and seeing no payoff.
In 2012 the US Department of Agriculture awarded $300,000 to an Idaho fish company to boost the sales of caviar.
Robosquirrel - a stuffed squirrel with a robotic tail - came about from a $325,000 federal grant to two California universities in 2012.
