NYC Mayor Eric Adams has an incredible 293 special assistants, which incur $24.3 million in total payroll costs
The Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute got $9.4 million to look for aliens no one has ever found.
The federal government wastes $29 million a year on National Heritage Areas that have no consistent designation policy or procedure.
The porous, nearly open, nature of the southern U.S. border has embarrassed some Congress members and emboldened others to demand action.
The California Film Commission awarded $94 million in tax credits to the Netflix shows Thirteen Reasons Why and Euphoria.
Social Security is telling widows they must file for all eligible benefits, though the law doesn't say that - and are shortchanging widows.
The Individual TIN program at the IRS paid out $10.9 million in erroneous credits but improperly denied $4.7 million in proper credits.
In 1983 the Federal Aviation Administration bailed out several bankrupt airlines by letting them default on $47 million in loans.
The Biden administration cuts sweetheart deals for wind projects that it won't offer oil drilling, though wind power is failing.
Pennsylvania has taken a positive step toward addressing the chronic - and acute - teacher shortage in Pennsylvania and elsewhere.