On Sept. 10, 2001, then SecDef Donald Rumsfeld promised to account for $2.3 trillion in Pentagon spending. The accounting hasn't happened.
A program to lend money to idled businesses during Covid has lost $257 million so far, as people start missing payments.
The Buffalo Bills are getting a new stadium at taxpayer expense from all the State of New York, to the tune of $850 million.
The Biden administration pays out more settlements from "sue-and-settle" encounters than the Trump administration ever did.
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 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.