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.
In 1983 the Federal Aviation Administration bailed out several bankrupt airlines by letting them default on $47 million in loans.
The Biden administration spent $100,000 for a running and wellness program for 200 Palestinian adolescent girls before the latest war.
Why did a medical school just hire a professor of poetry? Ask the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine - and her father the dean.
The Veterans' Administration pre-paid $68 million to energy contractors, in violation of federal law meant to curtail waste.
The U.S. Treasury Department issued a new rule letting State and local government spend unspent pandemic funds on other programs.