Tracking government spending, Part 2: Contractual services and supplies
Spending on contracts and supplies is the second-largest of the federal government's major spending groups, according to usaspending.gov. More than $1.1 trillion was spent on deals negotiated by the government to hire contractors. This category has grown by 19% compared to five years ago. “We're looking forward to massive cuts to all federal contractors and […]
Ron Johnson: Reducing 'out of control' government spending is not only 'reasonable but doable'
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has doubled down on his conservative plan to cut government spending with a new proposal outlined in an op-ed published by the Wall Street Journal. “Federal spending is out of control,” Johnson said at the outset. Wednesday commentaryand urged his colleagues on Capitol Hill to return to pre-pandemic spending that is […]
Government is 'hiding the truth' on mysterious drones, former defense official claims
Fox News contributor Brett Velicovich argues the Biden administration has ‘destroyed their credibility’ following accusations of … source
FACT CHECK: No, Dutch Government Official Did Not Say COVID-19 Pandemic Was A ‘Military Operation’
Post shared on facebook Dutch government officials have admitted that the coronavirus pandemic was a “military operation”. Verdict: False This claim has no evidence and comes from a site that Check Your Fact has debunked in the past. Fact check: Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, life expectancy in the United States has increased […]
Biden closes government in honor of Jimmy Carter
President Biden on Monday signed an executive order shutting down all executive departments and agencies of the federal government on January 9, following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. The closure, which Biden described as a “sign of respect” to the 39th president, will go into effect on the day of the late former […]
How to make a government shutdown impossible
In a matter of minutes, the federal government avoided another shutdown. Blame is being leveled again to find out what went wrong. There is no doubt that political polarization, a dysfunctional Congress, and interference from President-elect Trump and Elon Musk are to blame. But the bigger problem is that the budget process is broken and […]
US government formally designates American teacher jailed in Russia as wrongfully detained
The State Department has announced that an American teacher arrested on drug charges at a Russian airport more than three years ago has been found to have been wrongfully detained by the U.S. government. Mark Fogel, a history teacher from Pennsylvania, is serving a 14-year prison sentence after being arrested at a Russian airport in […]
Obama’s Global Engagement Center — the ‘worst offender in US government censorship’ — is officially dead
The Center for Global Engagement, a multi-agency body within the U.S. State Department that has been credibly and repeatedly accused of working with domestic and international organizations to silence conservative voices, has officially disappeared. Agency website now closed — be considered Elon Musk calls the US government the worst offender of censorship and media manipulation […]
DOGE doubles down on eliminating the government agency that's cracking down on overdraft fees – Business Insider
Vivek Ramaswamy further reinforced DOGE's demand for the abolition of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He wrote to X that the CFPB overstepped its authority with recent rules limiting overdraft fees. The CFPB's rules aim to cap, rather than eliminate, bank overdraft fees, saving consumers billions of dollars. Vivek Ramaswamy points to the agency's latest […]
Japanese Government Skeptical of Bitcoin Reserve – U.Today
According to reports, the Japanese government not ready Accepting the idea of adopting Bitcoin as a reserve currency. Satoshi Hamada, a current member of the House of Councilors, recently called on the Japanese government to follow the example of the United States and use part of its foreign exchange reserves to purchase Bitcoin. However, Prime […]