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NIH spending $2.5 million attempting to make adults less nervous about the dentist
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Fish and Wildlife Service spent $13.5 million on yacht facilities for luxury marinas
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Pentagon spent $174 million on drones for Afghan army that now can’t be accounted for
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USDA spends $2.5 million attempting to create 'superior' new varieties of potato
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NIH spent $7 million developing a 'smart toilet' that videotapes its users
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State Department spent $200,000 to promote gender equity among Costa Rican police
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Casinos, cruises and Costco: How federal workers abuse their travel credit cards
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DOE spent more than $500 million on solar power plant that repeatedly stumbled
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U.S. Postal Service spent $5.7 million on idle trailers last year
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TSA spent $1.2 million on failed airline safety program
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HHS squandered $106.7 billion on improper payments in 2019
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The hefty price tag for errant government spending: $2.3 trillion since 2004
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NIH spends more than $1.4 million on app that connects Latina women for walks together
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Multiple individuals charged in case involving about $16 million of fraudulently obtained PPP loans
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HHS spends hundreds of thousands funding study of non-heterosexual women who drink and use Facebook
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NASA doles out half a million in taxpayer dollars for far-out alien detection program at Georgetown
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The Money Pit: Watchdog chronicles $19 billion wasted in Afghan reconstruction effort
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Billions potentially went to fraudulent applicants in SBA's coronavirus relief program, report
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FCC paid $27 million to fraudulent Hawaiian communications company
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Postal Service, now under fire, vastly overspent on its employee relocation program
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Department of Veterans Affairs overpaid Choice Act healthcare costs by $132 million
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Taken for ride? D.C. paid $5 million in improper charges for late, overbudget streetcars
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After losing $1.7 billion on timber sales over 40 years, Forest Service looks to expand program
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Federal government spent $91 billion last September during annual 'use-it-or-lose-it' period
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HHS spends $650M on ventilators from firm that didn't produce them after initial deal
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HHS has spent at least $5.7 billion since 2013 on unnecessary inpatient rehabilitation stays
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Former UAW President Dennis Williams charged with conspiracy to embezzle union funds
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Pentagon's $278 million failure to eradicate ISIS from Philippines exposed

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Congress

Capitol building in January 2018
Capitol building in January 2018
Senate parliamentarian says $15 per hour minimum wage hike in relief bill unacceptable under rules

Courts & Law

"For Rent" sign
"For Rent" sign
Texas Public Policy Foundation says challenged eviction moratorium declared unconstitutional

World

American flag in Florida in 1993
American flag in Florida in 1993
Pentagon: U.S. executed air strikes in Syria against infrastructure used by Iran-backed groups

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Congress

National Guard and fencing security measures at U.S. Capitol
Democratic-led House passes Equality Act in a 224-206 vote

Courts & Law

Geddert
Ex-US gymnastics coach dies of suicide after being charged with sexual assault, human trafficking

Coronavirus

President Biden on Feb. 25, 2021
Biden marks 50 million coronavirus vaccine shots since taking office

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Fox News
West Virginia AG urges cable providers not to censor conservative news

Political Ethics

Bill de Blasio coronavirus presser
NY Mayor de Blasio calls for an 'independent investigation' into Gov. Cuomo allegations

Australia

Facebook headquarters in London
Australia passes law requiring Facebook and Google to pay for news on their sites

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Justin Foster
Clemson football player retiring after COVID-19 diagnosis

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Political Ethics

NY Mayor de Blasio calls for an 'independent investigation' into Gov. Cuomo allegations

Australia

Australia passes law requiring Facebook and Google to pay for news on their sites

Coronavirus

Clemson football player retiring after COVID-19 diagnosis

Congress

The Senate has confirmed Jennifer Granholm to serve as Secretary of Energy

Culture

Tennessee Republicans suggest public universities prohibit players from kneeling during anthem

Asia

India proposes a law to regulate Facebook, Twitter

Elections

Florida Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy mulling run for GOP Rubio's senate seat

Politics & Policy

As Sen. Manchin opposes Tanden nomination, Klain says 'he doesn't answer to us at the White House'

Congress

McConnell rejects Pelosi' proposed 9/11-type Capitol siege commission that has Democratic majority

White House

Biden restarts process for green card applications for those trying to live, work in U.S.

Congress

Top Capitol official says breach damage exceeds $30 million, not consulted on calling National Guard

Economy

U.S. jobless claims fall to 730,000 – lowest since late November 2020

Culture

ACLU pressing Biden administration to allow third-gender X option on passports, report

Coronavirus

Washington, D.C. Mayor Bowser's only sister dies of complications from coronavirus

Science

Former Democratic Sen. Nelson, potential NASA director pick, invested in Chinese telecom giant

Congress

Widow of the late Rep. Ron Wright throws her hat into the ring to fill her husband's vacant seat

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Congress
Pelosi
Catholic bishops oppose 'Equality Act' ahead of vote, Catholic politicians Biden, Pelosi support it
Congress
McMorris Rodgers
GOP Rep: 'Should MSNBC be carried after years of pushing the false Russia collusion narrative?'
Politics & Policy
President Biden on Feb. 23, 2021
More than two dozen House Democrats ask Biden to relinquish sole authority to launch nuclear weapons

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  1. Once-secret FBI informant reports reveal wider-ranging operation to spy on Trump campaign
  2. As Sen. Manchin opposes Tanden nomination, Klain says 'he doesn't answer to us at the White House'
  3. More than two dozen House Democrats ask Biden to relinquish sole authority to launch nuclear weapons
  4. GOP Rep: 'Should MSNBC be carried after years of pushing the false Russia collusion narrative?'
  5. Amazon quietly ends sales of books it labels 'hate speech'
Congress
Rep. Liz Cheney
Liz Cheney says Republicans must establish that 'we aren’t the party of white supremacy'
Culture
Kevin Sorbo poses on January 20, 2017 in Park City, Utah.
'Can't sit back': Actor Kevin Sorbo says biggest threat to conservatism is apathy
Media
Fox News
House hearing targets carriers hosting conservative cable networks
Culture
Hillary Clinton on November 8, 2016
Hillary Clinton to release 'State of Terror,' a fictional book coauthored with Louise Penny
Security
Florida GOP Gov. Rick Scott
GOP Sen. Scott 'flabbergasted' by law enforcement saying no idea why Guard still at Capitol
Political Ethics
Hunter Biden with father Joe Biden
Justice says incoming assistant AG McQuaid got 'ethics training,' when asked about Hunter Biden case
Congress
Merrick Garland on Feb. 22, 2021
Asked if illegal border crossing should stay a crime, Garland says he's never pondered that question
Finance
Lasker ice rink
New York City reverses on de Blasio's decision to close Trump-run ice rinks, after resident backlash
Education
Dinesh D'souza speaks at CPAC 2016 conference, March 5, 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland to promote his new film called The Secret History Of The Democratic Party
Dinesh D'Souza: $5,000 online college program would crush liberal hold on higher education
Energy
The plunge in U.S. crude oil prices this week reverberated across global financial markets.
Far from Texas energy crisis, battle over solar energy in Montana raises similar concerns
White House
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on February 16, 2021
Big dodge? Psaki declines to say whether Biden still views Cuomo as 'gold standard'
Coronavirus
BostonFenwayShots
Outrage in Boston: City's medical director allowed to work from Hawaii as pandemic raged
Crime
Police
Three dead in shooting at Louisiana gun range as armed bystanders stop shooter
All Things Trump
Trump
Trump to speak at CPAC this year, first public appearance since leaving office
All Things Trump
President Trump
YouTube removes new interview with President Trump, citing 'presidential election integrity policy'
Health
A surgical mask
GOP governors ending mask mandates as COVID numbers drop, citing obligation to businesses, residents
Coronavirus
Hypodermic needles
CDC data show overdose deaths in U.S. hit record high amid COVID-19 pandemic
Federal Agencies
Stanford University
Justice Dept. expands charges against alleged Chinese Communist Party member who worked at Stanford
Courts & Law
Shop where Hunter Biden left his laptop
Former owner of computer store where Hunter Biden left his computer suing Twitter for defamation
All Things Trump
US President Donald Trump gives two thumbs up during a rally in support of Republican incumbent senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue ahead of Senate runoff in Dalton, Georgia on January 4, 2021.
Trump showed Republicans how to help minority communities, Bruce LeVell says
Elections
Trump
CPAC's Schlapp: Florida picked to host 2021 event over Georgia after it 'stumbled' in 2020 elections
Coronavirus
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo
Rep. Lee Zeldin: State AG Cuomo 'would destroy' Gov. Cuomo over COVID-19 nursing home cover-up
Federal Agencies
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2020
FBI, federal prosecutors investigating Cuomo administration’s handling of nursing home deaths
Politics & Policy
Pro-life and Pro-choice demonstrators in Washington DC in 2006
South Carolina House passes bill that would prohibit most abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected
Technology
On a mobile phone, the logo of the social media platform Parler is displayed. In the background on a screen is the platform's website.
Parler interim CEO says conservatives need complete tech ecosystem to avoid being canceled
Elections
Voting
Director for Fulton County elections office ousted after multiple problems in Georgia election
Politics & Policy
American flags at the Washington Monument in June 1988
Majority of Americans see need for a third major political party
Russia and Ukraine Scandals
Comey sworn in
Smoking gun: Comey told Clapper FBI unable to 'sufficiently corroborate' Steele — then signed FISA
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Senator Richard Burr (R-N.C.)
Senator Burr censured by North Carolina GOP over 'guilty' impeachment vote for Trump