Former President Trump pleaded not guilty in a Miami courtroom on June 13 to historic federal charges related to his handling of classified government documents. Government watchdog nonprofit Open the Books recently reported federal government agencies improperly spent a record-breaking $528 billion dollars in fiscal years 2021 and 2022. …

Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty in a Miami courtroom on June 13 to historic federal charges related to his handling of classified government documents. Government watchdog nonprofit Open the Books recently reported federal government agencies improperly spent a record-breaking $528 billion in fiscal years 2021 and 2022. …

Federal officials made more than $247 billion in improper payments in 2022, with more than half of the total—$132.4 billion—coming in five major Medicare/Medicaid programs in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to a June 2023 analysis by nonprofit government watchdog Open The Books (OTB). OTB, which is based in Illinois, specializes…

Federal officials made more than $247 billion in improper payments in 2022, with more than half of the total—$132.4 billion—coming from five major Medicare/Medicaid programs in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to a June analysis by nonprofit government watchdog Open The Books (OTB). The $247 billion for 2022 was the second-highest…

Federal officials gave more than $23 billion COVID-19 aid to the nation’s top 20 nonprofit hospitals even as a 62 percent increase in their collective net assets led parallel surges in the institutions’ total profits and revenues during the 2018-2021 time period spanning the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report. Only two of the…

Members of Congress from both parties appear headed to approving a record number of earmarks—tax-funded spending projects in their districts or states that are typically buried in massive omnibus spending bills—including a $2 million award by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to build the Universal Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx, New York. The…

On Dec. 31, a decades-long saga came to an end—although that “end” is proving to be particularly beneficial to the person involved. We’re speaking of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the man who has headed up the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for decades. Fauci, who is 85 years old, has worked in the…

Federal officials forgave $809 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans handed out during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 to more than 100 of the nation’s top law firms and another $635 million given to hundreds of elite accounting offices, according to a new analysis of government spending to be made public on Dec. 2….

Small businesses seeking to grow their overseas sales are supposed to be the primary beneficiaries of loan guarantees by the U.S. Export-Import Bank (EX-IM), but a new analysis by a nonprofit government watchdog finds most of the funds go to corporate giants and corrupt regimes overseas. “Small businesses, supposedly the intended beneficiary of the Export-Import…

Small businesses seeking to grow their overseas sales are supposed to be the primary beneficiaries of loan guarantees by the U.S. Export-Import Bank (EX-IM), but a new analysis by a nonprofit government watchdog finds most of the funds go to corporate giants and corrupt regimes overseas. “Small businesses, supposedly the intended beneficiary of the Export-Import…