I saw the impassioned speech against Putin that Sen. Thom Tillis made on the floor of the Senate. I kept waiting for him to ...

Topline: While the Department of Government Efficiency has taken aim at wasteful spending throughout the federal government, ...

Topline: April showers bring May flowers — but in lieu of showers, $571 million of taxpayer funding will also do the trick.

Modeled after the “Wastebook” once published by the late Sen. Tom Coburn, Paul’s compendium cites 161 different sources to expose some of the most head-scratching government grants and ...

That’s according to the “Wastebook” reporting published by the late U.S. Senator Dr. Tom Coburn. For years, these reports shined a white-hot spotlight on federal frauds and taxpayer abuses.

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But politicians have been sounding the alarm bells for years. In 2010, Sen. Tom Coburn blasted two of the department’s top programs for spending $2.3 billion on “pork barrel” earmarks over ...