Government Spending

A pair of neighbors in Florida is accused of working together to commit an estimated $1.1 million in novel coronavirus-relief fraud by falsely claiming they were farmers, officials recently announced.

Watchdog group questions $521.6 million in overtime costs incurred during fiscal 2019.

Moderna said that its experimental coronavirus vaccine induced immune responses in people aged 56 years and older, a promising sign for a vulnerable age group.

Trump has indicated that he wants to pursue a sweeping elimination of the tax next year.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will not be able to afford his "unbelievable dreams of government spending" without raising taxes on the middle class, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Tuesday.

An Opportunity Zone is an “economically distressed community” where private investments can get special tax treatments.

So far, police have discovered more than $250,000 in illegitimate payments and have recovered $150,000 in cash.

Joe Biden wants the federal government to spend close to $7 trillion more over the next decade on issues like health care, housing and climate change.

The plan would have cut funding by billions of dollars, the president said.

The current controversy over the U.S. Postal Service's lack of resources and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's cost-cutting measures are based on suspicion that service changes are meant to impair mail-in voting, but the USPS 2019 annual report to Congress shows that in reality, they are nearly at the point of insolvency.

The Democratic Party is moving further and further left.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem rejected the federal government's offer of an additional $300 in weekly unemployment benefits and touted her state's economic recovery amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A land hurricane devastated Iowa earlier this week, and now the state is asking for federal assistance to help communities recover.

In July, the gap between what the government spent and what it collected hit $62.9 billion, well below the $864 billion recorded in June.

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The Trump administration appears to have walked back its plan to require states to chip in for enhanced unemployment benefits after outcry from governors, including Gavin Newsom of California, Andrew Cuomo of New York and Arkansas' Asa Hutchinson.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday that he believes Democrats are “willing to compromise” on a fourth coronavirus stimulus package, saying that if there is a “fair deal,” the Trump administration will “do it this week.”

The coronavirus pandemic continues to hit the U.S. Postal Service hard, as the beleaguered agency already reported a $2.2 billion loss from March to June.

Some 16 Republican senators on Wednesday threw their support behind a proposal by several airline unions to extend a payroll support program to avoid airline worker layoffs.  

Not only will there be a deal, but it will contain all kinds of spending that have nothing to do with the virus.