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12:53 Minister grilled over war simulation

Defence Minister Richard Marles has baulked at comments labelling a military operation involving Australian troops in the Philippines as “preparing for war with China”.

21/04 Pope Francis wasn’t so progressive, Harvard slow on Jew-hate and other commentary

Pope Francis likely “will be widely remembered as a man whom the US media desperately wanted to be a progressive ‘Buddy Christ.’ ”

19/04 Farage promises to be UK's Elon Musk as he slams 'fat and lazy' councils

Staggering statistics show the money that is being wasted by councils up and down the nation.

17/04 Yet again, Kathy Hochul is losing big-time on her budget plan and criminal justice ‘fixes’

Anyone who thinks the deal on the state’s discovery laws that Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced Tuesday will significantly curb crime best think again.

15/04 Harvard may be free to target Jews — but not on the taxpayers’ dime

With Harvard thumbing its nose at Team Trump and refusing to take steps to stamp out campus Jew-hatred, Washington should shut the federal spigot — as much as $9 billion worth — and let the school …

14/04 Democratic senators press Social Security Administration on reports of 'dangerous' employee cuts

Reported plans to cut staff at an important Social Security Administration department would be "dangerous," Democratic senators wrote in a letter to the agency.

11/04 Just say no to another secret tax hike to bail out the eternally cash-strapped MTA

Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers are secretly moving to ratchet up taxes once more, hitting large companies via the payroll mobility tax to raise $2 billion for the always cash-strapped MTA.

09/04 Market chaos as FTSE closes at 13-month record low over mounting trade war

Havoc rages around the world as Sir Keir Starmer cannot say whether tariffs will be in place forever

07/04 New York is plotting another tax hike to keep feeding health care special interests

Voters, consider yourselves on notice.

03/04 Disability advocates sue Social Security Administration and DOGE to stop service cuts

New Social Security Administration reforms under DOGE are unlawful and harmful to vulnerable beneficiaries who rely on the program, a new lawsuit alleges.

03/04 Anti-DEI fight just beginning, NIH cuts won’t kill bioscience and other commentary

Amid the Trump anti-DEI push, notes City Journal’s Heather Mac Donald, “private and public entities are also calibrating their language to preserve as much of the pre-Trump status quo as possible.”…

31/03 New Yorkers must pray that the state budget standstill lasts for a good long time

The longer they’re at loggerheads over policy issues, the greater the chance some power player will admit to these dangers and reopen the fiscal debate.

30/03 Musk and DOGE to visit CIA to discuss cost-cutting: report

CIA Director John Ratcliffe personally invited the world’s richest man — who heads up the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency — to “meet with hi…

30/03 How Congress can kick illegal immigrants off Medicaid — and save us billions

Under Biden, states got away with corrupting Medicaid by letting it cover illegal immigrants. Here’s how Congress can put a stop to it.

29/03 Big reason holidays to Bali are cheaper

Holidays to Bali are nearly 5 per cent cheaper now than they were just three months ago, as US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies trigger a slump in the value of Indonesia’s currency.

29/03 ‘Bloody insult’: Palmer’s wild $50m election plan

Billionaire Clive Palmer has slammed Labor’s $5 tax cuts as cheap and a “bloody insult” as he outlined his backing for an Elon Musk-style attack on government waste to fund bigger tax relief.

27/03 What Albo, Dutton will do for your budget

With cost-of-living set to be the number one election issue facing voters, both major parties are pitching themselves as the side most capable of handling Australia’s economy.

24/03 Keir Starmer’s Labour government projected to spend a colossal £6.43 trillion...

The staggering amount comes ahead of an expected round of massive spending cuts this week.

20/03 ‘Deterioration’: Sign America has lost control

ANALYSISAmid a news cycle dominated by US President Donald Trump and the upcoming Australian federal election, one can’t help but be struck by how different the approach of the Trump administration and the Albanese government is to their respective economies.

18/03 Labour launches war on waste - but faces fury over some of its own spending

The Cabinet Office will this week order almost all of the 20,000 procurement cards used by civil servants to be frozen.

17/03 With Social Security Administration under temporary leadership, some experts worry what that means for benefits

Some experts worry new changes at the Social Security Administration may make it more difficult to access the agency's benefits and services.

15/03 Blow up Albany: Democrats’ budget ‘debate’ is all about how fast to ruin the state

Maybe the only cure for New York’s feckless state lawmakers is to just blow up Albany.

15/03 Maher: Biden Was 'Just Funneling' Green Money to Groups that Didn't Deserve It

During the online "Overtime" segment of Friday's broadcast of HBO's "Real Time," host Bill Maher said that environmental money spent by the Biden | Clips

15/03 Despite the legal slog, DOGE’s war on waste NEEDS fighting

On Monday, US District Court Judge Amir Ali ordered the administration to resume sending out payments for USAID work completed through Feb. 13.

14/03 'Sounds Like DOGE': Obama Appointed Biden to Lead Campaign to Cut Government Waste in 2011

A 2011 video of Barack Obama decrying government waste and appointing Joe Biden to lead his "Campaign to Cut Spending" has resurfaced, with Elon Musk saying it "sounds exactly like" DOGE.

14/03 ’Destabilised’: Sign US is headed for ‘collapse’

ANALYSIS

14/03 Exclusive — Secretary Bessent on ‘Reprivatization’ of Economy: ‘We Are Laser-Focused on Getting this Deficit Under Control’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Breitbart News that President Donald Trump’s administration is "laser-focused" on cutting the deficit.

14/03 Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos has some nerve seeking yet more cash for NYC schools with a budget already exceeding $41B

Spending on the public schools now accounts for more than a third of New York City’s budget — yet the woman nominally in charge of the Department of Education, Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos, just…

13/03 Why we need the Dems to not drive straight off a cliff

The party out of power is supposed to moderate the majority’s excesses — but Democrats’ over-the-top hysteria is a dereliction of duty.

13/03 The week in whoppers: Whoopi Goldberg insults female athletes, Financial Times’ columnist claims Biden left a ‘perfect economy’ and more

Financial Times columnist Edward Luce claimed that former President Biden left Trump with a “perfect” economy.

13/03 Trump’s Capitol Hill agenda in limbo

House and Senate Republicans are sinking deeper into an impasse over how to advance President Donald Trump’s vast legislative agenda.

13/03 Trump is deworming Washington — now to keep the parasites out for good

Make the government smaller, force tough spending choices, and we’ll make Washington less corrupt.

12/03 The quiet crisis at ActBlue, Trump war on antisemitism and other commentary

“ActBlue is an important part of the Democratic machine. And now something appears to have gone terribly wrong,” reports the Washington Examiner’s Byron York.

11/03 What New Government Funding Bill Means for Social Security

The new stopgap bill keeps Social Security operational, but critics argue it fails to address long-term solvency.

11/03 Donald Trump's Attack on Thomas Massie Sparks Republican Pushback

The president said he would "lead the charge" in ousting the Kentucky lawmaker who is not backing a government funding bill.

11/03 Comer: If We Pass CR, DOGE Can Claw Back Waste

On Monday's broadcast of Newsmax TV's "Finnerty," Rep. James Comer (R-KY) advocated for the continuing resolution and stated that the difference between | Clips

11/03 Dem Rep. Scholten: We 'Need' Audit Like DOGE, But I'm Against CR

On Monday's broadcast of "CNN This Morning," Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) said that "we need a dramatic change to the way that we fund this government. | Clips

10/03 US share market bloodbath as Trump recession fears grow

US stocks plummeted sharply again on Monday as investors panicked over tariff fears and Donald Trump refused to rule out a recession.

10/03 DOGE Says Children Received $312M in Loans During COVID Pandemic

Thousands of loans worth $312 million were granted to children aged 11 and under during the COVID-19 pandemic, DOGE announced Saturday. 

06/03 As a lifelong Dem, I never thought I’d see my party embarrass itself so much

As a lifelong Democrat, I never imagined I would watch my own party embarrass itself so thoroughly— and so publicly — as it did during Tuesday’s joint session of Congress.

06/03 Don’t buy Dems’ lies: The GOP isn’t trying to strip Medicaid from millions of Americans

Get ready to be bombarded with ghoulish ads warning about grandmothers dying and children denied needed cancer treatments “just to make billionaires like Elon Musk even richer.”

04/03 Enough! End gov’t funds for Jew-hating colleges like Barnard, Columbia, The New School

Enough with the task forces and commissions: It’s time to defund campus Jew-hatred — starting, say, with New York’s Columbia University, Barnard College and The New School.

03/03 Fury as government to spend £200m to build 'crazy' new UK road junction

The major infrastructure project has overcome environmental legal challenges and has got the green light from the Government - but not everyone is happy.

02/03 How Education Department’s ‘letters’ wasted billions on Washington’s woke whims

The government’s messages to school districts and universities are basically a shakedown: Comply with our enlightened vision or risk a civil rights probe that could cost you your federal fund…

01/03 Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says

New changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says.

27/02 Trump, Musk float idea of $5,000 'DOGE dividend' checks. Here's what experts say

As the Department of Government Efficiency looks to make massive spending cuts, there's talk of sending some of the money back to Americans.

24/02 Several Federal Agencies Tell Workers to Ignore Elon Musk’s Email Directive

Several federal agencies and unions are telling worker to buck Elon Musk's email directive telling them to account for the work they have done over the past week — even though Musk said not answering "will be taken as a resignation."

23/02 Heastie has a better idea than Hochul’s lame $3B inflation ‘refund’ checks

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan for $500 “inflation rebate” checks is a ridiculous way to spend this year’s estimated $3 billion state surplus, exceeded only progressives’ lust to spend it on …

22/02 Make the DOGE cuts permanent, Europe needs an army and other commentary

“To make the DOGE spending cuts stick,” Sen. Rand Paul is encouraging “Vice President J.D. Vance to have the Trump administration draw up a rescission package” for Congress to pass, and so formally…

20/02 Trump has expensive hobby that has taken up 'nearly 1/3 of time in White House'

A campaign group has claimed Donald Trump has spent a large amount of time and money on a hobby unrelated to his presidency since re-entering the White House.

20/02 ‘Unprecedented’: Australians cop huge blow

Australia might not return to its pre-Covid level of living standards until about 2030, the federal opposition is arguing, citing the latest data from the Reserve Bank.

20/02 Inside the storm of international outrage, Donald Trump might actually be getting something done

Two important things happened today amid the controversy over Donald Trump’s provocative comments about Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky.

19/02 Here's what happens if Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac go private

The U.S. government may soon return Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to private markets less than two decades after turmoil nearly toppled the mortgage industry.

19/02 ‘Needs to stop’: Musk, Trump speak out

Elon Musk has sat down for a joint television interview with Donald Trump, in which he defended his role as head of the US President’s sweeping cost-cutting initiative within the nation’s government.

18/02 Education Department Slashes $600M for ‘Divisive’ Teacher Training Grants

The DOE terminated $600 million in grants for training programs, including "Dismantling Racial Bias" and "Centering Equity in the Classroom."

17/02 ‘Going broke’: Expert’s brutal RBA call

COMMENT

17/02 USDA Axes $230K Contract for ‘Brazilian Forest and Gender Consultant'

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the cuts, saying the department has terminated 78 contracts of more than $132 million.

15/02 Republicans need to make tough choices to save the Trump tax cuts

To get any budget items passed, GOP lawmakers — and President Donald Trump himself — will need to accept compromises.

15/02 Hey, Congress: Make government great again — by turning Trump’s reforms into law

President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency is accomplishing in weeks what conservatives have been talking about for decades.

15/02 NY test scores plummet, kids flee — yet empty schools stay open, wasting billions

For taxpayers — and parents seeking better schools — it’s pure madness.

14/02 DOGE’s ‘limestone mine’ discovery proves Elon Musk’s waste-cutting is vital

On Tuesday, DOGE’s X account posted that “Federal employee retirements are processed using paper, by hand, in an old limestone mine in Pennsylvania.”

14/02 NYC’s spending is out of control — we need a DOGE of our own to root it out for good

Our public funds are funneled into politically connected nonprofits and special interests with little oversight, but a local DOGE could finally bring transparency and accountability.

12/02 Dems exhaust the last of their credibility with a false Trump ‘constitutional crisis’

This week, the Democratic Party jumped the shark.

12/02 DOGE Eliminates over $100M in DEI Funding at Department of Education

The Department of Education slashed 29 DEI training grants totaling $101 million as part of the DOGE mission to eliminate wasteful spending.

12/02 Make the DOGE revolution stick: Let Musk and taxpayers reveal what’s really in America’s checkbook

Elon Musk is following the money to clean out government waste — but for long-lasting reform, We the People should have the power to track federal spending in real time.

12/02 DOGE ends nearly $1B in federal education contracts to nix waste — and DEI

Nearly $1 billion in contracts with the federal Department of Education have been terminated, including one for $1.5 million to “observe mailing and clerical operations” at a mail facility — and sc…

11/02 'Wasted!' Nigel Farage slams Labour for spending £200k on ridiculous research

And he highlighted how officials splurged £1.2m analysing "classical music's colonial history".

11/02 How Bidenflation killed the penny — with a spending spree that tanked its value

So much for the maxim “a penny saved is a penny earned.”

09/02 I’m with Elon — we must rein in Washington’s crazy spending, toxic rules

More efficient government has been promised often. It’s never happened. Instead, government just grew . . . and grew.

08/02 DOGE must keep moving fast — despite Democrats’ sound, fury and lawsuits

SEI, AFSCME, you name it: The whole alphabet soup of progressive bullies is getting in on the anti-DOGE legal action.

08/02 Maher: Trump Admin. USAID, Spending Review Has to Be Done, But It's Being Done Wrong

On Friday's broadcast of HBO's "Real Time," host Bill Maher stated that the Trump administration's review of USAID funding and government funding is |

07/02 Obscene $8M Politico payout just one way feds reward their lapdog media

The American people should not be on the hook for news subscriptions to biased sources, or arguably to any sources at all.

06/02 Transgender ‘recognition’ in Bangladesh, Kosovo, Guatemala — how one USAID employee shows what’s wrong with the embattled agency

In the annals of asinine USAID funding now bursting into public view under Trump administration scrutiny, the $50-billion-a-year United States Agency for International Development’s efforts to make…

05/02 Tish James has some nerve threatening hospitals that won’t defy Trump’s sex-change order

AG Letitia James is yet again aiming to advance her political career at New Yorkers’ expense — by demanding hospitals violate President Trump’s order on sex-change procedures for kids.

05/02 Smashing the ‘rice bowls’ — how elites are lashing out at Trump and Musk’s reforms

Trump’s reforms mean a lot of people accustomed to wielding government power will see their livelihoods and positions shattered — so don’t expect them to go quietly. 

02/02 Dutton unable to flag spending cuts, invokes Trump

Peter Dutton has said a re-elected Coalition government would not launch an independent inquiry to identify areas of inflated government spending, despite the opposition mounting continued attacks on Labor’s expenditure and pledging to reduce government inefficiency in the lead up to the election.

31/01 Test scores show how teacher union-driven lockdowns devastated kids

Most of America’s kids aren’t regaining the ground lost to school shutdowns during the pandemic.

30/01 Banning phones in New York schools shouldn’t cost a dime —let alone $13.5M — just do it!

Gov. Kathy Hochul wants the state to spend $13.5 million to help schools implement a cellphone ban.

29/01 How homeowners could score $8,000 discount on mortgage

Homeowners can look forward to interest rate cuts of $8,000 a year on average by the end of 2026 but the RBA could delay a rate cut in February until more economic data is available.

29/01 Trump’s federal grant freeze is great news for America’s taxpayers

No way was every single dollar of that well-spent or properly overseen; how much if any was even necessary? 

28/01 Trump admin pausing federal loans, grants amid spending overhaul: ‘Waste of taxpayer dollars’

The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting on Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending.

28/01 Chalmers’ SMOGE swipe at Dutton

Peter Dutton’s move to appoint Jacinta Nampijinpa Price shadow minister for government efficiency (SMOGE) is not a “vote of confidence” in his economic team, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said.

28/01 Put American patients first and drain the health-care behemoth’s wasteful costs

DOGE won’t make much progress without lowering the rampant costs of the US health-care system, because an astounding 48% of federal expenditures are devoted to health-care outlays.

26/01 176 'quango' managers earn more than the Prime Minister as costs soar

Dozens of top managers in government agencies earn more than the Prime Minister

25/01 Hochul’s quarter-trillion-dollar $pendapalooza is larded with millions in utter waste

If you think Albany has no choice but to spend a jaw-dropping $252 billion in taxpayer funds for the next year, as Gov. Hochul claims, just take a look at some of the things she’s planning to…

24/01 Hochul’s mad Medicaid spending is meant to woo health-industry honchos — on OUR dime

Hochul’s Medicaid splurge isn’t buying better care for New Yorkers; it’s buying her a reprieve from the hospital lobby’s attack ads.

22/01 Gov. Hochul’s $252B spendapalooza is meant to get her reelected — at YOUR expense

Don’t be fooled, New York: You’re being fleeced.

20/01 Rachel Reeves humilated as value for money office could be 'waste of money'

A report published today suggests the new department is "lightly resourced" and operating within a "very short period of time to drive tangible improvements".

19/01 Why Mayor Adams’ latest NYC budget is in far worse shape than it appears

Mayor Eric Adams’ budget, which he rolled out Thursday, merely continues the city’s longtime practice of overspending while hiding actual program costs.

19/01 It will be at least a year until Australians get some relief from the cost-of-living crisis, experts warn

From the dollar recently falling to a near five-year low to social media posts about both the cost of eating out and grocery shopping consistently going viral, Aussies are desperate to know if the cost of living is going to ease up this year.

16/01 House conservative hardliners demand two-bill approach to Trump’s agenda, more than $540B in cuts

The GOP proposals include repealing President Biden’s electric vehicle mandate, cutting funding for the IRS, adding work requirements for Medicare and food stamps

15/01 Exclusive | Interior Department overpaid workers by up to $400K in taxpayer funds after they wrongly claimed to be in DC, watchdog tells Ernst

The Interior Department overpaid dozens of employees to the tune of up to $400,000 of taxpayer money after the fed workers improperly claimed to be based in the DC area — but were actually sc…

14/01 Californians’ red future, ‘disinfo’ zealot rises at NPR and other commentary

The “two likely results” of the LA fires are that “thousands of Californians who lost their homes will respond to the tragedy by moving . . . to a red state,” while “those who remain will begin the…

14/01 Hochul’s taxes are hammering New Yorkers — yet she’s AGAINST Trump’s SALT relief

President Trump supports my proposal to raise the federal cap on the deduction for state and local taxes — but wants Kathy Hochul to lower New York’s out-of-control state spending.

12/01 UK to start taxing Aussie tourists

Holidaymakers including Aussies heading to the UK could be hit with new tourist tax when staying in campsites, hotels and B&Bs.

11/01 Trump's plan for mass deportation could have a big effect on prices

Some experts say there is really nothing the government can do about high food prices.

09/01 How Argentina’s Javier Milei got governing right — and proved the elites wrong

Javier Milei, the chainsaw-wielding economist president, followed through on his promise of “shock therapy,” taming inflation by cutting spending and deregulating the economy.

25/12 Washington pols trim their ‘Christmas tree’ with outrageous tax-funded goodies

Perhaps Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk can do something about the misspending that has led to an unsustainable $36 trillion debt — but DC is not called “the swamp” for nothing.

25/12 Report: Some House Republicans Want Trump to 'Dump' Speaker Johnson

President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly been hearing from House Republicans about their concerns regarding Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

24/12 Rand Paul: 'I Have a Lot of Problems with Big Spenders in Both Parties'

On Tuesday, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) said on Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends" that government spending is out of control on both sides of the political aisle. | Clips

24/12 ‘Time to worry’: Dismal 2025 news for the UK

Serious questions are being asked of the still quite newly elected government of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, following the release of dismal quarterly growth figures on Monday, localt time.

22/12 Lauren Boebert Suggests Elon Musk's DOGE Will Do Congress' Job

"We are on the brink of something so revolutionary with the DOGE commission," the congresswoman said at a Turning Point USA event.

22/12 Hapless Gov. Hochul is desperate and running scared ahead of 2026 election

Well over a year out from her next election, Gov. Kathy Hochul is looking desperate — and hapless. The latest sign: She’s sent in another 250 National Guard to “help keep the subway saf…

21/12 Tucker Carlson on Speaker Mike Johnson's Betrayal: 'There Is Something Profoundly Wrong'

"There is something profoundly wrong," Tucker Carlson said when discussing the latest actions of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

21/12 Dem Rep. Smith: Many Dems Make 'B.S.' Nonsense Arguments About Spending Somehow Saving Money

On Friday's broadcast of NewsNation's "Cuomo," Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that many Democrats try to make arguments that increasing spending saves | Clips

20/12 Exclusive -- Ron Johnson: '80% of the Farm Bill Is Funding for Food Stamps'

The bulk of the Farm Bill is funding for food stamps, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said during an interview on Breitbart News Daily.

20/12 Blood in the Water: Sharks Circle Embattled Speaker Mike Johnson

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is in uncharted waters and heading for the rocks.

20/12 Rand Paul: If Johnson 'Had a Spine,' He Would Have Offered a Bill that Cuts Spending

If Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had a "spine," he would have offered a measure that slashed spending, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said.

20/12 Exclusive -- Sen. Ron Johnson on Spending Deal: 'Democrats Hold All the Cards'

Democrats "hold all the cards" on the spending deal battle as they have the legacy media on their side and some Democrat votes are needed for a CR to pass, Sen. Ron Johnson said.

20/12 Report: Speaker Johnson Reopens Spending Negotiations with Democrats

Speaker Mike Johnson has reportedly reopened lines of communication with Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries Friday morning after failing to usher through the spending deal endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump.

20/12 ‘No apologies’: Republicans revolt against Trump

IN THE US

20/12 Exclusive -- Rep. Tom Tiffany on Supporting Johnson as Speaker: 'We'll Cross that Bridge' When We Get There

"We'll cross that bridge" when we get there, Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) said when asked if he will support Johnson as Speaker.

20/12 Is Elon Musk’s latest ‘disruption’ going to serve the GOP’s and the nation’s needs?

“VOX POPULI, VOX DEI,” cheered Elon Musk after the Continuing Resolution he’d spent all Wednesday trashing became a dead letter: Basically, the voice of the people has spoken.

20/12 GOP’s budget revolt a hopeful sign of fiscal sanity — but it’s just a start

The house has yet to pass a budget after Speaker Johnson’s first proposal was heavily criticized by President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

19/12 Report: Mike Johnson Cancels Appearance at Turning Point Event

House Speaker Mike Johnson has reportedly canceled his speaking slot at Turning Point USA's annual AmericaFest.

19/12 House Republicans strikes agreement to forestall government shutdown — and Trump wants it to pass tonight

Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on a pathway to stave off a looming government shutdown Friday, multiple sources have told The Post.

19/12 Exclusive -- Rep. Andrew Clyde: Repealing Impoundment Control Act Key to President Curtailing Spending

Repealing the Impoundment Control Act is key to allowing the President of the United States to curtail spending, Rep. Andrew Clyde said.

19/12 New Zealand sinks into recession, more rate cuts coming

New Zealand's economy sank into recession in Q3 amidst plunging activity and slashed output, cementing the case for more aggressive rate cuts.

18/12 Beware the ‘fiscal cliff’, Don’s much-improved ‘second honeymoon’ and other commentary

The Post Editorial Board sounds off on the “fiscal cliff”, Trump’s “second honeymoon”, and more.

18/12 Ramaswamy: Spending Bill Full of 'Giveaways,' 'Pork Barrel Politics'

"If Congress wants to get serious about government efficiency, they should vote no," DOGE leader Vivek Ramaswamy said of the 1,547-page spending bill.

18/12 Report: Thomas Massie Says He Will Not Vote for Johnson as Speaker After Spending Bill

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) says that he will not support Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) in the speakership vote in January following the monstrous spending bill released Tuesday evening.

18/12 Rand Paul: Bill 'Full of Pork' Shows Speaker Johnson Is a 'Weak, Weak Man'

The recently unveiled government funding bill "full of pork" shows that Speaker Mike Johnson is a "weak, weak man," Sen. Rand Paul said.

18/12 Republicans Bristle at Speaker Johnson over Spending Bill 'Full of Handouts from the Uniparty to the Swamp'

Republicans are bristling at Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) over the 1,547-page spending deal released mere days ahead of the deadline.

18/12 How budget blowout could affect rate cut

The splurge in government spending is unlikely to impact the Reserve Bank forecasts, according to a major bank who has called for rate cuts in the new year.

14/12 Fury as taxpayers forking out £6bn on 'nonsense' research funded by government

Rachel Reeves vowed to squeeze out wasteful spending but £200k alone was spent on studying the environmental impact of Star Wars.

14/12 Labour ministers spend £130k on decorating offices

As 10 million citizens are denied winter fuel payments, it emerged last week that incoming Labour ministers have spent £130K on redecorating their offices.

13/12 Hochul’s budget con(fusion), fix higher ed, save civilization and other commentary

Eye on Albany: Hochul’s Budget Con(fusion) “Governor Hochul’s plan to mail $500 checks to millions of households has a problem: the sales tax ‘surplus’ she wants to dish out doesn’t exist,” snarks …

12/12 Elon Musk reaches unprecedented level of wealth

COMMENT

11/12 'Rachel Reeves is keeping Britain stuck in a doom loop of low growth'

It looks very much like Britain missed its chance to secure growth and balance the books.

10/12 Team effort: Americans are brimming with DOGE cost-cut ideas for Musk and Vivek

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramasamy aim to halt hundreds of billions of dollars of government waste and fraud — and the two have asked ordinary Americans to help them find it.

10/12 Rachel Reeves refuses to say if assisted dying will be free for terminally ill

The Chancellor repeatedly dodged questions on whether taxpayers would foot the whole bill for the service if it becomes law

07/12 The one big reason Aussies are getting poorer

Australians are getting poorer and a leading economist has produced a striking graph to explain the fall-off in living standards.

04/12 French government toppled after no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Michel Barnier

France’s Prime Minister has been ousted in a no-confidence vote after just three months in office, further plunging the country into political chaos.

04/12 ‘Not expected to survive’: Nation in crisis

France’s new Prime Minister was tasked with fixing the nation’s broken budget.

04/12 Researchers linked to the state itself warn of New York’s off-the-charts school spending

The Rockefeller wonks on Monday issued their 314-page findings without fanfare.

04/12 New record in Aussie per capita recession

The Treasurer has attempted to hang his hat on wages growth as the Australian economy posts its seventh straight quarterly drop in GDP per person.

23/11 Exclusive: Tea Party Patriots Action Survey Shows Strong Support for DOGE

There is strong support for DOGE, a McLaughlin & Associates survey taken on behalf of Tea Party Patriots Action (TPPA) found.

22/11 Voters remembered Laken Riley, Trump’s new cabinet approach and other commentary

Laken Riley’s “murder was a direct result of Biden’s border policy,” thunders the Washington Examiner’s Byron York.

22/11 How Elon Musk’s plan to slash government agencies and regulation may benefit his empire

Donald Trump has said the Department of Government Efficiency would end government “bureaucracy,” relax “excess” regulations and cut “wasteful” expenditures.

17/11 Praying DOGE succeeds, the truth abbout journalists and other commentary

“President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency,” headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, “might work where nothing else has,” argues Reason&#…

17/11 Government spending on displaced people sparks controversy... What is the truth about the use of depositors’ money?

Government spending on displaced people sparks controversy... What is the truth about the use of depositors’ money?

15/11 Argentina's Milei is a VIP at Mar-a-Lago as Trump, Musk embrace his attacks on government spending

President Javier Milei of Argentina has won support from Donald Trump and Elon Musk for his agenda of drastic government spending cuts.

13/11 With DOGE, Trump can seize his cost-cutting mandate — but it’ll take courage

Taxpayers are rightly skeptical about commissions and grand promises from Washington to cut spending, but Donald Trump has the tools and the mandate to finally do it.

01/11 Eric Trump goes off on Biden-Harris government spending spree on migrants while hurricane victims suffer

Eric Trump, the second son of former President Donald Trump, says he’s fed up with “blank check” spending in Washington, which has contributed to bloodshed overseas.  

01/11 The 2024 choice on taxes: Harris would boost them — Trump, lower them

If you’d like more cash in your pocket and an economy fired up by tax cuts, then Donald Trump is your man hands down.

30/10 Labour slammed for 'no mention' of border security in Budget

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said overall "day to day" spending will increase as part of the Government's borrowing and taxation splurge.

17/10 Angela Rayner among furious Labour ministers amid 'biggest tax raid in history'

Rumours are swirling in Westminster that the Chancellor is poised to launch the biggest Budget tax raid in history.

11/10 Entitlements are spiraling us into a bipartisan spending suicide pact

In contemporary politics, asking citizens to pay for their own life is an act of self-immolation.

04/10 Yellen: Stimulus Added to Demand in 'Supply-Constrained' Areas, 'May Have Played a Little Bit of a Role' in Inflation

During an interview with CNN's "Axe Files" podcast released on Thursday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the spending in the American Rescue | Clips

01/10 Federal spending on children peaked in 2021. Now it may decline by $230 per child in 2024, report finds

Federal spending on children has seen a "steep decline" since a 2021 pandemic peak. In 2024, expenditures on children are expected to level off, research finds.

27/09 Wuhan’s latest disaster, cop critics’ crime hypocrisy and other commentary

“All the troubles in the world apparently lead back to Wuhan,” muses National Review’s Jim Geraghty.

25/09 House passes spending bill to fund government until Dec. 20, sends to Senate

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill to fund the government until Dec. 20 Wednesday, sending it to the Senate to avert a shutdown of all federal agencies at 11:59 p.m. Monday…

25/09 Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have left America (and their successor) a fiscal nightmare

Our debt is set to top 100% of GDP for the first time in decades as prices remain sky high.

25/09 Biden administration backs House Republicans' three-month government funding bill

Former President Donald Trump earlier this month told congressional Republicans to shut down the government if the SAVE Act got cut from the spending bill.

22/09 Dems slammed JD Vance over VA privatization comments — but frustrated veterans are interested

Jon Perry, a veteran of the Army’s elite Special Forces, recounted waiting “over two months just to get the necessary appointments scheduled” while transitioning out of the milita…

22/09 Switzerland intends to reduce government spending to rebalance the budget

Switzerland intends to reduce government spending to rebalance the budget

20/09 New York may be great for public-school teachers — but kids and taxpayers pay a high price

New York is the best state to be a public-school teacher, reports the financial-services-consumer site WalletHub; we believe it — but too bad it’s not so great for the students.

20/09 Lauren Boebert says Speaker Johnson’s failed spending bill would ‘screw’ the US more than a ‘Diddy freak off’

Firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert chided that House Speaker Mike Johnson’s spending patch flop would “screw our country more times over than a Diddy freak off.”

18/09 Fed’s follies mean interest-rate cut won’t ease our economic woes

The Fed is in a lose-lose scenario whatever it does: No matter how big or small the cut, it will produce more financial pain for American families.

16/09 Business leaders warn Aus ‘sliding backwards’

Business leaders have warned Australia is at risk of taking “noticeable” steps backwards, with chief executives issuing fears Australia’s “national prosperity” is at risk due Labor’s industrial relations policies and failure to prepare for an ageing population.

12/09 Illinois Mayor Tiffany Henyard Throws $85,000 Party with Singers, Rappers

Tiffany Henyard, the Dolton, Illinois Democrat dubbed as "America's worst mayor," is again under fire for throwing an $85,000-funded party.

06/09 Donald Trump says he will employ Elon Musk to audit US Government if elected

Donald Trump has endorsed Tech billionaire Elon Musk to audit the US government and will front a new “efficiency commission” if the Republican candidate is re-elected.

24/08 To find the real Kamala Harris, look at her last attempt to win the White House

She’s a big-government, flip-flopping opportunist.

23/08 Kamala’s price-gouging backtrack is blatant gaslighting

On Wednesday, sources “familiar” with Kamala Harris’ “thinking on the ban” anonymously told The New York Times that the policy would be “narrowly tailored to the…

23/08 Democrats’ new definition of ‘freedom’ is all about bigger government

Democrats gathered in Chicago are colonizing the word “freedom”: Seizing a term Republicans have brandished for decades and bending it to their freedom to control your life, to tax you more — and e…

21/08 Faisal Basri: Government Debt Has the Potential to Reach IDR 10,000 Trillion in Prabowo's First Year

Based on data from the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu), the government's debt position has reached IDR 8,502.7 trillion by the end of July 2024.

20/08 Kamala Harris’ $1.7T spending plan exposes her pixie-dust fiscal policy

Someone must have mentioned “return on investment” to her in a policy briefing — and now Harris apparently thinks she’s the Warren Buffett of deficit spending. 

20/08 Elon Musk Announces He Is Willing to Serve in a Trump Administration

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk announced on Monday that he would be willing to serve in Donald Trump's administration.

18/08 Feds are still sending ‘mad scientist’ millions to China — and keeping it from Congress

Washington keeps funneling untold millions to China for risky research, hiding the details about suspicious projects and admitting they cannot offer a full accounting of the cash.  

15/08 Thank Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for the border policy costing NYC $5B — as it’s expected to double

Thanks to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, New York City shelled out more than $5 billion for migrant costs, including $2 billion just on housing, over 25 months through July, per city numbers.

13/08 Elon Musk Pitches 'Government Efficiency Commission' to Trump, Offers His Help

Elon Musk pitched a "government efficiency commission" to cut wasteful spending, while interviewing Donald Trump, and offered to "help out" if it materialized.

29/07 Rachel Reeves scrapping infrastructure projects is 'extremely short-sighted'

EXCLUSIVE: The Government should seek other ways of financing large infrastructure projects which can boost Britain's economy instead of scrapping them, an expert says.

29/07 Labour set to axe these major projects in bid to close 'blackhole'

The Chancellor will make her first major Commons dispatch box appearance this afternoon.

21/07 Civil Servant Salaries Will Increase Again in 2025, Government Spending Will Become More Excessive!

The planned increase in civil servant salaries will result in an increase in the share of employee spending in the 2025 State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN).

14/07 City needs a jailbreak to escape de Blasio’s pricey plan to close Rikers Island

Mayor Adams should scrap de Blasio’s flawed program to build “smaller, safer, fairer” borough jails — before it sucks up even more money needed to fix bridges, schools and parks.

06/07 The latest public-subsidy scam: Joe Biden’s expansion of free ObamaCare policies

It’s the story of every government subsidy: Offer folks handouts if they meet certain requirements, and suddenly a lot of people . . . meet the requirements.

06/07 Kenya’s protests are different this time: 3 things that make it harder for government to crush them

Significant transitions in Kenya have occurred through the voices of the masses rather than formal political structures.

29/06 Brooks: Biden Tried to Use 'Fiscal Stimulus' to Get Himself Re-Elected

On Friday's "PBS NewsHour," New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Joe Biden had a strategy to win the 2024 race of "use fiscal | Clips

21/06 Inside the Kim-Putin bromance, Gaza’s real food problem and other commentary

Russia and North Korea are buddying up “to keep the U.S. off balance,” explains Tom Rogan at the Washington Examiner.

17/06 Opioid orphans, Amazon’s not afraid to fail and other commentaries

“Amazon isn’t run by geniuses who never screw up. It is run by geniuses who do, and who understand when something isn’t working,” argues National Review’s Dominic Pino.

13/06 7th Pay Commission: 55% dearness allowance will be available from July 1! Will the Modi government give benefits to central employees in the third term?

7th Pay Commission DA Hike: There is good news for central employees. Dearness Allowance (DA) of employees will be increased once again from July 1, 2024. Earlier, the Central Government had increased DA in March this year, which was considered to be applicable from January 1, 2024. Now again dearness allowance is to increase from July. The government increased DA by 4 percent in January, due to w

12/06 How elections test the Federal Reserve's independence

10/06 Social Security: Most Americans unaware of financial shortfall

Without reforms, Social Security benefits face cuts in less than a decade. Most Americans have no idea.

05/06 DEI = ‘Didn’t Earn It’, Europe’s harsh laws suppress speech and other commentary

“Perhaps a jeering minority will rid us of today’s most egregiously indefensible phrase: ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,’” hopes John Tierney at City Journal.

31/05 EV fail exposes Pete Buttigieg as the little cabinet secretary who couldn’t

On the CBS Show “Face the Nation,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had to defend the Biden administration’s woeful record of building new electric-vehicle charging stations.

29/05 Minneapolis Fed Pres.: Gov't 'Contributed to' Inflation, Inflation 'Sideways', Need 'Many More Months' for Rate Cuts

During an interview with CNBC Europe on Tuesday, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari stated that right now, inflation is going | Clips

28/05 Biden’s all-of-government vote-buying scheme makes a mockery of democracy

Look at the billions of taxpayer dollars President Biden is pouring into “community organizations” in “disadvantaged communities” to tip the election scales.

20/05 New York City school spending has gone insane

New York City is spending billions more on its public schools despite falling enrollment, notes a new Citizens Budget Commission report, headed to a jaw-dropping $39,304 per-pupil in Fiscal Year 20…

18/05 Fmr. Obama Econ. Adviser El-Erian: Regulation, Spending Helped Create Inflationary Environment

On Friday's broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "America Reports," economist, President of Queens' College, Allianz Chief Economic Adviser, and former | Clips

16/05 A sad legacy of Brown v. Board, end Congress’ spending addiction and other commentary

“When the Supreme Court delivered its historic Brown v. Board of Education ruling 70 years ago on May 17,” it hoped to produce better academic outcomes for blacks, recalls The Wall Street Journal’s…

15/05 JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warns of ballooning fiscal deficit: ‘America has spent a lot of money’

In fiscal year 2024 which began last October, the Biden administration has spent $855.1 billion more than it has collected.

15/05 'Smoke and mirrors': Why the predicted sharp fall in migration could be beyond the government's control

The federal government says Australia's intake of migrants will fall sharply — halving in two years — as it overhauls the migration system and moves to reduce pressures caused by population growth.

15/05 Michigan lawmaker wants state to pay reporters who uncover government misuse of taxpayer dollars

A former MEDC executive committee member, Fay Beydoun, had secured a $20 million grant from the agency for a nonprofit.

14/05 Yellen: We Can Likely Be Fiscally Sustainable with 'Higher Ratio of Debt to GDP'

During an interview with Bloomberg on Monday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated that because interest rates are lower than they were in prior decades | Clips

14/05 'Not a glamorous budget': NT speeding towards a record debt of more than $11 billion

Eva Lawler has handed down her first budget as the NT's leader, and despite big ticket spends on police and education, she admits it isn't pretty.

13/05 Goldman Sachs CEO raises alarm on US debt: ‘Ability to spend without constraint is not unlimited’

Solomon said that while it was anticipated that the government would spend during COVID lockdowns, “we’re a long way out of that pandemic.”

12/05 NYC has the most millionaires of any large metro area — how long till Dems drive them out?

A recent report found that there are more millionaires in New York City than any other large metro area in the word. If you can make it here . . . well, you’ll probably end up leaving.

30/04 Record NY school spending, the woke Stanford takeover and other commentary

“Public elementary and secondary school spending in New York hit a new record high of $29,873 per pupil in 2021-22,” grumbles the Empire Center’s E.J. McMahon.

26/04 Mayor Adams’ 2025 spending scheme could’ve been worse — but also better

Mayor Eric Adams’ $111.6 billion budget for the coming year, after adjustments, is actually lower than this year’s, but it severely underestimates costs and leaves monster gaps for futu…

26/04 Growth slowing, inflation rebounding: Fresh, bitter Bidenomics pills

Literally the day after President Biden bragged, “We’re following my blue collar blueprint to rebuild America, and guess what? It’s working!”, Bidenomics struck with a venge…

22/04 Albany’s budget deal locks in an uglier future for New York

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s modest wins in this year’s state budget negotiations at best only slow New York’s decline, with no hint of the radical reforms needed to slow the exodus of peo…

19/04 Minneapolis Fed Pres: Biden Spending on Chips, Infrastructure 'Is Inflationary' and There Are 'Cross-Purposes'

On Thursday's broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "Your World," Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari stated that stimulus spending was | Clips

16/04 IMF slams Biden spending as US debt balloons past $34 trillion: ‘Something will have to give’

The IMF noted in its forecast that the US federal budget deficit grew from $1.4 trillion in fiscal 2022 to $1.7 trillion last year.

16/04 Australia set to lag its peers on lowering inflation, bolstering growth: IMF

Australia is expected to lag behind its peers in reducing inflation and boosting economic growth, the International Monetary Fund has warned, as Treasurer Jim Chalmers prepares to attend a a series of high-level talks in Washington.

13/04 BlackRock's Fink: Spending in 'Inflation Reduction Act' Will Make It Harder to Lower Inflation

On Friday's broadcast of CNBC's "Squawk on the Street," BlackRock CEO Larry Fink stated that it will be difficult to reach 2% inflation and one reason is | Clips

11/04 Teamsters pension fund returns $127M to Treasury after overpaying almost 3,500 dead participants

The Teamsters pension fund returned $127 million in overpayments to the US Treasury this week — months after an internal investigation revealed the kitty had nearly 3,500 dead members. Thomas Nyhan…

08/04 Biden, Harris hit swing states to tout $146B in student loan bailouts

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 swing-state visits on Monday will tout student debt bailouts for tens of millions of borrowers — earning blowback from congressional Republi…

05/04 White House announces $12M more in Baltimore bridge funding, calls on Congress to cover full rebuild costs

The White House announced millions of dollars more in funding for the Port of Baltimore on Friday, while calling on Congress to pass additional legislation to cover the full cost of rebuilding the …

05/04 House fiscal conservatives earmarked $450M in spending — average member got nearly twice as much as progressive ‘Squad’

Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus secured nearly $450 million in earmarks from recently passed government funding legislation, with the average member getting almost twice as much as…

01/04 Speaker Johnson promises vote on Ukraine aid after Easter recess

House Speaker Mike Johnson promised to be an “ambassador of hope” on Easter Sunday by moving forward with a vote on military aid for Ukraine, even as he faces a rebellion led by far-rig…

01/04 Adams’ debit-cards-for-migrants scheme makes no sense

The Adams administration’s Roosevelt Hotel welcome center on Monday is finally handing out its first debit cards to migrants staying at hotels, to buy food and baby supplie

31/03 Forget Mike Johnson: Why would ANY Republican want to be House speaker?

The House GOP has become a dysfunctional nightmare that no sane person would WANT to lead.

29/03 Advocates again hold school arts programs hostage: Don’t pay the ransom

Advocates are once again ramping up their scare tactics over school arts programs to squeeze more funding, but New York City already spends more than any other large city in America on its schools.

28/03 Rep. Dan Meuser slams Biden vow to pay to replace Baltimore Key Bridge: ‘Outrageous’

Rep. Dan Meuser denounced President Biden Thursday for vowing to cover the cost of rebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, saying the promise was “outrageous” given the exce…

27/03 Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Out Mike Johnson's Faith

The Georgia congresswoman questioned Speaker Johnson's faith after he pushed for a $1.2-trillion spending bill that she had opposed.

25/03 Defunding UNRWA is just one GOP win in the $1.2 trillion spending bill

Republicans were able to pull off a some major victories in the recently passed $1.2 trillion spending bill, averting a government shutdown.

25/03 House Speaker Mike Johnson readying separate Ukraine aid bill as Republican revolt looms

House Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to put a Ukraine aid bill up for a floor vote when Congress returns following its spring recess, sources on Capitol Hill told The Post, with Democrats offerin…

23/03 Biden signs $1.2 trillion government funding bill, averting shutdown

After much delay and wrangling, the Senate passed the bill early Saturday morning by a vote of in a 74-24 vote.

23/03 Senate Averts Shutdown with Early Saturday Morning Vote

The Senate voted in the early hours of Saturday morning to pass a $1.2 trillion government funding bill, averting a government shutdown.

23/03 Senate strikes deal to vote on $1.2T federal spending bill, but triggers partial government shutdown

“It is good for the American people that we have reached a bipartisan agreement on funding the government tonight.”

22/03 George Santos says he’s leaving Republican party, will run for Congress as independent

Former Long Island GOP Rep. George Santos announced Friday he is leaving the Republican Party and running for Congress as an independent in November. Santos, who became the sixth member to ever be …

22/03 House passes $1.2T federal spending bill, sending measure to Senate ahead of midnight shutdown

More Republicans opposed the legislation than voted for it, but the measure was still able to clear the two-thirds barrier and move to the Senate for consideration.

21/03 Eric Adams didn’t create New York City’s mess, but hasn’t done enough to clean it up

A Citizens Budget Commission survey shows New Yorkers’ views of the city have plunged, and though it’s not all Mayor Eric Adams’ fault, he’s done far too little to fix thing…

21/03 Congress unveils $1.2 trillion spending bill ahead of looming government shutdown

Congress unveiled a $1.2 trillion spending bill Thursday, ahead of a looming government shutdown on Saturday at midnight — with new funding to bolster security at the besieged US-Mexico border and …

21/03 Mike Lee: 'Don't Vote for Spending Bill'; Lawmakers Had 'No Chance to Review'

Lawmakers should not vote for the $1.2 trillion spending bill released in the dead of the night, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said.

20/03 Pass a state budget that addresses New York’s most urgent issues

As New York state lawmakers finalize their spending plan, here’s what Albany must do in their budget deal to save New York.

19/03 Congress finalizes full fiscal year funding bill to avoid government shutdown

Congressional leaders agreed on a final government funding bill late Monday, which would put an end to fiscal fights until the end of September if it passes the House and Senate before 11:59 p.m. F…

18/03 Unemployed citizens have already paid BYN 10.5 million in fees to finance government spending

440 thousand notices were sent to Belarusians to pay a fee to finance government spending. 35 thousand recipients contributed money to the treasury. The nuances of the interpretation were discussed today with representatives of the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Taxes and Duties during an online conference on the Belteleradiocompany website.

15/03 Pentagon can’t guarantee accurate tracking of Ukraine aid, watchdog finds

As opponents of continued military aid for Ukraine cite accountability for US-sent weapons as a concern, a GAO report this week revealed much of that uncertainty is not Kyiv’s fault – but the…

15/03 Lawmakers’ drunken-sailor spending spree is sure to bankrupt New York

The bills came in response to Gov. Hochul’s spending scheme and upped her $233 billion bottom line by a jaw-dropping $13 billion.

13/03 Israel’s new Ben-Gurions, Joe’s perilous Pentagon cuts and other commentary

On Oct. 7, “ordinary Israelis left their offices, closed their laptops, and abandoned their fields to pick up weapons, in many cases without waiting for instructions,” said The Free Press’ Bari Wei…

12/03 Biden may be losing voters but he sure knows how to buy them back

President Biden’s weaknesses are obvious, but his $7.3 trillion budget proposal this week and State of the Union address Thursday are reminders of just how tough he can be.

12/03 White House on Biden Budget Boosting Spending: We Pay for It, Congress Should Ask for Higher Taxes

On Monday's broadcast of NPR's "Morning Edition," White House Office of Management and Budget Shalanda Young responded to a question on if President Joe | Clips

10/03 $500,000 for a state-employed nurse!? No wonder NY’s budget is off the charts

A psychiatric nurse for a state facility raked in nearly half a million thanks mostly to overtime pay — offering clues to New York’s sky-high state budget.

09/03 Senate passes ‘minibus’ spending bill, dodge partial government shutdown

The Senate cleared a procedural vote on a $467.5 billion “minibus” spending bill to avert a government shutdown Friday, preparing the the legislation for final approval before sending it to Preside…

06/03 Goodbye ‘allegedly’, ‘emergency’ spending games and other commentary

Kristin Welker’s “Meet the Press” colleagues “went bananas” after she used “allegedly” to address Trump’s alleged attempt to overturn the election, o…

04/03 NYC’s red ink is much worse than advertised, so why is Mayor Adams nixing cuts?

Mayor Eric Adams just nixed a round of budget cuts even though a Citizens Budget Commission report just found billions more in red ink than is already swamping his spending plan.

01/03 Senate approves House-passed stopgap bill to prevent partial government shutdown 

The Senate passed a temporary spending measure Thursday to avoid a partial government shutdown ahead of a Friday deadline.  Senators approved the stopgap bill in a 77-13 vote, sending it to Pr…

29/02 House passes stopgap to prevent partial government shutdown Friday

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives advanced a bipartisan deal to forestall a government shutdown at 11:59 pm Friday, pushing the two-pronged deadline later into March.

29/02 Congressional leadership cuts bipartisan deal to avert partial government shutdown

Congressional leaders unveiled a bipartisan plan Wednesday to avert a partial government shutdown at midnight Saturday.

24/02 Why Haven’t the Sanctions on Russia Worked?

Actually, they have had some effect—just not one that Vladimir Putin cares about.

23/02 Mom given $10,800 in taxpayer-funded program for poor families spent most of it on luxury Miami trip: ‘I wanted to blow it’

“I wanted to blow it. I wanted to have fun,” admitted Canethia Miller, 27, one of 132 mothers across Washington, DC given the cash in the “Strong Families, Stronger Futures” pilot progr…

21/02 Eric Adams’ migrant debit-card debacle will crush NYC as it swipes from taxpayers

New York City now plans to give potential billions to migrants on pre-loaded debit cards with zero fraud protection.

19/02 Gov. Hochul has no excuse for resorting to shady budget tricks

State comptroller Tom DiNapoli is warning that Gov. Hochul is up to her old tricks: keeping billions in state outlays out of the main budgeting process and protected from vital independent oversigh…

08/02 ‘Super mayor’ of Illinois town who spends lavishly on flights, steakhouses while village faces debt slams critics ‘attacking a black woman in power’

Tiffany Henyard, a Democrat who was elected to mayor of Dolton in 2021, claimed at a public meeting on Monday her critics are just upset because she is a black woman in power.

07/02 Rep. Darrell Issa asks Congress to cut off future US funding for UNRWA

Last week, UNRWA faced allegations that 12 of its employees participated in the Oct. 7 terror attack — with some kidnapping and killing Israelis.

04/02 Speaker Mike Johnson reveals House will vote on standalone Israel aid bill that would provide $17.6B in assistance

The new standalone Israel aid bill is coming as the Senate is poised to reveal its own long-awaited border and foreign aid deal.

01/02 Halt Dems’ damage by backing this GOPer: The Post endorses Mazi Pilip for Congress

The Post strongly endorses Republican Mazi Pilip over Democrat Tom Suozzi for the spot. 

23/01 Breitbart Business Digest: Excessive Government Spending Is Fueling Inflation

The Federal Reserve's plans to cut interest rates this year have run into a powerful headwind: excessive government spending.

23/01 Kevin McCarthy rips Freedom Caucus for ‘locking in Pelosi’s policies’ 

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy slammed the conservative Freedom Caucus on Monday, arguing that the hard-line group of lawmakers have prevented Republicans “from being able to govern” and are “…