Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) released his annual “Festivus Report” on Tuesday, spotlighting over $1.6 trillion in wasteful government spending. Between discovering Veterans Affairs cash spent on teaching teenage ferrets how to binge drink to discovering $14.6 million spent on having monkeys play a Price Is Right-like video game, the Kentucky fiscal hawk bared all the […]

FORT WORTH, Texas — More female inmates joined a federal lawsuit to separate transgender inmates from female inmates at a Texas special needs women’s prison, lodging additional allegations of sexual harassment against the biological men housed with them. After two female detainees brought forth sexual abuse claims in a civil rights case, a November court […]

A new Gallup poll highlighted the polarized state of the United States, finding that no national political figure has neared 50% approval. A Gallup poll conducted from Dec. 1 to Dec. 15 found that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was the highest-rated national political figure at 44%, followed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio at […]

The Social Security Administration released an audit of the agency’s customer service on Monday, confirming previous statements that the agency has made significant improvements. The report comes after Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano briefed Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in July on various improvements the agency has made, prompting skepticism from the senator. Both Warren and […]