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Topline: The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners voted this June to stop construction of a new event center, but the county has already sunk $36 million into the project, according to the Greater ...

Following a years-long surge in illegal immigration, the Trump administration is poised to challenge a longstanding but legally fraught practice: counting illegal aliens in the U.S. census. President ...

Topline: Migrant encounters at the Texas border are at historic lows not seen since the 1960s, but the state still plans to give its its Operation Lone Star $1.7 billion per year in 2026 and 2027 for ...

Topline: In 2024, only one White House staffer made more than $195,000 in the Biden administration. Now, there are 35 people making more than $195,000 in President Donald Trump's White House, in ...

Topline: Critics often target taxpayer-funded artwork as a waste of federal funding, and the 54th International Art Exhibition in Venice, Italy, is one of the best examples. The gallery featured a mil ...

On July 11, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Wyoming's top elected officials were in the Cowboy state celebrating something that last happened when Dwight Eisenhower was president and the Brook ...

Topline: The nonprofit One Economy Corporation received a $28.3 million federal grant in 2011 to improve internet access for low-income families, but the nonprofit used some of it to create entirely n ...

Topline: America will turn 250 years old next year, and taxpayers will fund one of the most expensive birthday gifts in history. President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" contai ...

Topline: Even Secret Service agents need to use the bathroom, and that includes when they are protecting President Donald Trump during his taxpayer-funded golf trips. But for the federal government, n ...

Topline: An estimated 37% of Medicare patients received a "low-value" health care service in 2023, costing the federal government $5.9 billion. Key facts: The numbers come from the Medicar ...