The Pentagon routinely commits accounting fraud in order to balance its books with the U.S. Treasury's, according to a new report from Reuters. The practice, which apparently has been standard ...

Politicians like the idea of eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse. It’s free money! Want to spend an extra half trillion on defense? That would bust the budget. But “I’ll save a half trillion at the ...

When you hear someone say “waste, fraud and abuse” they’re about to lie to you. It’s the cliche they use, lately, to defend taking away people’s Medicaid. Instead of arguing about policy details, just ...

When I watch politicians and interest groups rail against Medicaid reform, I wonder if they have any idea what they are saying. Medicaid is an enormous program. It costs $914 billion a year – and ...

A former employee of the Department of Government Efficiency says that during his short time embedded within the Department of Veterans Affairs, he did not find the levels of waste, fraud and abuse ...

Between Elon Musk’s brief, disastrous tenure with the misnamed Department of Government Efficiency and the Republicans’ mad rush to gut health care and food assistance for millions of lower-income ...

The dystopian man who lives in the House that Enslaved People Built campaigned that he would reduce inflation, not eliminate “fraud waste and abuse” and address immigration issues through mass ...

Protect Medicaid signs light up at protect Medicaid lights up the U.S. Capitol amid a budget showdown on May 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images) We find ourselves in an ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — A group of Republican lawmakers is formally requesting a federal audit of Minnesota's Department of Human Services, alleging years of mismanagement, waste and vulnerability that led ...

When President Donald Trump finds a phrase that he likes, he sticks with it. “Fake news,” “drill, baby, drill,” “witch hunt” — he’s sometimes a walking karaoke machine playing his own greatest hits.