Tag: Spending

As a lame duck president, Obama is desperately trying to secure a legacy and set up strong contrasts for the 2016 presidential campaign between Democratic and Republican values. (AP)

Obama’s leftward lurch poisons hope for consensus

Susan Crabtree · January 20, 2015 10:00 am

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Have Republicans learned nothing?

Jason Pye · January 19, 2015 10:00 am

The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons soaked up a quarter of the agency's budget last year. (iStock Photo)

Federal prison costs skyrocketing despite shrinking inmate population

Sarah Bedford · January 17, 2015 10:00 am

Republicans brace for Obama spending hikes

Republicans brace for Obama spending hikes

Brian Hughes · January 15, 2015 7:39 pm

Afghan National Police officers carry boxes of equipment during their graduation ceremony at a National Police training center in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, August 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Pentagon paid half million for buildings that ‘melted,’ had to be rebuilt

Sarah Bedford · January 15, 2015 10:00 am

The United States v. June case boils down to this: Can the federal government actively conceal material evidence in order to escape liability? (iStock Photo)

Federal contractor nabbed in coverup on $6.5 million Obama recovery project

Sarah Bedford · January 13, 2015 9:51 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the 2015 Conservative Policy Summit at the Heritage Foundation in Washington D.C., Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Rand Paul: Attach ‘thousands of instructions’ to every spending bill

Susan Ferrechio · January 13, 2015 7:15 pm

Obama’s math doesn’t add up on free tuition, critics say

Obama’s math doesn’t add up on free tuition, critics say

Brian Hughes · January 10, 2015 10:00 am

Obama’s free-tuition plan to cost taxpayers $80 billion over 10 years

Obama’s free-tuition plan to cost taxpayers $80 billion over 10 years

Brian Hughes · January 9, 2015 6:37 pm

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers pat down undocumented immigrants from El Salvador before boarding them onto a deportation flight in Mesa, Ariz. (John Moore/Getty Images)

GOP tries to grapple with Obama’s immigration plan

Susan Ferrechio · January 5, 2015 10:00 am

Poverty, economic inequality, government infrastructure and immigration become the topics of policy debates in 2014. (iStock Photo)

A New Year’s resolution for the Congress

Washington Examiner · January 1, 2015 10:00 am

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Feds gave $450,000 for defunct women’s cricket in Afghanistan

Sean Higgins · December 29, 2014 8:29 pm