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$3 million for an Afghan school building that was never finished

$3 million for an Afghan school building that was never finished

Michal Conger -

July 17, 2013 4:00 am

The 32-story Pyramid in Memphis, Tenn., was once the arena for the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. (Thinkstock)

Bass Pro Shops hooks taxpayers for $30 million

Chris Butler -

July 15, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Steve King, R-IA, addresses one of the many demonstrations for and against Obamacare since its passage. (AP Photo)

Healthcare

Virginia centers get $2.5 million to promote Obamacare

Kenric Ward -

July 13, 2013 4:00 am

Cindy Harrington was caught performing a flip on a trapeze after she began collecting federal disability because of a reported neck injury sustained while lifting a mail tray. Harrington collected more than $193,000 in disability payments, using some of the money to buy a boat called âFree Ride.â She eventually pleaded guilty to fraud charges.
(Photos courtesy U.S. Postal Service Inspector General)

Fraud rampant in fed disability program

Mark Flatten -

July 12, 2013 4:00 am

Consumer Finance Protection Board officials are spending $95 million renovating their headquarters building seen here at 1700 G Street, NW, in the nation's capital. The structure was building in the 1970s. (Photo by Graeme Jennings, Washington Examiner)

Costs spiral for CFPB’s lavish new headquarters as Congress fumes

Richard Pollock -

July 11, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., said

House panel hears Labor Department plan to fight federal worker disability fraud

Mark Flatten -

July 10, 2013 4:00 am

More than $100 million in State Department grants to foreign organizations for reconstruction work in Afghanistan has never been audited. (Photo: Thinkstock)

State Department hands out millions in grants that are never audited

Washington Examiner -

July 9, 2013 4:00 am

IG says Texas housing authority is auditors’ nightmare

IG says Texas housing authority is auditors’ nightmare

Jon Cassidy -

July 9, 2013 4:00 am

By the Social Security Administration's own figures, the national Disability Insurance Trust Fund is on a path to go broke in less than three years. (Photo: Thinkstock)

News

Social Security disability fund to go broke in 2016

Rob Nikolewski -

July 9, 2013 4:00 am

EXography: Disability has become a way of life in many American counties

Healthcare

EXography: Disability has become a way of life in many American counties

Luke Rosiak -

July 7, 2013 4:00 am

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