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Fat paychecks for CFPB officials, hundreds paid more than Fed Chairman, congressmen, Supreme Court justices

Fat paychecks for CFPB officials, hundreds paid more than Fed Chairman, congressmen, Supreme Court justices

Richard Pollock -

July 18, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama stimulus fund recipients spending tax dollars without explanation

Kelly Cohen -

July 17, 2013 4:00 am

Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network nonprofit, which is organizing the Trayvon Martin protest marches, has repeatedly failed to pay taxes. (AP/Paul Sancya)

Al Sharpton, seeking justice for Trayvon Martin, stiffed the FEC

Luke Rosiak -

July 17, 2013 4:00 am

$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

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