Department of the Treasury

When U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, slammed then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2021 for a costly San Francisco-area subway expansion, the California Democrat’s pet rail project was already north of $1 billion above budget. Incensed, the…

The federal government sent more than $1.3 billion in American tax dollars to China and Russia over the past five years, according to a new report from the fiscal transparency group Open the Books out Wednesday. More than $490 million in…

Workers shovel snow from the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C, December 16, 2020. (Erin Scott/Reuters) The U.S. national debt hit and exceeded $30 trillion for the first time in the country’s history Tuesday, Treasury…