Spending

Those hoping for a Christmastime government shutdown were once again disappointed when Congress passed a 4,000-page, $1.7 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that few, if any, Representatives and Senators read before voting on.

Biden signs NDAA for 2023 authorizing $858 billion in military, energy, and procurement spending and overturning COVID-19 vaccine mandate for servicemembers.

Kidults, a consumer group aged 12 and older, contribute around $9 billion in toy sales annually and drive growth in the toy industry, according to data from the NPD Group.

Former HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson sounded off Friday on the latest piece of "woke" news, this time from England where one church rewrote the lyrics to "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" to include stanzas like "God Rest You Queer and Questioning."

Sam Bankman-Fried, the man at the center of the FTX scandal, is back on US soil after having been extradited from the Bahamas to face federal charges.

Since 2020, parents have had to contend with increasingly brazen efforts by governments, schools, foundations, Big Tech, Big Pharma and others to hijack, injure or destroy children’s minds and bodies.

Inflation is over, the administration crows, even as Congress works to pass another massive spending bill — this time, $1.7 trillion.

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Rep. Chip Roy introduces amendment to defund Respect for Marriage Act, which requires federal recognition of same-sex marriages, in $1.7 trillion spending bill.

Welfare payouts for a family of four exceed the national median household income in 24 states, and top $100,000 annually in Washington, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, a new study finds.