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.
Several US states divest approximately $11.7 billion from BlackRock due to concerns about the company's commitment to ESG principles, which may present obstacles to state pension funds and expose investors to risks.
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.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to speak to Congress regarding the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill, where he is thought to be claiming that $45 billion in Ukraine aid is not enough.
In an interview with Fox Business, Republican Senator Rand Paul (KY) said Republicans are "emasculated" by going along with the Democrats' fiscal plans but still claiming to be Conservative.
Each dot represents $100,000 in U.S. taxpayer dollars, according to a visualization created by Columbia and Duke graduate Will Geary, a data scientist and assistant professor at The Pratt Institute in New York. "U.S. aid to Ukraine totals $68 billion, and in November the White House asked Congress for another $38 billion," Geary Tweeted. "This would bring the total amount appropriated for Ukraine to over $100 billion."
Big law and accounting firms raked in $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed COVID-19 "relief" loans from the federal government while regular people faced economic turmoil, according to a watchdog report obtained by the Washington Examiner.
