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Budget Battles

  • USAID Flagged for Employee Overtime Abuse

    By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

    The federal government has struggled for years to ferret out employee abuse of overtime pay—which costs taxpayers tens of millions of extra dollars a year. Last year, auditors reported that workers...

  • Washington DC

    Washington Monument Doesn’t Quite Measure Up

    By Eric Pianin

    There have been many signs in recent years of Washington’s diminished stature. Congress’ approval rating has steadily declined and is now at a near rock bottom 16 percent, Gallup reports. The IRS and...

  • Unless you have $30 grand to spare, this drone is mostly reserved for professional filmmakers and researchers. It’s designed to carry filming equipment such as small cameras and microphones. It can take off and land automatically and comes with crash safe

    Why Commercial Drones Could Soon Dominate the Skies

    By Craig Whitlock, The Washington Post

    Thousands of businesses could receive clearance to fly drones two years from now under proposed rules that the Federal Aviation Administration unveiled Sunday, a landmark step that will make...

  • Jeb Bush Could Rake in Record Campaign Funds

    By Eric Pianin

    It is far from a slam-dunk for former Florida governor Jeb Bush in his bid for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination. But the scion of one of America’s top political families has two things going for...

  • Washington on Gridlock Alert Yet Again

    By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

    House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and other Republicans on pushed back against the president’s proposed strategy to combat ISIS on Sunday setting up a likely fight between the White House and...