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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

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DHS skirts Noem accountability vow by awarding contracts $1 under threshold

Molly Parks -

November 21, 2025 7:42 pm

UNITED STATES - MAY 22: Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

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Decamillionaires in Congress make taxpayers pay for their lodging and lunches

Robert Schmad -

November 20, 2025 12:06 pm

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Cost of bureaucracy exploded under Biden, report shows

Robert Schmad -

November 14, 2025 11:19 am

A collage Sens. Time Kaine (D-VA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL).

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Democratic senators stand by vote to end shutdown

Jenny Goldsberry -

November 10, 2025 2:09 pm

Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) sits for an interview on Oct. 22, 2025.

Illinois treasurer promises to pass nonprofit legislation vetoed by Pritzker

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October 22, 2025 5:28 pm

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After decades of red ink, a fresh push for a balanced budget amendment emerges

Kevin R. Kosar -

October 17, 2025 5:50 am

The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., shown Wednesday, June 21, 2006, measures 361 feet to the top of its familiar dome. The neck-bending skyscrapers that pack Chicago's fabled skyline are little more than scaled-down miniatures in downstate cities, where even the tallest buildings are at least three times shorter than the Sears Tower and John Hancock Center.

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Illinois has among highest-paid state employees

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October 11, 2025 3:23 pm

Sen. Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley, left, speaks as other senators are spread out at desks on the Senate floor and into an upper gallery Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Washington state's Legislature convened Monday under a large security presence because of concerns about efforts by armed groups who might try to disrupt the proceedings or occupy the Capitol, which is closed to the public due to the ongoing pandemic.

Economy

How WA’s public pension system planning could cost taxpayers down the road

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October 9, 2025 4:37 pm

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

Improper payments are cheating the taxpayer and bloating the federal budget

Rachel Greszler -

September 26, 2025 6:00 am

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DHS skirts Noem accountability vow by awarding contracts $1 under threshold

Decamillionaires in Congress make taxpayers pay for their lodging and lunches

Cost of bureaucracy exploded under Biden, report shows

Democratic senators stand by vote to end shutdown

Top House appropriator bullish on post-shutdown breakthrough

Illinois treasurer promises to pass nonprofit legislation vetoed by Pritzker

After decades of red ink, a fresh push for a balanced budget amendment emerges

Illinois has among highest-paid state employees

How WA’s public pension system planning could cost taxpayers down the road

Improper payments are cheating the taxpayer and bloating the federal budget

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