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Improper US Government Payments Rose To $186 Billion In 2025: Watchdog
Improper US Government Payments Rose To $186 Billion In 2025: Watchdog
Authored by Sylvia Xu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Federal government agencies reported a total estimate of about $186 billion in improper payments in fiscal year 2025, an increase of $24 billion from 2024.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office building in Washington on May 22, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
About $153 billion—roughly 82 percent—of this total arose from overpayments.
The Government Accountability Office estimated that cumulative improper payments have reached about $3 trillion since fiscal year 2003. The actual amount may...
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Apr 14, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Fauci Deputy Who Refused COVID-19 Vaccine Feared Retaliation: Emails
Fauci Deputy Who Refused COVID-19 Vaccine Feared Retaliation: Emails
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
A top government doctor who declined to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 was worried he would lose his job and medical license in retaliation, according to newly obtained emails.
The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., on May 30, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
“There were times when I was worried about losing my job especially when we first started receiving emails about [vaccine] mandate deadlines,” Dr. Matthew Memoli, who led the...
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Mar 24, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Wall Street's Trillion-Dollar Bet On "Tax Alpha"
Wall Street's Trillion-Dollar Bet On "Tax Alpha"
Tax alpha — the practice of improving investment returns by reducing taxes — has become one of the fastest-growing strategies on Wall Street, according to Bloomberg.
Rather than focusing only on beating the market, many investment firms now design portfolios to minimize taxes, often producing higher after-tax returns even if pre-tax performance is similar to traditional strategies.
After years of rising markets, many wealthy Americans hold large unrealized gains in stocks and funds. To address the resulting tax burden, asset managers have developed a wide...
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Mar 20, 2026 / Tyler Durden
John Fetterman Reveals Who's Really The Leader Of His Party
John Fetterman Reveals Who's Really The Leader Of His Party
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) sat down for an interview on the "All-In Podcast" this week and made a telling admission about the Democratic Party.
When co-host David Friedberg asked Fetterman point-blank, "Who do you think leads the Democratic Party today?" the Pennsylvania senator didn't flinch. "Oh, we don't have one," he said. "I think the TDS, that's the leader right now. You know, right now our party is governed by the TDS.”
Fetterman then described what that governance actually looks like in...
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