Danielle Carter-Walters may be known to some as the face of the Chicago Flips Red group. Now, the 52-year-old Chicago native and small business owner is running for mayor as a Republican in a crowded field of Democrats.

Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force concluded that the people were wrongly signed up for the government health care program.

Stagflation is a unique and harmful economic phenomenon defined by the simultaneous presence of inflation, stagnant economic growth, and high unemployment. All three conditions rarely occur at the same time, but when stagflation does happen, it can have significant negative consequences for the economy and the national debt.

Americans recently learned that our total national debt has surpassed $40 trillion. Publicly held debt (at more than $32 trillion) is now eclipsing the nation’s annual gross domestic product, and annual interest payments top $1 trillion. On our present trajectory, the public debt will exceed 120 percent of GDP within a decade, with interest claiming more than $2 trillion of the annual budget.

Market-based capitalism is better than government-driven socialism. It was an honor to interact with students at Kennesaw State University as part of the Bagwell Center for the Study of Markets and Economic Opportunity and make this case.

Federal law enforcement officers have arrested two employees of California-based homelessness non-profits on corruption charges, alleging that they misappropriated millions in taxpayer dollars.

Vice President JD Vance announced Monday the Trump administration will suspend roughly 870,000 people suspected of defrauding pandemic-era small business programs from receiving future federal loans.

A California man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after orchestrating nearly $270 million in fraudulent claims submitted to Medi-Cal, the California Medicaid program.

You work. You get paid. Washington takes its cut. But have you ever stopped to ask one simple question: Where does the money actually go?

The federal interest burden has reached a new height, exceeding even the 1991 record, but analysts warn the risks associated with servicing the ever-growing national debt today are much higher than they were 35 years ago, analysts warn.

The US House is calling on Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to testify over alleged “waste, fraud and abuse” involving more than $1 billion in federal homelessness funding funneled through the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), according to a letter obtained by The California Post.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promised skittish bond investors earlier this month that the White House would roll out a new plan for tackling the federal government’s persistent deficit within days.

President Donald Trump's administration announced a "historic" crackdown on trucking fraud during a news conference in Detroit on Monday.

A judge in Minnesota sentenced two men to prison on Wednesday for running a massive pandemic fraud campaign.

Last week, the national debt topped $40 trillion for the first time in our history. Of that amount, almost half was added since 2019.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the Democratic Party’s current "experiment" amid the rise of democratic socialist candidates "healthy," drawing swift conservative backlash from critics who accused her of embracing the party’s socialist wing.

When Vice President JD Vance — President Trump’s appointed fraud czar — stood before the Cabinet at Camp David at the end of July, he rattled off some eye-popping numbers. His team had uncovered $230 billion in fraud and stopped $56 billion of it before a dime went out the door.

Higher spending on Social Security, Medicare, debt interest, tax cuts have accelerated federal budget deficits

The Treasury Department's daily financial report shows that the nation's debt reached $40.05 trillion on August 18, more than double its level in 2017. The federal debt has ballooned because government spending is outstripping revenue, forcing the U.S. to borrow more money to cover the shortfall.

An immigrant in Minnesota who once received an "outstanding refugee" award from the state government has been charged with Medicaid fraud, prompting strong backlash on social media.

A Minneapolis man who ran a multi-year Medicaid fraud scheme pleaded guilty Monday. Fernando Navarro, 53, said he was providing personal care services to a child in Minnesota. After the child moved to California, Navarro continued to bill the Minnesota Department of Human Services for more than two years for the same services.

Vice President JD Vance delivered a wake-up call to Republicans on Thursday, cautioning them against blaming young Americans for embracing socialism and arguing that the GOP deserves some of the blame.

Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña is facing federal wire fraud and money laundering charges after he allegedly improperly used COVID relief money.

The Social Security Trustees’ annual report on the program’s outlook shows that the largest component of the federal budget is on an unsustainable path. Social Security’s primary trust fund is projected to be depleted by 2032, at which point, benefits for every recipient will be automatically cut by 22 percent, unless reform is enacted. In fact, the depletion date has moved so close that Senators elected in this year’s election will be serving in office when Social Security becomes unable to pay out full benefits.

Taxpayers are paying more money while the street homeless population continues to grow

A South Florida woman who was captured in Jamaica after landing on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges tied to an alleged multimillion-dollar COVID-19 relief fraud scheme.

Perpetually avoiding doing your job is no way to govern

Interest Costs on the Debt Are the Fastest Growing Part of the Budget

American autism care providers are backing the Trump administration's crackdown on Medicaid fraud, arguing that the alleged theft of millions of federal funds has hurt both taxpayers and children with autism who rely on those services.

The most recent projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirm once again that America’s fiscal outlook is on an unsustainable path — increasingly driven by higher interest costs. Growing debt, in addition to the rise in interest rates over the past couple of years, has significantly increased the cost of federal borrowing. In 2025, interest costs on the national debt totaled $970 billion — surpassing most other components of the federal budget.