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The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the most expensive weapons system ever built. Total acquisition costs exceed $442 billion, 89.7 percent greater than the initial estimate of $233 billion, and total lifetime costs will exceed $2 trillion. Despite these enormous outlays, the JSF fleet continues to suffer from lackluster readiness rates. To turn the program […]
Adding to the success of President Trump’s Anti-Fraud Task Force, the House of Representatives passed eight bills that would increase the ability of federal agencies to uncover and prosecute fraud and wasteful spending. On June 8, 2026, the House passed three bills to help prevent fraud. H.R. 6916, the Federal Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention […]
Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. Congress Should End This Abysmal Obamacare Failure In a June 11, 2026, op-ed in The […]
The most noticeable results of stealing copper wire and other telecommunications equipment are the physical evidence of the theft and the loss of connections for businesses and consumers to telecommunications networks. But the impact is far more pervasive and often dire, as noted in two reports released during the June 4, 2026, Telecom Industry Summit: Protecting Critical Communications […]
As Americans prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, the festivities should include recognition of the United States as the global leader in biopharmaceutical development and innovation. However, America’s place atop the globe is being challenged by government intervention, specifically provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Most Favored Nation (MFN) […]
The most costly, corrupt, and inequitable practice in the history of Congress has once again been exposed in the 2026 Congressional Pig Book. The 33rd edition of “the book Washington doesn’t want you to read” tracks the rise of earmarks to near-record levels of spending in the fourth year since members of Congress restored the […]
Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) Releases 2025 Congressional Ratings On June 1, 2026, […]
The enactment of a comprehensive national data privacy framework to replace the complex and costly patchwork of state laws has eluded the past three sessions of Congress. Hoping to achieve that objective in the 119th Congress, on June 3, 2026, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing, “Examining […]
Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and efforts to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. CAGW Names Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Chuck Fleischmann May 2026 Porkers of the Month CAGW […]
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is not celebrating its 250th anniversary with the rest of America because it was founded as the U.S. Post Office on July 26, 1775, at the Second Continental Congress, making it the second oldest federal agency or department. The national postal system was formalized in the Constitution in Article […]
