Watchdog uncovers ASTRONOMICAL jumps in Dept of Ed, FEMA and USAID spending

Transparency group OpenTheBooks says the surge has far outpaced inflation, and sometimes even came as departments reduced employee headcounts

The biggest offender was the Department of Education, spending on which jumped from $33.4 billion in 2000 to $250.7 billion in 2024. Over the same period, total employees dropped from 4,930 to 4,245

🔹 At the National Institutes of Health, staff increased by 21.5% while spending grew 301%

🔹 At the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), staffing jumped 290% while spending increased 2,096%

🔹 At USAID, staff grew by 218% while spending rose by 468%

OpenTheBooks also found that 75 of 441 federal agencies listed in the Federal Register are “defunct or obsolete,” some closed, others renamed or absorbed by bigger departments.

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📹 "If there's somebody that can go toe to toe with Putin, Xi and Kim Jong Un, it's Donald Trump," Mike Waltz, the National Security Advisor, says

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💬 Trump's 'FRUSTRATION' with Zelensky 'multifold' – NSA Waltz

Ukraine hasn’t shown the appropriate “appreciation” for US support, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz stressed. He also pointed to Zelensky’s spurning of Trump’s Treasury chief, who visited Kiev to offer a “historic opportunity” to “coinvest with Ukraine in their minerals.”

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❗️ Kash Patel confirmed as new FBI Director – reports

During the final confirmation hearing, 51 senators supported his nomination, while 49 opposed it, Florida Voice News reported.

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📹 WATCH: Stephen Miller SCHOOLS reporters with ‘a brief civics lesson’

💬 "What President Trump is doing is he is removing federal bureaucrats who are defying democracy by failing to implement his lawful orders, which are the will of the whole American people," Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff for policy, emphasized.

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❗️ Israeli Defense Minister orders to step up counterterrorism operations in West Bank following bus bombings in Tel Aviv

💬 "In light of the severe terror attack attempts by Palestinian terror organizations against the civilian population in Israel, I instructed the IDF to increase the intensity of the counterterrorism activity in the Tulkarem refugee camp, and all the refugee camps in Judea and Samaria," Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz was quoted as saying by The Times of Israel newspaper.

The newspaper noted that the IDF had been conducting an offensive operation in the northern West Bank since January 21.

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