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Sunday, Oct 19

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It's Worth It for Taxpayers To Save the Brightline

Set foot in one of Florida's Brightline rail stations, like the one located in downtown Fort Lauderdale, and you will be greeted by a host of dazzling amenities.

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Arkansas’ taxpayer-funded student accounts went primarily to religious schools in spring 2025, officials say

www.arkansasonline.com

Roughly 81% of the private schools that received more than $100,000 in Educational Freedom Account funds in the spring 2025 semester were religiously affiliated, according to researchers and state officials.

UK taxpayers still fork out '£41bn to cover EU's waste' despite Brexit

www.express.co.uk

In Greece, an EU financial instrument loan for small and medium-sized enterprises funded the purchase of a private property with a swimming pool.

Gloucester's The Forum project delays cost taxpayers £450k

Council chiefs had expected that most of the £107m development would be practically completed in the early part the financial year

Saturday, Oct 18

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Taxpayer charged £700k to maintain derelict asylum centre

inews.co.uk

Public Accounts Committee chair accused the Home Office of 'creating one financial loss after another'

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Final-hour scramble to keep Chagos Islands British and save taxpayers billions

www.express.co.uk

Britain should spend cash on drones for UK army - not on multibillion-pound 'deal' to hand sovereignty of key base to Mauritius, says Shadow Defence Secretary

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MTG names her one positive to come from the shutdown: the end to ‘taxpayer-funded weather modification’ that isn’t really happening

www.independent.co.uk

Federal officials have said U.S. government is not involved in large-scale outdoor weather modification experiments

Friday, Oct 17

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Bessent Stakes Credibility and Taxpayer Money on Argentina Bet

www.nytimes.com

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s multibillion-dollar bailout of a serial defaulter raises the specter of losses for the United States.

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Reform politician billed taxpayer for almost £2k in legal fees. She won't say if it was to gag staff

www.walesonline.co.uk

"People need to know if taxpayers’ money was used to gag the staff of someone who is now Nigel Farage’s most senior elected representative in Wales"

Thursday, Oct 16

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Maniac in fatal NYC subway beatdown drew pics of cops, Founding Fathers being murdered, interned in taxpayer-funded art program

nypost.com

David Mazariegos posted a series of artworks online depicting himself beheading America’s Founding Fathers and NYPD officers as pigs being slaughtered.

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AOC won’t directly answer whether illegal immigrants should get taxpayer-funded healthcare

nypost.com

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., sidestepped a question about whether she believed illegal immigrants should receive taxpayer-funded healthcare during a CNN town hall.

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AOC dodges question on taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants at town hall

www.foxnews.com

During a CNN town hall, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., repeatedly dodged questions about whether she believes illegal immigrants should receive taxpayer-funded healthcare.

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Taxpayers to fork out ‘another £60m’ so small boat migrants can get private health care

www.express.co.uk

The contract is set to run for at least the next six years but could be extended to 2035, reports say.

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Warning to 28m taxpayers over 'hole in the system' found by Martin Lewis

The strange tax rule means you can take home more money by earning less

Alert for 28 million taxpayers over Martin Lewis' 'bizarre' tax rule warning

The strange tax rule means you can take home more money by earning less

Wednesday, Oct 15

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Taxpayer-funded agency set up by Elizabeth Warren is HIRING despite shutdown-forced jobs bloodbath

www.dailymail.co.uk

Pen-pushers at the bureau have exploited a loophole despite the government shutdown forcing hundreds of thousands of federal employees to be furloughed or laid off.

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Michelle Mone-linked firm misses deadline to repay £122million to taxpayer over defective PPE

www.mirror.co.uk

Health Secretary Wes Streeting vowed to go after PPE Medpro 'with everything we've got' after it failed to meet a demand by the High Court to repay cash by today

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PPE firm linked to 'Baroness Bra' misses deadline to repay £145 million it owes taxpayers for defective surgical gowns

www.dailymail.co.uk

Underwear tycoon Baroness Mone has been embroiled in controversy over the defective surgical gowns supplied to the NHS by PPE Medpro at the height of the Covid pandemic.

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Outrageous reason LA County CEO was awarded $2m payout for 'hurt feelings' that'll see her take months off taxpayer-funded $570,000-a-year job

www.dailymail.co.uk

Bombshell letters have revealed why taxpayer-funded CEO of Los Angeles County, Fesia Davenport, was quietly awarded $2million before she abruptly took a leave of absence.