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Billions Meant for US Small Businesses Going to China, Russia: Watchdog

Small businesses seeking to grow their overseas sales are supposed to be the primary beneficiaries of loan guarantees by the U.S. Export-Import Bank (EX-IM), but a new analysis by a nonprofit government watchdog finds most of the funds go to corporate giants and corrupt regimes overseas. “Small businesses, supposedly the intended beneficiary of the Export-Import…


Billions Meant for US Small Businesses Go to China, Russia: Watchdog

Small businesses seeking to increase their overseas sales are supposed to be the primary beneficiaries of loan guarantees by the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im), although a new analysis by a nonprofit government watchdog finds most of the funds are going to corporate giants and corrupt foreign regimes. “Small businesses, supposedly the intended beneficiary of the…


Watchdog Finds 69% of NIH Scientists Don’t Report Foreign, China Ties; $350M Secret Royalty Payments | Facts Matter

According to a new report that just came from the government watchdog agency responsible for overseeing the NIH, it turns out that nearly three-quarters of the scientists and researchers who accept NIH grant money—meaning, people who receive NIH tax-payer funding to conduct research—fail to properly report their ties to foreign countries and companies. Specifically, the…


Dems Silent as Republicans Rip Into Secret Royalty Checks to Fauci, Hundreds of NIH Scientists

Top Democratic leaders with oversight of the National Institutes for Health (NIH) are keeping quiet about the $350 million in secret payments to agency leaders like Dr. Anthony Fauci and hundreds of its scientists. The Epoch Times received no responses from multiple requests to Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) for comment…


Democrats Silent as Republicans Rip Into Secret Royalty Checks to Fauci, Hundreds of NIH Scientists

Top Democratic leaders with oversight of the National Institutes for Health (NIH) are keeping quiet about the $350 million in secret payments to agency leaders like Dr. Anthony Fauci and hundreds of its scientists. The Epoch Times received no responses from multiple requests to Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) for comment…


Non-Profit Watchdog Uncovers $350 Million in Secret Payments to Fauci, Collins, Others at NIH

An estimated $350 million in undisclosed royalties were paid to the National Institutes for Health (NIH) and hundreds of its scientists, including the agency’s recently departed director, Dr. Francis Collins, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, according to a non-profit government watchdog. “We estimate that up to $350 million in royalties from third parties were paid to…


Nonprofit Watchdog Uncovers $350 Million in Secret Payments to Fauci, Collins, Others at NIH

An estimated $350 million in undisclosed royalties were paid to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and hundreds of its scientists, including the agency’s recently departed director, Dr. Francis Collins, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, according to a nonprofit government watchdog. “We estimate that up to $350 million in royalties from third parties were paid to…


Aspen Institute Gets Millions in Federal Tax Dollars as Employees Fund Liberal Candidates, Causes

Aspen Institute employees contributed more than $800,000 to Democratic candidates and causes between 2017 and 2021, even as their employer got $38.2 million in federal funds and paid for hundreds of foreign junkets taken by Members of Congress and their staffs. The Washington, D.C.-based liberal non-profit has 609 employees and received more than $131 million…


Many Big-City Democrat Mayors Defunded Police While Spending Heavily on Their Security Details, Watchdog Finds

Democratic mayors in 20 of the nation’s 25 biggest cities slashed police department budgets and positions even as they spent millions of tax dollars on their own security details, according to data obtained by a government watchdog. “In 25 major U.S. cities, officials have proposed cutting—or in 20 cases already cut—police budgets. However, what OpentheBooks.com