The Pentagon has spent more than $26 million treating transgender troops since 2020, official records show. The number of US military personnel with gender dysphoria has doubled in that time: …
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- Health
West Virginia court rules that gender-affirming surgery must be paid for by taxpayers, in landmark decision
by AlexanderGender-affirming surgery must be funded by state health plans, a Richmond court ruled. The federal appeals court is the first in the country to say the transition should be covered …
- Money
Taxpayers could be hit with a multi-million pound bill to help Royal Mail deliver mail
by ElijahBy Jessica Clark Updated: 16:51 EDT, April 27, 2024 Taxpayers could be forced to foot a multi-million pound bill to help Royal Mail deliver mail. The 500-year-old postal service, which …
- Australia
Nationals leader David Littleproud took flights to the Gold Coast on the taxpayers’ coin – just days after he settled on a flash new Surfers Paradise pad
by ElijahBy Max Aitchison for WhatsNew2Day Australia Published: 19:26EDT, April 23, 2024 | Updated: 19:26EDT, April 23, 2024 The Nationals leader claimed taxpayer-funded cash for a trip to the Gold Coast, …
- US
Moment Rep. Mike Waltz holds up a $90,000 bag of insulator joints as stumped USAF Secretary admits he has NO IDEA such basic parts cost that much for taxpayers
by JackUS Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall had an awkward moment in Congress when he was stumped by a question about excessive military spending. The military leader was questioned by Florida …
- US
‘The Million Dollar Terrorist’: Fury as Boston Marathon bomber’s prison canteen bill tops $4,000 (on top of his $26,000 trust fund), while 30-year-old man rots in the death row at ‘Alcatraz of the Rockies’ that has cost taxpayers more than $1 M
by JackA former warden at the prison where the Boston Marathon bomber lives has harshly criticized the killer for saving more than $24,000 in prison, including donations from sick strangers. Dzhokhar …
- US
New York City hires Elon Musk’s lawyer to represent Mayor Eric Adams in a sexual assault lawsuit, and taxpayers can expect the bill to cost $2,000 AN HOUR.
by JackNew York taxpayers will foot the bill for one of America’s most expensive celebrity lawyers to help the city’s mayor, Eric Adams, fight sexual assault allegations. Alex Spiro, who made …
- US
TV star sheriff, his glamorous wife and daughter are arrested after ‘stealing $5 million from taxpayers’ while the family allegedly spent $327,000 on vacations and $56,000 on luxury cigars.
by JackA former southern Indiana sheriff faces 25 felony charges after allegedly spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on luxury purchases, including vacations, vehicles and cigarettes. Jamey Noel, 52, along …
- World
Irish reunification would cost Irish taxpayers £17bn a year for two decades and require a 25% tax rise, study finds
by AlexanderThe reunification of Ireland would impose huge financial pressures on the Republic, amounting to around £17 billion a year for 20 years and requiring a significant rise in taxes, a …
- US
Senators want to get taxpayers ‘off the hook’ for paying for absent Biden bureaucrats: New bipartisan bill requires federal telework policies to be more transparent to avoid wasting over $5 billion on empty offices
by JackSens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Gary Peters, D-Mich., introduced the bill. Its goal is to provide greater transparency about federal teleworker policies. The move comes after Ernst previously revealed that …