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Your tax dollars support troops of defense contractor CEOs

Hurricane Irma caused catastrophic damage in the Caribbean and is heading toward Florida. Are we prepared?

Disney has nixed Robert Zemeckis' plans for reanimating The Beatles. Why this might actually be a bad thing

Ugland House, five stories tall and home to 19,000 companies, is "the poster child for offshore tax haven abuses"

Eight million people have fallen into poverty since Republicans let aid expire months ago, studies show

The money set aside for defense spending only makes up half of what we actually pay for "security"

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We've been a fed a myth about heroic individuals -- and that allows the 1 percent to prosper at everyone's expense

A Twitter user asks a simple question, and it snowballs into brilliance

It's not just that its books don't add up. The Department of Defense is actively disguising how it spends its funds

Total cost of the war could hit $1 trillion

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell lamented  “It’s disappointing, but it’s not a Republican problem.”

Amid the pandemic, some economists have called for debt relief for struggling countries

Vice President Mike Pence joined Chuck Todd and discussed the national debt and President Trump's tax plan