Millions in Taxpayer Cash Awarded to Subsidiary of U.S.-Sanctioned CCP ‘Military Company’

The federal government awarded $2.6 million in taxpayer cash to a biotech company controlled by a Chinese firm that is sanctioned by the American government and designated as a CCP “military company,” spending records show.

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Taxpayer Watchdogs Rip GOP Farm Bill’s Billion-Dollar Subsidy Package

The farm bill unveiled by the House GOP is taking flak from taxpayer watchdogs as a corporate-sponsored boondoggle.

Biden Food Stamp Chief Offloads Policymaking to Soros-Funded Think Tank, Ethics Complaint Charges

A top official at the Department of Agriculture fielded a question that she couldn't answer. Instead of consulting her colleagues at the Agriculture Department, she immediately forwarded the reporter's question to her former coworkers at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a George Soros-funded think tank.

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Midwest Mystic or Manchurian Candidate?

Henry Agard Wallace (1888-1965) left his mark on what he memorably proclaimed the Century of the Common Man—as plant geneticist, entrepreneur, spiritualist, author, magazine editor, transformative secretary of agriculture under Franklin Roosevelt, and Roosevelt's second vice president. To his admirers Wallace was a conviction politician who denounced segregation in front of Southern audiences and criticized Cold War profiteers long before Dwight Eisenhower alerted us to the military-industrial complex. Detractors mocked Wallace as a religious crank, bureaucratic bungler, and apologist for Joseph Stalin.

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How China’s Push To Control U.S. Food Supply Prepares It for War with Taiwan

China’s rush to purchase U.S. farmland and exert control over America’s food supply is a warning sign that Beijing is stockpiling resources in preparation for a war, the chairman of the House Select Committee on China told the Washington Free Beacon.

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U.S. Forest Service Sparked New Mexico Wildfire

A series of prescribed burns led to a number of runaway wildfires that burned down thousands of acres in New Mexico.

You Don’t Need National Parks To Find Summer Solitude

America's national parks are world famous for good reason, but they're far from the be-all and end-all of outdoor recreation.