Every lawmaker is for change, but not if it means sacrificing their pet project, favorite acronym-laden agency, or beloved ribbon-cutting opportunity.

THE PHILIPPINES’ anti-graft court has rejected Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Ejercito Estrada’s motion to dismiss his graft charges in connection with a multibillion-peso pork barrel scam. “The court is ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. spoke at the ceremonial signing at Malacañan Palace of a joint circular for the establishment of P1 billion worth of child development centers in low-income parts of ...

In the last several years, the people elected to run Alabama’s largest county have been doling out more and more pork, dipping into ... Some of that spending has gone to government-related ...

“If the candidate is contesting as part of a group of candidates nominated for an election in a GRC, the maximum spending limit is $5 per elector on the register for that GRC divided by the ...

For most of the second half of the 2024-25 National Hockey League campaign, the battle for the President's Trophy has been a two-horse race between the Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets. The ...

Simply sign up to the Eurozone economy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. A surge in Eurozone government borrowing costs as a result of Germany’s planned defence spending spree ...

Elon Musk doubled down on his pledge to cut government spending by $1 trillion — an amount that would slash the federal budget deficit in half and, if implemented, put the U.S. much closer to ...

Campaign spending has smashed records in Wisconsin’s high-stakes Supreme Court race, as megadonors from both parties are directing millions to the closely watched election that’s set to decide ...

MANILA, Philippines — Several groups and individuals on Friday challenged three provisions of the 2025 national government spending law ... of a congressional pork barrel,” the petition ...

Three Scotch whisky companies have come under the police scanner after hundreds of people were reportedly conned of millions of pounds in a whisky barrel investment scam in the UK, BBC reported.

Ochoa, the petitioners said the high tribunal defined pork barrel as a kind of lump sum ... and several other aid programs from the election spending ban. But the guidelines stress that candidates ...