The Latest Breaking News from Earmarks

Unfettered by potential challenges to his position after deciding to step aside, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has returned to the earmarking game with gusto.

There’s a new champion House earmarker, and it’s Kentucky Republican James R. Comer, the powerful Oversight and Accountability panel chair.

Controversial Democrat earmarks in congressional budget request spark criticism from conservative groups.

The package earmarks $19.6 billion for Customs and Border Protection, marking a $3.2 billion increase from the previous fiscal year. Notably absent is any allocation for the controversial border wall, while $495 million is designated for additional Border Patrol agents in line with the Biden administration's calls.

Why are federal taxpayers paying for upgrades at tiny rural airports, Thanksgiving Day parades, and enhancements for Alaskan king crabs?

California Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee, Katie Porter and Adam B. Schiff, plus Republican Steve Garvey, met in a televised Senate debate.

Rep. Katie Porter, a Democrat vying for Senate in California, says she would work to ban spending earmarks and lawmakers' stock trading.

The Russian parliament has approved a 2024-2026 budget that earmarks a record amount for defense spending

The Senate rejected an amendment that would ban earmarks from three spending bills that are part of a fiscal 2024 spending package.