Free Beacon Ali Meyer

Ali Meyer is a staff writer with the Washington Free Beacon covering economic issues that expose government waste, fraud, and abuse. Prior to the Free Beacon, she was a multimedia reporter with CNSNews.com where her work appeared on outlets such as Drudge Report and Fox News. She also interned with the Heritage Foundation and Pacific Research Institute. Her Twitter handle is @DJAliMeyer, and her email address is meyer@freebeacon.com.


Barack Obama

Obama Trip Cost Taxpayers $3.6 Million

Obama flew to Palm Beach, Florida, to play golf with Tiger Woods

cash money

Economy Expanded at Rate of 2.9% in Third Quarter of 2016

Economy grew at rate of 1.4 percent in second quarter

A Chinese clerk counts RMB (renminbi) yuan banknotes at a branch of China Construction Bank

U.S.-China Commission Calls for Ban on China's Purchases of U.S. Companies

Commission: Allowing China to buy American firms 'high risk,' would adversely affect national security

Food Stamps

States Did Not Enforce Work Requirements for Food Stamp Recipients

Audit: States said implementing provisions 'too burdensome'

The Obamacare Death Spiral Is Upon Us

Premiums to rise by as much as 145%, insurer participation plummeting

Podesta: Bernie Sanders' Single-Payer Health Care Proposal ‘Sucks’

Hillary Clinton has said in private speeches that single-payer systems lower costs

Janet Yellen

Survey: 70% of Economists Believe Fed's Political Donations Undermine Its Independence

More than a third believe Yellen should step down if asked by the next president to do so

Hillary Clinton

Podesta: Clinton Issued 'Weird Denial' When Asked If She Would Cut Middle-Class Taxes

Clinton's comms team said she needed more guidance on middle-class taxes

Barack Obama

Record-High Number of Pages of Obama Regulations Exceed That of Bush, Clinton

Obama administration regulations are 167 times longer than the Bible

As Cities Contemplate Soda Tax, Critics Say It Kills Jobs and Has No Impact on Health

One study finds that implementing soda tax leads to more beer consumption