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.


Fastest Growing City Economies in U.S. Came from Texas

Washington, D.C., was slowest-growing large metro area

Census: One in Five Children Live in Poverty

36 percent of black children below poverty line

U.S. Postal Service Has Not Earned a Profit in Almost a Decade

The government-owned enterprise has lost $51.7 billion since 2007

Federal Student Loan Debt Exceeds $1T; $103 Billion in Default

Public Service Loan Forgiveness program up six fold in two years

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Jobs General Electric Moved to France Don’t Exist; Were Never Going to Be in U.S.

GE always planned to move jobs to France, despite Ex-Im claim

Still Zero: Federal Reserve Doesn’t Increase Interest Rates at September Meeting

Fed has kept interest rates at zero for 82 consecutive months

Report: Gov’t Purposely Lowballs Costs of Projects to Get Them Underway

Projects end up costing taxpayers billions more than estimated

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400 Jobs General Electric Threatened to Ship Overseas Do Not Exist

GE said lack of Ex-Im funds would prompt company to move jobs outside U.S.

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General Electric Moving 500 Jobs Overseas Due to Lack of Ex-Im Funds

GE is second largest beneficiary of Ex-Im Bank after Boeing