California is the only state in the country that has refused to reveal public spending records to a government watchdog, prompting threats of legal action. 
South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg (D.) criticized his rival Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D., Mass.) Medicare for All for relying on "controversial" math in a Sunday interview. 
Presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) claimed that non-billionaires won’t pay “a penny more” under her Medicare for All plan, despite analysis of the plan suggesting otherwise.
MSNBC host Hallie Jackson and reporter Ali Vitali lavished praise on presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D., Mass.) new Medicare for All plan, calling it the "ultimate clapback" to her critics. 
Sen. Joni Ernst (R., Iowa) wants to ban federal agencies from frivolous end-of-year spending that costs taxpayers an estimated $100 billion each year. 
The Tonight Show told the state it spent more than $3 million to air in Minnesota, including a $162,000 paycheck for host Jimmy Fallon. Records obtained by Minnesota Public Radio via public records request indicate the show also pocketed $266,834.50 through a Minnesota government rebate program amid questionable eligibility. 
Congress has stealthily packed $15.3 billion worth of earmarks into its 2019 fiscal year budgets despite its moratorium on the practice, according to a new report. 
California congressman T.J. Cox (D.) shut down his Capitol Hill office for two days last week to fly his staff to a small town in Fresno County for a retreat. 
After Democrats took control of the House with many candidates stressing the importance of passing a budget, party leadership has punted the idea of passing a budget due to internal divides over spending priorities and taxes. 
Federal agencies are not monitoring how taxpayer funds are being spent, or whether research grants are being properly disclosed to the public. 