Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy.
Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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Witness Will Tell House DOGE Panel How Terrorists Got $122 Million from USAID
Evidence of mis-directed U.S. tax dollars is growing wider and deeper as investigators within and without government keep digging.
Trump Admin Unveils New Stricter Performance Appraisal System for Top Career Officials
Top career civil service managers will no longer be judged within rules that allow almost everybody to rate highest.
Reactions Muted to OMB Director’s Empowering of Political Deputies
Federal worker unions are holding their fire on a Trump administration move designed to ensure career officials’ compliance on spending.
Trump’s Budget Chief Moves to Authorize His Political Appointees to Make Spending Decisions
The decision gives Vought greater leverage to keep on track subordinates who could otherwise slow-walk or block policies at the department and agency levels.
75,000 Federal Workers Accepted Buyout Offer Before Deadline Closed
On average, 6,250 civil servants opted to leave the government each day under the president’s plan.
In 1st DOGE Hearing, Little Said About IG Watchdogs
Representatives from both parties leveled accusations at each other during heated hearing on improper payments by government.
House DOGE Panel to Examine Billions in Improper Payments by Federal Officials
Witnesses scheduled to testify include a former FBI agent who is now senior director for federal affairs at the Foundation for Government Accountability.
PBS Poll Finds Majority of Trump Voters Back Its Federal Funding as House DOGE Panel Eyes Budget Cuts
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who chairs the DOGE panel, told The Epoch Times she’s not convinced by the survey results.
2 Decades Ago, a Senator’s Probe of USAID Funding Led to Government Transparency Reform
Public disclosure of federal spending today is thanks largely to a Republican senator from Oklahoma.
More Than 40,000 Federal Workers Have Accepted Buyout Offer
On Feb. 6, a federal judge pushed back the deadline to accept the offer to Feb. 10.
