Amid soaring living costs, America’s biggest convenience-store chains quietly overcharge consumers

Guardian investigation: 7-Eleven and Circle K stores often fail to honor advertised prices – charging more at pump and register for gas, snacks, and other items…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/24/7-eleven-circle-k-convenience-stores-overcharge

How the dollar-store industry overcharges customers

A Guardian investigation reveals Dollar General and Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices – charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to Frosted Flakes…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/customers-pay-more-rising-dollar-store-costs

 

Medicare Advantage plans overcharged Medicare, audits show : Shots - Health News : NPR

Results of the 90 audits, though years old, mirror more recent findings of a slew of other government reports and whistleblower lawsuits — many released over the past year — alleging that Medicare Advantage plans routinely have inflated patient risk scores to overcharge the government by billions of dollars...

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/11/21/1137500875/audit-medicare-advantage-overcharged-medicare

Trump charged Secret Service 'exorbitant' hotel rates, records show - The Washington Post

Maloney, chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, obtained the records as part of her investigation into how Trump may have profited off his security agents' duty to follow him wherever he traveled. She wrote a letter Monday to Cheatle demanding a complete accounting of what taxpayers have paid — and continue to pay — the Trump Organization...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/17/trump-secret-service-hotel-rates-records/

House Democrats seek details on Secret Service payments to Trump’s company - The Washington Post

The House Oversight committee letter follows a Washington Post report that the Secret Service had been charged up to $650 per night at Mar-a-Lago.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-democrats-ask-secret-service-for-details-about-its-payments-to-trumps-company/2020/02/12/33b4a13e-4db3-11ea-bf44-f5043eb3918a_story.html