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  • Trump to Stop Deportations If…

    Monday, November 03, 2025
    President Donald Trump invited the Dodgers to the White House. Many of their fans feared that the team, by accepting, would humiliate themselves and betray the team’s large Latino, Asian and African-American fan base. Dodgers controlling owner Mark Walter, along with co-owner Magic Johnson, have proposed a solution. Trump has promised that if he can keep the championship trophy, the Commissioner’s Trophy, he will end all seizures and deportations of immigrants.   read more
  • Defense Audit Agency Pulls Plug on Whistleblowing Region

    Friday, August 14, 2009
    In a move described as “unprecedented,” the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) has decided to shift the leadership of its western regional office—which has been plagued by internal complaints—to Texas, sparking even more complaints by agency aud...   read more
  • Mississippi and Montana Hardest Hit by Rise in Gas Prices

    Friday, August 14, 2009
    Nearly 10% of people’s income in Mississippi was spent buying gasoline in 2008, according to an analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The NRDC found that the significant jump in gas prices combined with the recession impacted m...   read more
  • Disabled Children More Likely to Receive Corporal Punishment in U.S. Schools

    Friday, August 14, 2009
    A study by the ACLU and Human Rights Watch on corporal punishment found the use of physical punishment is disproportionately used on students with disabilities in American schools. While disabled students make up 13.7% of the school population in ...   read more
  • Report: More Than $1 Trillion a Year in Health Care Waste

    Thursday, August 13, 2009
    Accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute has determined that the United States wastes more than $1 trillion a year on health care expenses that could be eliminated. The biggest waste ($210 billion) comes from doctors orde...   read more
  • Afghan Translator Blown Up and Then Fired

    Thursday, August 13, 2009
    Basir “Steve” Ahmed’s story is similar to other Afghans who have helped the U.S. military as translators in Afghanistan. Ahmed worked with American soldiers for four years, helping them communicate with locals, and then was fired by his U.S. emplo...   read more
  • Sentenced to Jail for Yawning

    Thursday, August 13, 2009
    Do not misbehave in Judge Daniel Rozak’s courtroom. The Chicago Circuit Court justice has a quick trigger for jailing anyone who does anything to disrupt courtroom proceedings, from allowing cell phones to go off to simply yawning.   Rozak’s kna...   read more
  • Inspector General Criticizes FAA for Helping Little-Used Airports

    Thursday, August 13, 2009
    Officials in the U.S. Department of Transportation have allocated millions of dollars in stimulus funds for small airports, even though the projects did not qualify for funding under the criteria established by the agency. The findings were uncove...   read more
  • Hugo Chávez Launches New Attack Against…Golf

    Thursday, August 13, 2009
    Golf is not proletarian enough for socialist leader Hugo Chávez of Venezuela. In a televised rant last Sunday against the sport, Chavez said “golf is a bourgeois sport,” which prompted supporters of the president to close down two of the country’s...   read more
  • Air Force to Train More Computer Pilots than Aircraft Pilots

    Wednesday, August 12, 2009
    Having graduated its first class of “drone pilots” only this year, the U.S. Air Force is now saying that the growing demand for unmanned aircraft missions is so great that it will have to train more of these new breed of “aces” who never leave the...   read more
  • Federal Judge Asks Why SEC Accepting Puny Penalty from Bank of America

    Wednesday, August 12, 2009
    Lawyers for the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America were caught off guard on Monday when a federal judge refused to approve a $33 million settlement over BofA’s attempt to hide the payment of billion-dollar bonuses from bank sha...   read more
  • Majority Want Single-Payer…But Not on Television

    Wednesday, August 12, 2009
    Public opinion surveys have consistently revealed that Americans like the idea of a government-funded health care option, like Medicare, to help solve the problem of the uninsured and underinsured in the United States. But news reporting by televi...   read more
  • Obama Promises Lieberman and Graham to Block Torture Photos

    Wednesday, August 12, 2009
    Whether it’s by congressional act, high court ruling, or presidential order, President Barack Obama is determined to keep hidden a set of controversial photos depicting detainees being abused by the American military. President Obama reportedly se...   read more
  • What Happened to Iraq’s Stolen Museum Treasures?

    Wednesday, August 12, 2009
    Six years after the invasion of Iraq, which resulted in widespread looting of Baghdad’s antiquities, the country is still trying to reclaim thousands of historical pieces that are not only important to Iraqi cultural heritage, but world civilizati...   read more
  • War in Afghanistan: Americans Pull Out Their Check Books

    Tuesday, August 11, 2009
    If the United States follows through on the commitments required to meet President Barack Obama’s long-term plan for stabilizing Afghanistan, the government will end up spending even more money to tame it than has already been allocated to fight ...   read more
  • Guantánamo Detainees: Kansas Scared, Michigan Says Bring ‘em On

    Tuesday, August 11, 2009
    One state’s nightmare might be another’s opportunity when it comes to figuring out what to do with the detainees at Guantánamo Bay detention facility, which President Barack Obama wants to shut down. Republican opposition out of Kansas is so fierc...   read more
  • 10 Simple Health Reforms to Save Money…and Lives

    Tuesday, August 11, 2009
    Eliminating billions of dollars in expenses from the healthcare system isn’t entirely dependent on Congress and the president to hammer out a complicated reform measure. According to a new report by the advocacy group Public Citizen, the nation co...   read more
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