Trump said he would send the National Guard to Toronto and impose 50% tariffs on all Los Angeles products. AllGov reporter Sidney Finster suggested that perhaps Trump had confused the two cities. Because Toronto is in Canada, not the United States, Trump can’t send the National Guard there. And because Los Angeles is in the United States, Trump can’t impose tariffs on a U.S. city. Trump defended his position by saying, “I’m always right.”   read more

The proportion of Americans living in poverty is threatening to reach its highest level since 1965, according to numerous economists and academics. Poverty is spreading at a fast pace among the underemployed, the unemployed who have quit looking f...   read more

They cost consumers about $3 billion a year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) believes they are illegal, a bipartisan coalition of Senators has introduced legislation to abolish them, and President Barack Obama opposes them, but because federa...   read more

In a stunning display of chutzpah, oil giant BP, whose focus on profits and “complacency on major hazards” led to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill that spewed 205 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, is sending eight Louisiana...   read more

Just a few months after closing a manufacturing plant in London, Ontario, in order to transfer its work to a site in Indiana where workers would work for lower wages, heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar, Inc., is demanding that workers at its...   read more

Unless Congress acts to fix a massive financial crisis it created, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will default on a $5.5 billion pension payment to the U.S. Treasury due on August 1, as well as another $5.6 billion payment due on September 30. The...   read more

In a “major victory” for environmental activists, Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court last week struck down crucial parts of the state’s controversial Act 13, thus restoring zoning authority over natural gas drilling to local governments, which had ...   read more

Things are looking up at the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), a federal investigative and prosecutorial agency, following years of poor leadership under the Bush administration.   Responsible for investigating federal whistleblower disclosures a...   read more

Once again, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has been criticized for illegal hiring practices involving relatives of current employees.   The current nepotism problem was uncovered by the department’s inspector general (IG) who reported seven exa...   read more

In the wake of the resignation of career diplomat Cameron Munter, who was a casualty of Pakistani anger over civilian deaths and U.S. covert actions there, President Obama on July 17 nominated career diplomat Richard Olson, who served as Coordinat...   read more

On May 22, 2012, Lieutenant General Thomas P. Bostick became the 53rd U.S. Army Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Lieutenant General Bostick serves as the senior military officer overseeing most...   read more

The State Department does not have to release documents already published by WikiLeaks, said a federal judge in a case brought by civil libertarians.   The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued the State Department to force the release of 2...   read more

President Barack Obama, opting for continuity as the U.S. prepares to draw down its military presence in the war torn nation of Afghanistan by the end of 2014, on July 17 nominated veteran diplomat James B. Cunningham, currently deputy Ambassador ...   read more

Lynne Halbrooks became the Acting Inspector General for the Department of Defense on December 25, 2011, succeeding Gordon Heddell. The DoDIG is supposed to operate independently to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse through audits and inve...   read more

Twenty years after it helped establish a United Nations arms embargo on war-torn Somalia, the United States is now violating this international effort by helping local militias fighting Al-Qaeda.   According to the UN’s Somalia Eritrea Monitorin...   read more

With much of its surface covered in ice, Greenland continues to demonstrate the effects of global warming. And that’s not all bad, as far as the enormous island’s tourism industry is concerned.   Scientists from the United States recently notice...   read more

Hoping to fare better at nurturing the development of solar energy without enraging environmentalists, antagonizing financial interests and otherwise giving solar a bad name, the Obama administration announced a change in strategy this week.   I...   read more