President Donald Trump gleefully announced that, under his direction, U.S. military troops had swooped down on the Governor’s Mansion in Sacramento and kidnapped California Governor Gavin Newsom. “We’re charging Newscum with fraud.” When a reporter asked for specifics about the fraud charges, Trump pointed to Attorney General Pam Bondi. Bondi, clearly taken by surprise, said, “We’re looking into it and will let you know the details as soon as we’ve created them.”   read more

The U.S. border patrol is planning to get tough with illegal immigrants caught entering the country, even though the number of those apprehended in recent years has dropped significantly.   Using a system already in effect in Arizona, the Custom...   read more

When police pressure innocent people into confessing to crimes they did not commit, it means those who are guilty avoid punishment, sometimes for years or even decades.   The nonprofit Innocence Project found that of 80 convicted murderers who w...   read more

Lawyers representing Guantánamo detainees are continuing to object to the base commander's new policy requiring all mail to prisoners, including confidential legal correspondence, be read by military contractors.   Rear Admiral David B. Woods, w...   read more

Legalizing marijuana for medical purposes can mean fewer drunk drivers on the road, and fewer traffic deaths, according to a new study.   Researchers from universities in Colorado, Oregon and Montana reviewed accident statistics from 1990 to 200...   read more

The race for the Republican presidential nominee has been dominated so far, in terms of money, by the super PAC—political action committees established by wealthy individuals trying to influence who wins the GOP nomination.   Front-runner Mitt R...   read more

There is money to be made, a lot of it, helping the wealthy make and protect their fortunes.   One group is known as compensation consultants. These high-flyers assist Wall Street firms decide how many millions they can spend each year on bonuse...   read more

Had it waited just a couple more days, defense contractor KBR Inc. might have gotten off completely without agreeing to pay anything.   Sued by the families of seven former employees, KBR faced multiple lawsuits claiming the company sent civilia...   read more

Times are so tough in Illinois that the state and its largest city are having a difficult time burying its poor.   In Chicago, bodies are stacking up in the city morgue because the medical examiner's office hasn't paid for the burial boxes used ...   read more

Republican legislator Kip Smith of Georgia, a strong supporter of drug testing for welfare recipients, was arrested late last week for driving under the influence.   According to local police, Smith's blood-alcohol level was .091. The state's le...   read more

Websites across the Internet plan to go dark on Wednesday to protest Congress’ consideration of legislation that critics say will impose censorship and severely limit freedom of information.   Sites such as Wikipedia, reddit and boing boing will...   read more

Shortly after the New Year began, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sent a sobering, if not alarming, report to Congress on the state of the U.S. housing market.   Right off the bat, Bernanke told lawmakers in the first paragraph of the repo...   read more

Whites today enjoy considerable economic advantage over the largest minority groups in the United States—a disparity that's expected to exist far into the future even as Caucasians shrink in numbers and no longer represent a majority of the Americ...   read more

Budgetary plans by the Department of Defense demonstrate that the U.S. military plans to spend heavily this decade on unmanned aircraft.   Between now and 2020, the Pentagon intends to spend nearly $36.9 billion on a variety of drones. Two of th...   read more

Activists who expose animal abuses on factory farms face the risk of being prosecuted as domestic terrorists.   Using the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), which was signed into law by President George W. Bush in November 2006, the Federal...   read more

Providing a glimpse into themes that may animate his third State of the Union Address and 2012 re-election campaign, President Obama announced January 13 that he wants to re-organize the federal bureaucracy to increase its effectiveness and cut co...   read more

Americans for Prosperity (AFP), a pro-big business group that, along with sibling organizations also funded by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, has spent millions advocating against health care reform, labor unions, federal stimulus sp...   read more