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

Recordings of the trial that struck down Proposition 8, the California initiative outlawing gay marriage, should be released to the public, a federal judge ordered this week.   The 2010 trial was supposed to be streamed over the Internet to co...   read more

Health officials in the Obama administration are making it difficult for the media to obtain information about doctors punished for malpractice and other misdeeds.   The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has removed the Public ...   read more

On October 9, the nation of Cameroon in west-central Africa will hold a presidential election. There will be 23 candidates, but there isn’t much doubt which one will win…78-year-old Paul Biya, who has ruled Cameroon for 29 years. In fact, Biya i...   read more

While better regulations and safety standards have produced fewer and fewer auto-related deaths in the United States, drug-induced fatalities continue to go up—and now are the bigger killer of Americans.   An analysis by the Los Angeles Times ...   read more

Blimps, a tool of warfare utilized in World War I, are making a comeback in Afghanistan, where the large inflatable vehicles are helping the U.S. spy on insurgents.   But using blimps has run into a problem: not enough helium is available. Wit...   read more

Almost five decades after their feats, a group of American commandoes finally have been honored by the U.S. government for their bravery during the Vietnam War.   Fifteen men from the U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Observ...   read more

The U.S. Access Board (USAB), an independent Federal agency that works to assure enforced accessibility for people with disabilities and is also a key resource of information on accessible design, is chaired this year by a pioneer disability right...   read more

Banking executive John E. Beale was appointed ambassador of Barbados to the United States on January 29, 2009. Eleven days later he also presented his credentials as Barbados’ representative to the Permanent Council of the Organization of Americ...   read more

Where did all the hate go?   A year ago, when news leaked out about the development of an Islamic community center in New York City only a couple blocks away from the former World Trade Center towers, the vitriol was overflowing. Conservative ...   read more

Geopolitics and economics trump human rights and democracy in Bahrain, where the oil-based kingdom, led by King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, has spent months cracking down on protesters and dissidents and now is being rewarded with American militar...   read more

Their appearance was fleeting but nonetheless memorable as far as the small Arkansas town of Walnut Ridge is concerned.   On September 18, 1964, the Beatles landed unannounced at an old World War II air base outside the sleepy town so that Joh...   read more

In January 2011, President Barack Obama appointed Martin R. Castro as Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR), and on March 11 he was approved by the Commission. The USCCR is an independent federal agency that addresses civil rig...   read more

Igor Munteanu, a political analyst and journalist, has served as Moldova’s ambassador to the United States since August 2010. He has also served as ambassador to Canada since February 2011.   Born August 10, 1965, in Costuleni, Ungheni, Muntea...   read more

More than 25% of federal lawmakers deemed “most corrupt” by a government watchdog group are brand new to Congress.   “The 2010 midterm elections swept in a large freshman class,” noted the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (...   read more

The duty of keeping secrets in the U.S. government does not belong to a small cadre of officials or military leaders. Rather, more than 4.2 million people have security clearances for access to classified information—a figure that’s far larger t...   read more

No program is too small for House Republicans to go after, especially ones encouraging young people to learn about environmental protection.   Representative Mike Pompeo, who represents the Kansas district that is the headquarters for the GOP-...   read more