Rumors are spreading that the U.S. Supreme Court will vote 5-4 to rule that a U.S. president cannot be prosecuted for anything he does while he is president. Some Democrats are suggesting that Joe Biden bring a gun to his first debate with Donald Trump. If he shoots Trump, he would be immune, but if Trump shoots Biden he would be prosecuted because he is not a sitting president.   read more

San Diego Coastkeeper, an environmental group, has accused the U.S. Marine Corps of violating the Clean Water Act by polluting the Pacific Ocean with raw sewage and sludge. According to a lawsuit filed in federal court, the pollution originated fr...   read more

American Big Business increasingly gave up on hiring U.S. workers last decade, opting instead to expand hiring in foreign countries where labor is cheaper and regulations fewer in number.   A review by The Wall Street Journal of data from the ...   read more

Agricultural tax breaks aren’t just for the benefit of farmers, but also for the exploitive use of America’s rich and famous. Yasha Levine of The Nation points out some prime examples:   Michael Dell, founder of Dell Computers and the second-r...   read more

A coalition of organic farming interests have sued Monsanto in what they say is a preventive measure to stop the corporation from unfairly litigating them over the spread of patented seeds.   Increasingly, genetically-modified seeds produced b...   read more

When is the releasing of one million government records not that impressive? When the information in question is missing hundreds of thousands of details.   That’s the case with the White House visitor logs. After being sued by government watc...   read more

The Arabic language has no transliteration standards, few vowels and myriad pronunciations for names, adding up to a real nightmare for banks trying to comply with government sanctions against Middle Eastern dictators.   Economic sanctions com...   read more

The richest of the rich did very well for themselves from 1995 to 2007, thanks in part to a shrinking tax burden for the wealthy.   A new report from the IRS shows the effective tax rate for the richest 400 Americans dropped by almost half dur...   read more

The Obama administration has joined the political debate in Washington state over the legalization of medical marijuana dispensaries, with federal prosecutors telling the governor a proposed new law could result in residents losing their propert...   read more

After more than two years without a leader, the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is getting someone in charge. Carolyn Lerner, nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as special counsel, was confirmed last week by the U.S. Senate.   The OSC ...   read more

After filing for bankruptcy and announcing the layoff of thousands of employees, Borders hopes to hand out million-dollar bonuses to its executives.   Borders filed for Chapter 11 protection in February, and as part of its restructuring decide...   read more

A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit by four men who claim they unfairly lost their government jobs because they had not registered for the draft. The plaintiffs filed suit in Massachusetts federal court, but lost their case in which...   read more

There is a lot of talk these days about cutting government spending. In the coming months, AllGov will be calling attention to various projects that are prime candidates for the chopping block. Here is one such project that has gobbled up way to...   read more

The psychological impact of war may be costing the United States more than $1 billion a year, according to a new federally-sponsored study.   The National Bureau of Economic Research has concluded that mental health problems stemming from sold...   read more

Hundreds of millions of gallons of hazardous or cancer-causing chemicals were pumped into underground wells by the oil and gas industry from 2005 to 2009, according to a report by congressional Democrats.   Companies injected the chemicals int...   read more

Douglas Kmiec has resigned his post as U.S. ambassador to Malta after the State Department’s inspector general criticized him for spending too much time on “outside activities, including writing and speaking engagements that do not pertain direc...   read more

Tourists visiting the Smithsonian may have to pay higher prices for souvenirs from the gift shop following demands by one U.S. senator that the museum sell only products made in the United States.   The changeover, set to take effect in July, ...   read more