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

Nominated by President George W. Bush, Democrat Cynthia L. Bauerly has served on the Federal Election Commission since May 2008. She was elected vice-chair in December 2009, and took over as chair in January 2011. Her term expires April 30, 2011...   read more

A career diplomat, Kittiphong na Ranong was appointed ambassador of Thailand to the United States in October 2010 and assumed his post the following December.   Kittiphong is a native of Bangkok, with family roots in the southern province of R...   read more

Critics of President Barack Obama’s decision to intervene militarily in Libya have complained about the financial cost, citing the figure of $1 billion.   Yes, a billion dollars is a considerable sum of money. However, compared to the Iraq and...   read more

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is not as confident as its public declarations would indicate about the survival of U.S. nuclear reactors against disasters like the kind happening in Japan.   This conclusion was reached by the Union of...   read more

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) may soon be virtually leaderless due to a lack of nominees put forth by President Barack Obama and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.   By the end of April, five of the FEC’s six commiss...   read more

Peace is in short supply in many Southern states, while the Northeast is brimming with it.   The Institute for Economics & Peace, producer of the Global Peace Index, has published its first United States Peace Index to demonstrate which areas ...   read more

Shopping is good for you, if you’re elderly. That’s the conclusion reached by researchers in Taiwan who found that “retail therapy” can improve the lives of senior citizens.   Getting out to stores means more walking, a low-impact exercise tha...   read more

After spending 18 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, John Thompson sued the district attorney in Louisiana whose office was responsible for concealing evidence from his defense that would have proved he was innocent all along. He wo...   read more

Nearly 10 years since it first considered the idea, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has finally decided to make processors hold onto meat being tested by federal regulators and not sell it until results demonstrate it’s safe to consume...   read more

The United States is continuing to imprison detainees in Afghanistan who have been ordered freed by review boards.   More than 40 individuals from various countries other than Afghanistan remain at the Bagram detention facility. Of these, at l...   read more

Thousands of employees have won their lawsuit against Starbucks for allowing supervisors to take tips meant for non-management. A federal judge in Boston awarded a summary judgment to 2,500 baristas who claimed Starbucks’ policy violated the Mas...   read more

Frustrated by lack of opportunity and the stagnant U.S. economy, many immigrants from Africa who were attracted by the American Dream are turning around and going home.   No statistics are available revealing how many of the nearly one million...   read more

One year after the Upper Big Branch mine disaster that killed 29 workers, none of mine owner Massey Energy’s executives have faced criminal prosecution. But this only follows a long history of Massey breaking the law and staying out of jail.   ...   read more

President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. say they want the criminal trials of terrorism suspects to take place in federal court, but that Congress has forced them to use military tribunals.   Not so.   The funding restrict...   read more

Maine Governor Paul LePage’s decision to remove a mural from the state labor department building may cost his state $60,000.   Created in 2008, the labor-themed mural was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. Federal offi...   read more

While running for president a few years ago, a feat he may repeat for the 2012 campaign, Republican Mike Huckabee proposed a bold open-government idea: publish every federal government expenditure online within 24 hours.   Such a plan for tran...   read more