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

Justice Clarence Thomas has been required since he joined U.S. Supreme Court in 1991 to disclose the income of his wife—something he failed to do until a liberal advocacy group blew the whistle on his inaction. Thomas has insisted the reporting ...   read more

When the number of Americans on food stamps goes up, the profits of JPMorgan Chase also rise.   The powerhouse national bank contracts with 26 state governments and the District of Columbia to produce debit cards for food stamp recipients, a s...   read more

Having handled diplomatic duties in countries around the world, Michael S. Owen received his first ambassadorship on the continent of Africa. Owen, a career member of the Foreign Service, took over as ambassador to Sierra Leone on August 16, 201...   read more

Stopping terrorists from unleashing attacks in the United States involves much more than just having good intelligence to uncover threats. In fact, it can be argued that the public and local police are more important in this fight.   A study p...   read more

The Obama administration’s effort to charge WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with a federal crime is not looking good.   Federal investigators so far have not uncovered sufficient evidence to show Assange persuaded an Army private to leak gove...   read more

As part of their effort to slash huge sums from the federal budget, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are proposing to cut $1.3 billion from community health centers, a program favored by key GOP leaders, including former Presiden...   read more

One of the key agencies regulating the banking industry has had an acting director since March 2009. John E. Bowman became Acting Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) after his predecessor, Scott Polakoff, left the position having ...   read more

Cambodia’s ambassador to the United States is Heng Hem, a diplomat with more than 30 years of experience working in foreign affairs.   Hem was born in Kampong Cham province on November 8, 1951. He graduated from the Agricultural School of Prek...   read more

Several former enforcement officials at the Securities and Exchange Commission—who were in a position to stop the fraudulent schemes of Bernard Madoff and others but failed to do so—are doing quite well for themselves since leaving federal servi...   read more

At the urging of a leading animal rights organization, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has decided to ban the slaughter of disabled calves for veal production. The Humane Society of the United States called for the new regulation in light of it...   read more

Taking over for humans is nothing new for robots, which long have been developed to perform dangerous work, or to save money by replacing skilled labor. Nowadays, however, robots are replacing low-wage workers. They’re also getting involved in c...   read more

A career diplomat whose career has stretched over five decades, Sameh Hassan Shoukry has served as Egypt’s ambassador to the United States since September 24, 2008.   Born in 1952 in Cairo, Shoukry was educated at Ein Shams University, earning...   read more

Mark C. Storella, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, was sworn in as ambassador to Zambia on August 30, 2010.  Zambia has one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS in the world, and Storella has substantial experience in global public hea...   read more

The disparity between money coming in and money going out in Washington has gotten so bad that the federal government now must borrow 40% of everything it spends.   With a tepid recovery following on the heels of a severe recession, tax revenu...   read more

Lawmakers on the House Veterans Affairs Committee excoriated JPMorgan Chase for charging soldiers more interest on their mortgages than allowed under federal law, causing many families to lose their homes, and perhaps even their lives.   As fa...   read more

While the national unemployment rate has gone down, the jobless rate among veterans has climbed higher.   The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that more than 15% of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans were unemployed in January, the highest l...   read more