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

Described as “shocking” by one lawmaker, the Department of Defense awarded $285 billion over a three-year period to companies that defrauded the U.S. military   Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), who requested the Defense report that uncovere...   read more

The administrator of the $20 billion fund established by BP to compensate victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill should not claim he is independent of the oil company, which is paying his salary, ruled a federal judge.   The ruling by Judge C...   read more

For the first time ever, the federal government will establish health standards for how much perchlorate, an ingredient in rocket fuel, will be allowed in drinking water.   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to take two...   read more

The federal government’s plan to fast-track the building of new electrical transmission towers, intended to reduce the risk of regional blackouts, has been put on hold by an appellate court that sided with a coalition of states and environmental...   read more

Having polycystic kidney disease and a ravaged immune system has not stopped freshman Lyndon Baty from attending high school in Knox City, Texas. With the help of a mobile, four-foot tall robot, Baty is able to attend classes virtually. Vgo can ...   read more

The existence of previously unknown, suspected accomplices to the September 11, 2001, attacks has surfaced as a result of a classified State Department cable published by WikiLeaks.   According to the communiqué dated February 11, 2010, three ...   read more

The World Trade Organization has ruled that Boeing benefited from $5 billion in improper subsidies from American government agencies for its 787 Dreamliner and other jets.   Boeing’s European rival, Airbus, was quick to seize on the news, and ...   read more

Jon M. Huntsman Jr., the U.S. ambassador to China, submitted his resignation on January 31 in order to clear the way for a presidential bid against the man who appointed him, Barack Obama.   Huntsman never fit the typical profile of a U.S. ambas...   read more

Contrary to previous denials by the British government, the decision to release convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi was influenced by senior officials in London. In fact, the United Kingdom provided Libya with legal instr...   read more

Although the future looks bright for the industry, cattle ranchers have reduced the size of their stocks in order to make up for recent losses and cover rising feed costs. The situation has left the nation with the smallest cattle population in ...   read more

Cutting ties with President Hosni Mubarak, as President Barack Obama finally did in calling for immediate political change in Egypt, has come after years of cooperation between the two governments in torturing suspected terrorists.   From the 19...   read more

The next time an authoritarian regime cuts off all news and Internet communications with the outside world, the United States can do something about it.   At the request of the federal Broadcasting Board of Governors, the U.S. government now h...   read more

Residents of Peoria, Arizona, will have to submit to fingerprinting and videotaping at their local pharmacy if they buy certain prescription painkillers, under a proposed city ordinance. Peoria is a suburb of Phoenix with a population of about 1...   read more

David W. “Junior” Franco decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a U.S. Marine. Both men wound up serving in Iraq and, in an unfortunate case of symmetry, suffering the same serious medical problems.   Franco’s father, David R. ...   read more

Rather than conduct one very large conference call, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has ordered all U.S. ambassadors home to Washington for a first-of-its-kind, face-to-face policy meeting that began on January 31.   The week-long Global Ch...   read more

In their efforts to curb federal funding for abortions, pro-life Republicans in the U.S. House have introduced legislation that would create a new definition of rape.   Since the mid-1970s, the government has been prevented from funding aborti...   read more