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

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

Whatever becomes of Egypt’s president, Hosni Mubarak, the last 30 years of his reign have been good for American defense contractors. With more than $1 billion a year in military assistance from Washington, Mubarak’s government has purchased a l...   read more

After more than a dozen inmates filed lawsuits over abusive treatment, Hawaii’s new governor, Democrat Neil Abercrombie, has ordered the return of 243 Hawaiian convicts from private prisons in Arizona.   The state had contracted with Correctio...   read more

The FBI may have exceeded its legal authority as many as 40,000 times during the Bush administration while collecting intelligence on Americans, according to a report by the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF), a government watchdog organization...   read more

Memo to China: If you’re going to pirate footage from a Hollywood film for propaganda purposes, make sure you borrow from something few have seen.   China Central Television, a government-sponsored broadcaster, recently aired footage purported...   read more

In a recent report, the Office of Special Counsel accused Mike Johanns, then Secretary of Agriculture and now a senator from Nebraska, of attending a November 1, 2006, Arizona Republican Party Photo Opportunity and Reception with Senator John Kyl ...   read more

The program that was supposed to help millions of Americans gain relief from their mortgage payments has turned out to assist considerably fewer in number—while causing many to lose their homes altogether.   The Home Affordable Modification Prog...   read more

Washington State’s decision to end funding for food stamps for legal immigrants has prompted a class action lawsuit claiming the move was unconstitutional.   Effective February 1, the state government will cease all funding for its Food Assist...   read more

Looking for a way to raise revenues for a cash-strapped state budget, lawmakers in Hawaii are considering charging anyone requesting a copy of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate.   Under legislation introduced in the state House of Rep...   read more

James J. Sandman, a specialist in pro bono legal work, spent three decades with an international law firm and then became the top legal official for the District of Columbia’s school system before accepting the job to lead the Legal Services Cor...   read more

David Hansell has been the acting assistant secretary for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services, since July 2010. Created in 1991, ACF finances and oversees social and economic pro...   read more

The government of Egypt’s attempted crackdown on mass protests has been aided by an American firm that sells telecommunications software that allows the authoritarian regime to spy on citizens’ emails and cell phone communications.   Narus, lo...   read more

Protestors in Egypt told ABC News that some of the tear gas being used against them by the riot police is manufactured in the United States. Spent canisters bearing the “Made in U.S.A.” label were turned over to the news outlet, which verified t...   read more

Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars on equipment that didn’t pan out, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is determined to use advanced technology to improve border monitoring between the U.S. and Mexico—even if it means dupli...   read more

While loud demonstrations in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen have captured worldwide attention, quieter protests have gone on for the past two weeks at Guantánamo Bay.   Inspired by the movements in North Africa and the Middle East, and to mark the n...   read more

Jerry P. Lanier was confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Uganda on August 4, 2009. In an October 19, 2009, cable released by WikiLeaks, Lanier praised Uganda’s progress, but warned that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s “autocratic tendencies, as wel...   read more