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

David Coleman Headley, 50, who pleaded guilty in March 2010 to conspiracy to commit murder in the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, that killed at least 166 people, was an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). ...   read more

Dubbed the worst of the worst who helped cause the financial crisis, Angelo Mozilo has agreed to a settlement with the U.S. government for leading mortgage lender Countrywide—and a large part of the housing market—into turmoil. But the penalty—w...   read more

Officials in Washington are convinced that a number of Chinese banks and businesses are helping Iran develop its military and civilian nuclear programs. The Obama administration has been careful to emphasize that it is not accusing the Chinese g...   read more

Because major drug companies keep breaking the law with regard to illegal marketing of pharmaceuticals, officials with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are finally thinking about prosecuting executives of the companies.   In recent years...   read more

Judging the performance of the federal bailout program for banks is tough to do when government officials rely on private contractors—that aren’t subject to public scrutiny—to do the actual work.   That’s the case with the Department of the Tr...   read more

The November election may be shaping up to be a big winner for Republicans, whether it’s in Congress or at the gubernatorial level. But the long-term picture continues to appear grim for both major political parties.   Allegiance has been slip...   read more

Prior to joining the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) in August 2005, Donetta L. Davidson spent her entire career handling election-related matters, from being a county clerk to serving as Colorado’s secretary of state.   Davidson was born...   read more

Homosexual, bisexual and transgender employees of the federal government can’t even treat their partners like a dog. That’s because under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, a worker has the option of buying health coverage for their ...   read more

At the United States’ main detention facility at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, the Defense Intelligence Agency and Joint Special Operations Command operate a secret “black prison,” known as Tor Prison, that members of the International Committee...   read more

The Food and Drug Administration has changed its mind about a patch for injured knees, and withdrawn its approval for the product that was originally allowed on the market after four politicians from New Jersey pressured regulators into making t...   read more

While multiple lawsuits make their way through the courts against contractors hired by the Department of Defense (DOD) to burn garbage and toxic materials in the Iraq and Afghanistan war zones, the military is continuing to use the controversial...   read more

A pioneer in the fight against AIDS, Eric P. Goosby has, since June 23, 2009, overseen the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) as part of his role as U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, leading all of the federal government’s internation...   read more

Holly H. Shimizu has served as executive director of the U.S. Botanic Garden since November 2000. She was introduced to gardening by her grandfather in Rhode Island.   After she graduated from high school in Philadelphia, she was unsure what d...   read more

When Mexico banned the sale of pseudoephedrine, the key ingredient in methamphetamine, in 2007, drug rings turned to the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chain, CVS, for help. Unlike other drug outlets, CVS allowed customers to make multiple purch...   read more

More than 200 Christian worshippers from China have been banned from attending a huge international evangelical conference being held in South Africa on October 16. Attending the Lausanne Congress in Cape Town has been deemed a threat to the nat...   read more

The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine at the Eastern Virginia Medical School has achieved another milestone. Back in 1981, the Jones Institute conducted the first in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the United States. This time, its doctors ...   read more