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

A New York mother is suing the Schenectady City School District because officials at Oneida Middle School repeatedly suspended her seventh grade son in May for wearing a plastic rosary outside of his shirt in memory of his dead brother and uncle. ...   read more

Women who undergo mastectomies may have a more natural option for replacing surgically-removed breasts, if experiments in Australia are successful.   The Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery in Melbourne has developed a new surgical proced...   read more

Agricultural biotech giant Monsanto is having a hard time giving away free plant seeds in Haiti, thanks to the company’s reputation for using genetically-modified crops to exploit farmers in other countries.   Through the U.S. Agency for Interna...   read more

John Wooden, head basketball coach at UCLA from 1948 to 1975, died June 4, 2010, at the age of 99. He once defined success as the peace of mind “that comes from knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” In 199...   read more

Philip Alston, the United Nations special representative on extrajudicial executions, accused the United States of taking a self-entitled approach that bends international law while hunting down terrorists for “targeted killings” using unmanned dr...   read more

John Roberts? Antonin Scalia? Ruth Bader Ginsburg? These names, as well as the rest of those serving on the U.S. Supreme Court, drew blank stares from 65% of respondents who were asked to name anyone currently on the nation’s highest judicial body...   read more

Many ex-lawmakers who have joined the “Shadow Congress”—those who have gone into lobbying after leaving office—have accepted lucrative assignments to help push the agendas of the financial sector.   Analysis of federal disclosure records by Publ...   read more

Abdulwahab Nattah, hired by a subsidiary of L-3 Communications to work as a translator in Kuwait, is suing the defense contractor for breach of contract, including allegations of being “sold” as a slave to the U.S. military.   A dual citizen of ...   read more

Unwilling to wait for Congress to address growing complaints from Americans, the Obama administration has decided to adopt federal regulations forcing commercial airlines to be more accommodating to passengers.   One change crafted by the U.S. D...   read more

When it comes to gearing up for a potential chemical, biological or nuclear attack, the U.S. Department of Justice has its work cut out. A review of readiness plans for responding to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) threats found many of Justice’...   read more

More than 170 former members of Congress are now working as lobbyists in Washington, DC, according to an assessment by TPMMuckraker.   While a few of these lawmakers-turned-lobbyists were leaders in the House or Senate, such as former Democratic...   read more

It is 2010, and still many prosecutors in the South are excluding African-Americans from serving on juries. One study by the Equal Justice Initiative uncovered problems in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina...   read more

Due process of law (of sorts) is becoming available to detainees held in Afghanistan. With approval from American officials, a local court presided over by three Afghan judges held the first hearing involving those accused of being insurgent threa...   read more

For one member of the flotilla that tried reaching the Gaza Strip with supplies, a military strike by Israel was an all-too-familiar experience.   Joe Meadors was aboard the Greek-flagged ship Sfendoni on Memorial Day when Israeli forces interce...   read more

BP has been responsible for more than 8,000 spills, emissions or leaks of oil, chemicals or gases since 1990, according to the Sunlight Foundation. Using data collected by the National Response Center, which compiles reports on oil spills, radiati...   read more

Consumers who use online social media and other websites to vent about businesses run the risk of being “slapped.” Known as in legal circles as a “strategic lawsuit against public participation” (or Slapp), this tool is being utilized by companies...   read more