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

Iraq is no longer the most costly foreign policy priority of the United States. Thanks to the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, and the continued build-up of forces in Afghanistan, the latter is now costing $6.7 billion a month, compared to $5.5 bil...   read more

Ravil Mingazov, ballet dancer and former member of Russia’s army, has spent the past eight years behind bars at Guantánamo Bay. But he may soon be freed, following a ruling by a U.S. court judge who found the government had no grounds to keep him ...   read more

Bad singing is never pleasant to the ears, and when it involves the daily call to prayer in the Muslim world, it’s all that more tough to stomach. That’s why religious authorities in Turkey are now requiring some of Istanbul’s muezzins and imams t...   read more

Karzai is not just the last name of the president of Afghanistan—but also the name of perhaps the most powerful family in the country. A new report produced by the Institute for the Study of War states that the Karzai family exerts enormous influe...   read more

Likened to pitching a perfect game in baseball, four of the biggest players on Wall Street managed to do something rarely seen in the stock market. Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase conducted 61 straight days of trading ...   read more

Federal regulators want to lessen the “shock” that comes when some consumers open their cell phone bills. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) intends to craft new rules requiring cell phone companies to warn customers if they’re starting t...   read more

With the trail of gangster James “Whitey” Bulger gone cold, the FBI is now trying a novel approach to locate the fugitive by pursuing his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, who’s had some nip-tuck over the years.   By placing a full-page ad in a recen...   read more

A memorial dedicated to all American women who have served their country is in need of funding, as many of its most dedicated supporters from World War II are dying off. Upkeep of the memorial, which is located in Arlington National Cemetery, cost...   read more

The U.S. Senate voted unanimously to force the Federal Reserve to undergo an audit, for the first time, by Congress’ investigative arm. But the proposed legislation would only allow for a one-time examination by the Government Accountability Offic...   read more

Conservatives are trying to make an issue out of Elena Kagan’s lack of judicial experience before she joins the U.S. Supreme Court. Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn of Texas, for one, has said that having been a judge is a “necessary credential...   read more

Contrary to how it feels for many Americans, taxes are not abnormally high these days. Data from the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis shows the country in 2009 paid the lowest rate of taxes since 1950. Whereas Americans have hi...   read more

As far as Representative Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee) is concerned, the Restroom Gender Parity in Federal Buildings Act—aka the “Potty Parity” bill—is nothing to joke about. Too many U.S. government buildings lack sufficient bathroom facilities for w...   read more

So much debris has collected in orbit around the earth that British scientists are now predicting collisions involving operational satellites could occur every five years in the coming decades.   The growing problem became glaringly apparent las...   read more

If Elena Kagan is confirmed as the next justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, the religious and educational composition of the high court will be narrowly defined. No Protestants will be serving on the court, with Kagan giving the court three Jewish ...   read more

Five years ago, a deadly explosion at a refinery in Texas landed BP on probation as part of a plea agreement it reached with the U.S. Department of Justice. That probation should now be revoked, argues an attorney representing some of the victims ...   read more

The Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico was not the first safety problem that oil rig operator Transocean has suffered in recent years. A review of safety reports logged with the federal government showed the company accounted for alm...   read more