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

William Magwood’s nomination by President Barack Obama to serve on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has come under attack by groups on the left claiming the nominee has too cozy of a relationship with the nuclear power industry. Environment...   read more

When Boa Sr, the last remaining member of the Bo tribe on the Andaman Islands, died last week, she took with her an ancient language. The 85-year-old woman was the oldest of all the Great Andamanese people, who now number 52. But she was the only ...   read more

Educators in North Carolina want to restructure the teaching of American history, provoking outrage among some parents and conservative organizations fearful of revisionism.   To give high school students the opportunity to delve deeper into 20t...   read more

American banks, real estate and law firms have been assisting foreign governments to hide or launder stolen money, according to an investigation by a U.S. Senate committee. Even though federal law requires financial institutions to reject so-calle...   read more

Malang Zafar. Noor Agha. Fadi Ahmad. Zabit Yasin. Gulam Farooq. Shadi Khan. These are just a few of the more than 600 names of people detained in Afghanistan at the “other Guantánamo,” known officially as the Bagram Theater Internment Facility. Wh...   read more

Nancy Fichtner isn’t the only federal employee with an idea for how the U.S. government can save money. Fichtner, winner of last year’s contest sponsored by the White House, proposed that the Department of Veterans Affairs stop throwing away unuse...   read more

After a 25-year struggle, pizza makers in Naples, Italy, have won their fight to be included on the European Union’s list of protected foods. From now on, Naples-style pizza can only be served in restaurants that have received the TSG (Traditional...   read more

Indie rock bands were happy to be featured in a 2007 issue of Rolling Stone magazine—until they found out with whom they would be sharing the glossy pages. Entwined with a five-page feature about the “Indie Rock Universe” about 100 bands was a fou...   read more

Being a U.S. citizen will not spare an American from getting assassinated by military or intelligence operatives overseas if the individual is working with terrorists and planning to attack fellow Americans. This policy was acknowledged by Directo...   read more

While the United States sets off on what is expected to be a year-long debate over ending the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military, advocates of eliminating don’t-ask-don’t-tell point to the fact there are 30 countries that already al...   read more

Determined to make up for lost revenue from the 2009 Credit CARD Act, issuers of credit cards are increasingly relying on other fees not restricted by the federal legislation. The Center for Responsible Lending has determined in a report that cred...   read more

They cost consumers billions of dollars and have been ruled illegal by a federal court, and yet pay-to-delay agreements in the pharmaceutical industry are still in use. Pay-to-delay refers to deals in which one drug manufacturer with a name-brand ...   read more

While not exactly a Sputnik moment, Iran’s launching of a rocket into space this week nonetheless prompted similar worries for U.S. officials who shuddered at the Soviet entry into the space race back in the 1950s. With the launching of its 10-foo...   read more

There may be no giant leap for mankind in the coming years, now that President Barack Obama has effectively killed NASA’s five-year-old program to send astronauts back to the moon. Instead of funding the Constellation program, which was charged wi...   read more

A $370 million award against blue jeans designer Georges Marciano has topped the list of Lawyers USA’s Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2009. Marciano, the man who gave the world Guess Jeans and introduced acid-washed denim, has seen his wealth evaporate ...   read more

The National Marine Fisheries Service refuses to sign off on the U.S. Navy’s plans to inadvertently kill whales as part of weapons testing. The agency’s refusal to go along with the planned use of explosives at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Pan...   read more