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

Who says you can’t tell a (partisan) book by its cover. Two researchers from Tufts University argue that Republicans and Democrats can be distinguished by certain facial characteristics. In one study, participants were able to accurately choose D...   read more

The U.S. government managed to make itself look like an emergency room unwilling to take patients until they demonstrate proof of insurance or payment. On Wednesday, medical evacuations from earthquake-ravaged Haiti to the U.S. ceased after the st...   read more

From the U.S. government to the United Nations, the warnings last spring were that H1NI was going to infect billions of people and kill hundreds of thousands. But it turned out the panic produced only millions in profits for pharmaceutical compani...   read more

Banning the use of cell phones to make calls or send text messages while driving has not made the roads any safer, according to an insurance industry study, demonstrating the fact that dangerous distractions still exist when motorists are allowed ...   read more

Telemarketing companies that scam consumers out of their money are being aided by some of the biggest banks in the country, according to a class action case filed in a Pennsylvania federal court. The lawsuit names five national banks—Wells Fargo, ...   read more

For the first time in more than 70 years, voters in Oregon approved a statewide tax increase, bucking arguments by conservatives that the country is trending their way since the special election in Massachusetts earlier this month. Oregonians appr...   read more

Dancing is not considered a form of free speech, at least not when it’s being done at the Jefferson Memorial. After being arrested for gyrating along with some friends at the monument in April 2008, Mary Brook Oberwetter, 28, filed a lawsuit again...   read more

With Year One of President Barack Obama’s first term complete, some government watchdogs are still waiting for the new era of openness to begin. Outside of the decision to release White House visitor logs and a few of the torture memos, the Obama ...   read more

Victims of toxic exposure at two U.S. military bases may receive health insurance from the federal government to help with their medical treatments. But even as Senate legislation granting the assistance moved forward on Thursday, one Republican s...   read more

One parent. That’s all it took for school officials in Culpeper County, Virginia, to pull an uncensored version of Annie Frank’s diary from classrooms, because the parent complained about a passage in which the 14-yeaar-old girl talks about her va...   read more

The great count of 2010 began this week in the remote Alaskan village of Noorvik, with 89-year-old World War II veteran Clifton Jackson serving as the first officially recorded person of the census.   U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves fl...   read more

Human sacrifice is on the increase in Uganda and children are the main victims. According to a BBC investigation, the problem may be more common than authorities have acknowledged. The head of the country's Anti-Human Sacrifice Taskforce believes ...   read more

R. Emmett Tyrell, Jr., founder and editor in chief of The American Spectator, has several conservative alternatives to the Democrats’ healthcare reform “monstrosity.” For starters, the expense of the American medical system, which has kept million...   read more

Update: On Friday, Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Indiana) announced that he would not seek reelection in November. He said that his wife, Joni, had a terminal illness. However, Buyer is clearly also in a legal hot seat because of the situation described bel...   read more

Setting up foreign subsidiaries allows American defense contractors not only to utilize cheaper labor and more favorable regulations, but also avoid paying taxes that fund key government safety net programs. This conclusion was reached by the Gove...   read more

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is due a belated Christmas card from Michael Leiter. As the man in charge of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), Leiter and his team of analysts are responsible for sifting through thousands of intelligence tips ...   read more