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

Like other administrations before it, the Obama White House has been accused of providing special access to big-dollar donors. According to an investigation by The Washington Times, the White House is seeking from individuals either pledges to giv...   read more

In an effort to beat new banking regulations going into effect in February, some credit card companies are rushing to impose new fees on customers—who pay on time. Citibank is jacking up interest rates as high as 30% on accounts in good standing, ...   read more

When it comes to equality between men and women, the Nordic countries have everyone else beat. The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2009, which measures countries on how well they divide resources and opportunities among their male a...   read more

Gas stations don’t often become historic landmarks, unless they were once owned by the colorful brother of a U.S. president. Congress is preparing to expand the historic site honoring former President Jimmy Carter by adding 30 acres that includes ...   read more

Not since 1972 has the United States sent astronauts beyond the low-earth orbits of space shuttle missions, and it will be at least another seven years before the next generation of exploration begins. The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans C...   read more

Accused of defrauding the government? No problem, here’s a stimulus contract. This very scenario happened when the Department of Defense awarded nearly $30 million in work to six companies that were under federal criminal investigation on suspicio...   read more

The FBI is gathering more and more data through wiretaps or emails these days, much of which sits around waiting to be translated. Instead of hiring more translators, the FBI has allowed the number of staff and contract linguists (1,298) to declin...   read more

With more than half of the 1.6 billion Internet users speaking languages other than English, it seemed only a matter of time before Web domains began to reflect this reality. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which r...   read more

It would be painful for everyone, but there is a way to eliminate the more than $1 trillion deficit in the current federal budget. Experts at the Tax Foundation concluded that by tripling the income tax for all earners, the $1.5 trillion hole in f...   read more

The Medill Innocence Project at Northwestern University has been a thorn for Chicago police and prosecutors for more than a decade, helping uncover evidence leading to the release of 11 inmates. So the Cook County state’s attorney office is now fi...   read more

Ten years ago stock market enthusiasts were so confident that some proclaimed stocks to be a safer investment than bonds. But a comparison reveals quite the opposite. Despite whatever gains investors enjoyed over the last decade, most stock market...   read more

At a price of $310 million, “Karzai’s winter coat” is no ordinary cover of protection. The nickname applies to the Tarakhil Power Plant built by the U.S. in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul that was intended to help keep the embattled leader in powe...   read more

Spurring development of the next generation of energy technologies is the goal of a new Department of Energy program that announced on Monday the awarding of more than $150 million in grants to small businesses and universities for “high-risk, hig...   read more

U.S. Army Captain Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi has become the first Sikh to be permitted to keep his turban, beard and long hair while serving on active duty as an emergency room doctor. Kalsi, who hails from a military family (his father and grandfather...   read more

A host of prominent musicians spoke out on Saturday against the use of music to torture detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo—long after revelations first surfaced of the government’s tactic of blasting rock and pop songs during interrogat...   read more

Macro economic indicators may say the country is no longer in a recession, but the bank industry is still wallowing in failures. On Friday, the number of banks that have failed shot past the 100 mark in 2009, and is expected to climb not only the ...   read more