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

Denny’s restaurant might be a “grand slam” of a deal, but the salt content of the food might be enough to strike out those with high blood pressure. A lawsuit filed by an Illinois man claims Denny’s food is dangerously high in salt, and that the r...   read more

Residents of Tallahatchie County in Mississippi recently endured an ugly flashback to the pre-Civil Rights era when a mostly white mob conducted a vigilante hunt for an African American accused of committing a burglary.   In the same county wher...   read more

It’s been seven months since Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, commonly referred to as the 2009 stimulus package, which injected $792 billion into the economy to stave off the worst of the economic downturn. So how much o...   read more

After paying $75 million for illegally testing an antibiotic on African children, pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer has agreed to pay the largest health care fraud settlement and the largest criminal fine of any kind ever for illegally marketing ...   read more

Last summer, after numerous types of toys were recalled because of unsafe concentrations of lead, Congress mandated that all toy manufacturers submit their products to independent testing to ensure compliance with new safety rules. Among the compa...   read more

Male government officials in Bangladesh, from civil servants to cabinet ministers, are going casual to work. In order to save electricity in the energy-starved country, the nation’s female prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, ordered men employed by the...   read more

Since 2007, pirate attacks have increased off the Horn of Africa, one of the world’s most highly trafficked passageways, but their success rates have declined. In 2007, there were only 19 pirate attacks, but 63% were successful. The following year...   read more

Within the next three years, the federal government will be hiring more than 250,000 workers to meet growing demands for skilled workers ranging from health to legal services. A new report by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service says feder...   read more

With front groups, defined as organizations that claim to represent one agenda while really serving another, popping up everywhere these days, Anne Landman at PR Watch has offered up ways to figure out who really is behind the likes of FACES of Co...   read more

What OPEC is to oil, China is to rare earth elements, and the Chinese government is now taking advantage of its control over such materials to expand its economic clout. China possesses 93% of the world’s rare elements, and virtually all of the gl...   read more

Documents compiled by the CIA’s inspector general relating to the agency’s secret interrogation program will not be released, according to CIA’s National Clandestine Service office. The agency is refusing to turn over materials to a federal court ...   read more

The collision that commonly takes place between the left and the right in politics has manifested itself in France where two local leaders have literally aimed their constituencies at one another. Tired of the commuter traffic that has plagued the...   read more

After enduring years of what critics called neglect on the part of the Bush administration, the Department of Justice under Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. is planning to bolster its civil rights division. For starters, Holder intends to add 50 n...   read more

Following up on its promise in April to go after greenhouse gases, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Monday that it will declare carbon dioxide a dangerous pollutant if Congress does not act soon. EPA chief Lisa Jackson told la...   read more

With obstacles mounting from both the enemy and the government in power, the U.S. should rethink its strategy in Afghanistan and dramatically downsize its forces, writes conservative columnist George Will. The current plan by President Barack Obam...   read more

Americans who use cocaine have a one-in-three chance of snorting the drug laced with Levamisole, a potent medication used to de-worm cattle. Officials with the Drug Enforcement Administration say Colombian drug smugglers have been adding Levamisol...   read more