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

Doctors may still be paying big bucks for malpractice insurance, but the amount paid out in malpractice awards actually makes up an ever-shrinking piece of health care costs in the United States, according to a new study published by Public Citize...   read more

In a move described by one newspaper as “pure legal overreach,” the U.S. Supreme Court decided last week to hear a case in September that could have monumental ramifications for the financing of national elections. Although Citizens United vs. FEC...   read more

If the spotted frog manages to make a come back in Oregon, the species will have two state convicts to thank in part for the success story.   Prisoners Harry Greer and Albert Delp, both serving time at the minimum-security Cedar Creek Correction...   read more

Who knew Betsy Ross, creator of the American flag, was a femme fatale who killed three of her husbands? Or that Benjamin Franklin fathered 69 illegitimate children? Apparently, such historical inaccuracies have been perpetuated by certain tour gui...   read more

On May 13, 2009, President Obama turned to Gregory B. Jaczko, a PhD physicist with critical views of the nuclear power industry to chair the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which is the foremost agency overseeing atomic energy. Senate confirm...   read more

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack turned on March 23, 2009, to fellow Iowan Michael Michener to be the next Administrator of USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). FAS has primary responsibility for USDA’s international activities, including...   read more

Americans sweating beside the barbeque on the Fourth of July had nothing on U.S. Marines humping their way through southern Afghanistan on the nation’s birthday. As if carrying field packs weighing between 50-120 pounds on a three-day march wasn’t...   read more

Officials in Pakistan tried downplaying a suicide attack last Thursday that targeted employees of the country’s nuclear weapons program. The attack involved a single bomber riding atop an explosives-packed motorcycle that rammed into a bus carryin...   read more

As the fastest growing segment of the food industry, organic products now constitute a $23 billion a year market, thanks to half of the adult U.S. population buying organic some of or all the time. But flip-flopping by the federal government is st...   read more

It remains to be seen if the pharmaceutical industry’s offer to provide discounts valued at $80 billion over the next 10 years will really produce savings, considering drug manufacturers may actually make money from their proposal.   A big part...   read more

Rocco Landesman, the man whom President Barack Obama hopes can revive the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), has had an eclectic career. In addition to producing plays and musicals on Broadway, Landesman has owned race horses and several minor...   read more

One of Barack Obama’s most important victories during his run for the Democratic nomination in 2008 came in South Carolina, where he easily defeated rival Hillary Clinton. Of the many local officials who backed Obama over Clinton, Inez Moore Tenen...   read more

The Mississippi town of Philadelphia has long been branded as a place synonymous with the Ku Klux Klan and racist attitudes, ever since three Freedom Riders were murdered there,in1964. But Friday marked a new day for the town, which now has its fi...   read more

While Congress oversaw ballooning federal deficits this decade, lawmakers also ramped up their expenses on overseas travel, the Wall Street Journal found. A review of congressional records revealed spending on foreign junkets by members of the Hou...   read more

If public officials are to be expected to cooperate with federal investigations, their testimony to government lawyers must be kept confidential, says the Obama administration. This argument is the basis for the Justice Department’s opposition to ...   read more

Nancy-Ann DeParle, President Barack Obama’s health reform czar, knows a thing or two (or four) about the dark underbelly of the medical industry, after serving on the boards of numerous companies accused of illegal activities. Following her resign...   read more