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

A uranium isotope is a uranium isotope, regardless of its country of origin. But for two Democratic congressmen, there’s a problem with low-level nuclear waste from Italy being dumped in Utah, even though plenty of radioactive refuse has already b...   read more

One would think that in an era of greater demand for shrinking resources, no government agency would oppose a plan to save water. But the Southern Nevada Water Authority, which services Las Vegas and Clark County, is just such an agency.   Water...   read more

Dwight Eisenhower was still in his first term the Oval Office the last time the nation experienced a drop in consumer prices, until now. The Labor Department reported this week that the Consumer Price Index, used to measure the rate of inflation, ...   read more

The Bush administration insisted its anti-drug efforts by federal law enforcement were succeeding because of reported spikes in the price of cocaine—an indicator that counter-narcotics raids were causing a shortage in the drug market. But the Wash...   read more

The economic downturn, coupled with changing social perceptions and escalating drug violence in Mexico, has sparked national interest in legalizing, regulating and taxing marijuana consumption. A 2005 study by Harvard University economist Jeffrey ...   read more

For all the faults that are levied on illegal immigrants in the United States, one thing they can’t be knocked for is their propensity for nuclear families. In a new report by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, it wa...   read more

When Steven Howards spotted Vice President Dick Cheney in a mall in Beaver Creek, CO, in June 2006, he decided to give him a piece of his mind over the Iraq War. But after approaching Cheney, Howards found himself being hauled off by Secret Servic...   read more

What started out as an attempt to save money on energy bills has turned into a productivity bonanza for Utah’s state government. In the summer of 2008, as gas prices soared, state officials decided to mandate a four-day workweek for all state civi...   read more

VS Acharya, a minister in the Indian state of Karnataka and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was driving through his district last Sunday when he noticed a political rally being held. Like any good politician, Acharya saw an opportunity...   read more

President Barack Obama has said repeatedly that his administration is committed to shrinking the digital divide and getting rural America on the Internet through broadband services in order to help small businesses and improve access to health car...   read more

Unlike other cabinet members, the Secretary of Commerce has always been expected to be on the side of business; a friend to corporate America. President Obama’s Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, is in familiar territory. Large corporations spent ...   read more

Fifth Avenue's iconic Empire State Building is about to undergo an environmental retrofit project to reduce its energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Constructed in 1931, the 102-floor, 2.6 million-square-foot skyscraper has 6,500 wind...   read more

The Cybersecurity Act of 2009, currently working its way through Congress, would give the President and a key member of his cabinet unprecedented authority over the Internet, according to the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF). Introduced by Sena...   read more

Americans might think that the sexual indiscretions involving their politicians are juicy stuff. But the scandals involving Bill Clinton, John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, Mark Foley, Larry Craig and others don’t compare to the fresh revelation that th...   read more

Surprise inspections aren’t much good if the surprise gets blown. That’s what happened in April 2006 when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) tried to pull off a series of security tests at 12 airports around the country. The test was...   read more

More than ever, the U.S. Census Bureau is facing a daunting prospect as it prepares to account for the estimated 306 million residents of the United States in the 2010 census. Because the current economic downturn has caused so many Americans to l...   read more