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

One week before Christmas, the Bush administration changed the rules to make it easier and cheaper for agricultural businesses to employ temporary foreign workers. On Friday, within hours of being sworn in as Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis announ...   read more

Last week, the Obama administration refused to release copies of seven documents “in the interest of national security.” Did the documents have to do with torture, with warrantless wiretapping, with clandestine spy and antiterror activities? None ...   read more

Because many Muslims interpret the Quran as forbidding taking or paying interest on loans, the Islamic world has developed a different system of mortgages. Last month, the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency became the first government entity in the ...   read more

As President Obama and his new administration attempt to reform the American health care system, one viable and desirable option is being kept off the table: single-payer health care. Single-payer health care is a financing system whereby the U.S....   read more

Each year, the National Security Archive at George Washington University gives its Rosemary Award to the branch of government that is least responsive to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. This year’s award goes to the FBI. During the pas...   read more

U.S. Marines in Farah Province, Afghanistan, are using an all-female unit to interact with Afghan women in a region in which male Marines talking with women would be considered culturally unacceptable. A similar program has already met with succes...   read more

In a curious case of left and right coming together, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed suit against the city of Clearwater, Florida, on behalf of a bait and tackle shop that was ordered to cover up a painting of fish that the cit...   read more

Moody’s Investors Service has issued a list of 283 “Bottom Rung” companies that are most at risk of defaulting on their debt payments. Moody’s expects 45% of these firms to default over the next 12 months. Among the most well-known of these high-r...   read more

Critics are calling President Obama’s new tax policies “class warfare” and even “socialism.” But his supporters look at it differently: they refer to it as a “Robin Hood budget.” There is no question that Obama is increasing spending for the poor,...   read more

On March 2, Navy Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told CNN that he believed that Iran has enough “fissile material” to build a nuclear bomb. His position was supported by the Israeli government. According to a pre...   read more

As many companies are being forced to cut back on spending, including salaries and staff, employee satisfaction has not been a huge priority during these tough economic times. However, Steve Wulchin and Jonathan Sawyer, founders of FreeWave Techno...   read more

On Sunday, the Obama administration brought sighs of relief to many Americans by announcing the first reduction of U.S. troops in Iraq—12,000 over the next six months. (Current troop strength in Iraq is 142,000.) But those who are old enough to re...   read more

Even in the midst of a struggling economy, in which most states are facing budget deficits, the prison industry has continued to experience significant growth and increased funding. A recent report released by the Pew Center on the States, entitle...   read more

On Thursday, CIA Director Leon Panetta sent an e-mail to CIA employees reassuring them that no one who engaged in torture would be held accountable as long as they were following orders. In 1996, the U.S. Congress passed, and President Clinton sig...   read more

In an interview with Le Monde, Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderón, defends his government’s U.S.-supported war against drug cartels, which took the lives of more than 6,000 people last year. However, Calderón also believes that Americans, and Pre...   read more

The current unemployment rate of 8.1% is the highest since December 1983. The Reagan Recession unemployment rate remained above 8.1% for 26 consecutive months and peaked at 10.8% in November and December 1982. Before Ronald Reagan left office, it ...   read more