President Donald Trump invited the Dodgers to the White House. Many of their fans feared that the team, by accepting, would humiliate themselves and betray the team’s large Latino, Asian and African-American fan base. Dodgers controlling owner Mark Walter, along with co-owner Magic Johnson, have proposed a solution. Trump has promised that if he can keep the championship trophy, the Commissioner’s Trophy, he will end all seizures and deportations of immigrants.   read more

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether it was constitutional for Louisiana to take five years to try an indigent man for murder because it lacked the funds to pay for a court-appointed attorney.   read more

It might seem like common sense, but researchers have validated the assumption that cracking down on deadbeat companies by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will result in more taxes being paid. In a paper published by Accounting Review, three academics concluded more IRS audits yields more government revenues.   read more

Small towns with small budgets in Alabama have become golden opportunities for companies offering to take over government services. But critics worry whether the price they pay to outsource traditional government services includes diminished civil rights and due process.   read more

A deadly outbreak of meningitis has been traced back to medicine produced by the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Massachusetts, a specialty pharmacy that the federal government does not regulate. To date, eight people have died and 105 have become ill from a steroid used to treat back pain and joint disorders.   read more

Informing consumers about foods containing genetically engineered (GE) ingredients is required in 61 nations. The United States has resisted calls from advocates for mandatory GE food-labeling laws but with Proposition 37, advocates hope California will spearhead a new movement for labeling.   read more

While the American median household net worth plummeted 39% in the Great Recession from 2007 to 2010, the median estimated wealth of lawmakers increased 5% during the same period, according to The Washington Post. For the richest one-third of Congress, their wealth expanded 14%.   read more

Police in Dallas, Texas, have claimed a 12% drop in crime, which coincided with new rules making it harder for businesses to report shoplifting. The Dallas Morning News found that almost a third of the crime reduction could be attributed to a new policy discouraging the reporting of shoplifting cases under $50.   read more

Lockheed Martin has really been spreading the campaign contributions around the U.S. House this year. So far, nearly 90% of representatives have received money from the largest defense contractor in the country. Of the 435 House members, 386 accepted such Lockheed-related contributions.   read more

To help Americans learn how the United States government spends their money, AllGov asks each of 350 departments, agencies, and programs to reveal their 10 leading contractors. Most of these entities cooperate, but the U.S. Botanic Garden would not.   read more

Foreign businesses and individuals are barred from contributing to U.S. election campaigns. But what about an American firm that’s foreign owned, such as the one Restore Our Future gave Mitt Romney $1 million?   read more

Claiming immunity from civil action, the Obama administration is fighting one lawsuit claiming AT&T helped the National Security Agency eavesdrop on them and another on behalf of all Americans who have been subjected to illegal spying by the government.   read more

As part of a new national campaign, the FDA contends that almost all Internet drug stores are frauds that often sell counterfeit drugs and Americans should not do business with online pharmacies located outside the United States.   read more

African Americans living in St. Louis housing projects may have been subjected to radiation-laced spraying by the U.S. military during the Cold War.   read more

Those who lost their belongings banded together in a class-action lawsuit that challenged the legality of the officers’ actions on the basis that the police threw away their possessions without providing the campsite residents a way of getting them back. The lost possessions included tents, sleeping bags and medicine. The city will cut $796,050 in checks to 1,143 people involved in the case. The checks are expected to range from $400 to $750.   read more

The GAO concluded that the agencies were only buying in bulk 5% of the time, which amounted to a savings of $1.8 billion. This savings represents only one-half of one percent of procurement spending.   read more

The victim, whose disabilities include cerebral palsy, mental retardation and hydrocephalus, cannot speak and was only able to testify in court by using a keypad, on which she responded yes or no with just her right index finger. The state Supreme Court voted 4-3 to uphold the appellate decision after agreeing that the victim could have expressed her opposition through biting, kicking or screeching, as she had been known to do if she disliked the food she was given.   read more