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

One way to help solve the federal deficit problem is to turn back the clock on tax rates for corporations and the wealthy, which could yield three quarters of a trillion dollars more for the U.S. Treasury annually.   Researchers at the Institu...   read more

Chrysler is no longer government, or entirely American, property now that the Obama administration has finished orchestrating the auto manufacturer’s merger with Italian car company Fiat.   The Department of the Treasury announced last week th...   read more

After a year of investigation, the U.S. military has concluded what was already determined by Congress and the media—that at least some portion of a billion-dollar transportation contract in Afghanistan wound up in the hands of the Taliban.   ...   read more

Individuals missing arms or legs are serving in the U.S. military. Individuals who are blind are also serving. But anyone who’s deaf cannot serve their country, and that’s not okay with Keith Nolan.   Nolan is a high school teacher in Southern...   read more

Dr. Thomas Kosten and his wife, Therese, have spent 20 years developing a vaccine for cocaine addiction. The drug works for some people, the Kostens say, but for others it has an unfortunate tendency to make them consume even more of the narcoti...   read more

Once the U.S. military pulls out of Iraq by next January, the State Department will be left to defend itself and its diplomats against hostile Iraqis. To ensure their safety, officials are assembling a force of 5,500 security contractors—equal i...   read more

As far Democrats and consumer advocates are concerned, John Walsh can’t be replaced fast enough by President Barack Obama.   Walsh has spent the past year running the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which puts him in charge of regul...   read more

Contrary to popular belief about Rupert Murdoch’s conservative slant, the media mogul’s support for politicians has included huge sums for Democrats as well as Republicans.   The Sunlight Foundation says Murdoch’s flagship company, News Corp.,...   read more

Franz Gayl spent 35 years working as a civilian science adviser for the U.S. Marine Corps…until he opened his mouth about the Department of Defense dragging its feet to help protect Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan.   Last fall, Gayl lost his s...   read more

One of the most overlooked nations in the world, Equatorial Guinea popped onto the international scene after large reserves of oil were discovered there in 1995. Between 1968 and 1979, the nation was controlled by a dictator, Francisco Macías Ng...   read more

Partisan gridlock in Congress over the budget extended this week to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), resulting in 4,000 government employees getting furloughed without pay and lawmakers blaming each other for the failure to act.   Fo...   read more

It may seem shocking that Amy Winehouse died at the early age of 27, but in the world of music such deaths are not that unusual. Here are eleven other musicians who died when they were 27 years old.   1. Kurt Cobain—The lead singer of Nirvana,...   read more

Research and extension outreach programs, a key source of support for small farmers across the United States, are in danger of closing up as federal and state government funding dries up.   The American Agriculturist reports that many publicly...   read more

When times are tough and people are angry, even God has a tough time pulling down high approval ratings.   A new survey by Public Policy Polling found that only 52% of American voters approve of God’s performance. Nine percent disapprove, and ...   read more

After serving as an ambassador and handling other foreign affairs roles since the 1980s, Dato Paduka Haji Yusoff bin Haji Abd Hamid became ambassador of Brunei to the United States in November 2009.   Born on March 1, 1949, in Kuala Belait, Ha...   read more

Despite his election on a pro-choice platform, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon permitted two anti-abortion bills to become law this week.   Conservative lawmakers in the state legislature sent Nixon two identical abortion-restriction laws, one fro...   read more