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

Officials in Washington are convinced that a number of Chinese banks and businesses are helping Iran develop its military and civilian nuclear programs. The Obama administration has been careful to emphasize that it is not accusing the Chinese g...   read more

Because major drug companies keep breaking the law with regard to illegal marketing of pharmaceuticals, officials with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are finally thinking about prosecuting executives of the companies.   In recent years...   read more

Judging the performance of the federal bailout program for banks is tough to do when government officials rely on private contractors—that aren’t subject to public scrutiny—to do the actual work.   That’s the case with the Department of the Tr...   read more

The November election may be shaping up to be a big winner for Republicans, whether it’s in Congress or at the gubernatorial level. But the long-term picture continues to appear grim for both major political parties.   Allegiance has been slip...   read more

Prior to joining the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) in August 2005, Donetta L. Davidson spent her entire career handling election-related matters, from being a county clerk to serving as Colorado’s secretary of state.   Davidson was born...   read more

Homosexual, bisexual and transgender employees of the federal government can’t even treat their partners like a dog. That’s because under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, a worker has the option of buying health coverage for their ...   read more

At the United States’ main detention facility at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, the Defense Intelligence Agency and Joint Special Operations Command operate a secret “black prison,” known as Tor Prison, that members of the International Committee...   read more

The Food and Drug Administration has changed its mind about a patch for injured knees, and withdrawn its approval for the product that was originally allowed on the market after four politicians from New Jersey pressured regulators into making t...   read more

While multiple lawsuits make their way through the courts against contractors hired by the Department of Defense (DOD) to burn garbage and toxic materials in the Iraq and Afghanistan war zones, the military is continuing to use the controversial...   read more

A pioneer in the fight against AIDS, Eric P. Goosby has, since June 23, 2009, overseen the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) as part of his role as U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, leading all of the federal government’s internation...   read more

Holly H. Shimizu has served as executive director of the U.S. Botanic Garden since November 2000. She was introduced to gardening by her grandfather in Rhode Island.   After she graduated from high school in Philadelphia, she was unsure what d...   read more

When Mexico banned the sale of pseudoephedrine, the key ingredient in methamphetamine, in 2007, drug rings turned to the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chain, CVS, for help. Unlike other drug outlets, CVS allowed customers to make multiple purch...   read more

More than 200 Christian worshippers from China have been banned from attending a huge international evangelical conference being held in South Africa on October 16. Attending the Lausanne Congress in Cape Town has been deemed a threat to the nat...   read more

The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine at the Eastern Virginia Medical School has achieved another milestone. Back in 1981, the Jones Institute conducted the first in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the United States. This time, its doctors ...   read more

The executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness since November 16, 2009, Barbara Poppe has more than 25 years of non-profit experience working on homelessness with housing-related organizations.    Born in 1958, Poppe ea...   read more

With 25 years of experience in planning, designing and constructing rural facility projects, Joel Neimeyer serves as federal co-chair of the Denali Commission, a position he has held since January 3, 2010. A pet project of Senator Ted Stevens (...   read more