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

Former Halliburton subsidiary KBR got quite the deal from the Bush administration when it agreed to help rebuild Iraq’s infrastructure following the 2003 invasion. Not only was it paid millions of dollars for the work, but it was also indemnifie...   read more

The Great Recession really was a great time for many members of Congress. While millions of Americans lost jobs and homes and struggled to pay bills, the 50 richest lawmakers managed during 2009 to pad their wealth with another $85 million colle...   read more

America’s top military commander in Afghanistan, Army General David Petraeus, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, insisted recently that Taliban attacks involving roadside bombs have “flattened” over the past year. Have they?   Petra...   read more

Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa is unhappy with the performance of the Defense Department’s chief watchdog, and for good reason. The Pentagon’s inspector general’s office didn’t investigate a single weapons contract or contractor las...   read more

Medi-Share, operated by the American Evangelistic Association and the Christian Care Ministry, can be considered a type of insurance despite its characterization of offering “affordable, biblical health care” to customers, all of whom must be Chri...   read more

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Unlike the thousands of other families whose loved ones were killed on September 11, 2001, who have settled out of court, the relatives of Mark Bavis are determined to go to trial in order to prove that the terrorist attacks were an avoidable tr...   read more

Based on the numbers alone, one would think there hasn’t been much heroism in Afghanistan or Iraq these many years. Until this week, the Department of Defense had awarded the Medal of Honor, the military’s highest honor for valor, only six times...   read more

In an effort to promote the importance of healthy eating, federal health experts have published data on which Americans consume fruits and vegetables multiple times a day. Folks in Tennessee came out on top with 33% of the population eating vege...   read more

1.     Miscellaneous personal appearance workers—49.6% 2.     Medical scientists—33.3% 3.     Computer hardware engineers—26.8% 4.     Computer software engineers—26.6% 5.     Gaming services workers—26.0% 6.     Chemists and materials scie...   read more

1. Highway maintenance workers—0.1% 1. Mining machine operators—0.1% 3. Parts salespersons—0.2% 3. Refuse and recyclable material collectors—0.2% 5. Cost estimators—0.3% 5. Helpers, construction trades—0.3% 5. Crane and tower operators—0.3...   read more

America’s coastal waters are increasingly becoming “dead zones” for marine life, posing both economic and environmental hazards for the country.   An assessment by federal, state and private scientists assembled by the White House found the nu...   read more

With low-level inmates prone to return to prison 60% of the time, conservatives in the United Kingdom are banking on a novel experiment to reduce the recidivism rate.   Through the use of a social impact bond, investors have committed £5 milli...   read more

President George W. Bush nominated U.S. Army Lieutenant General Carroll F. Pollett in September 2008 to be director of the Defense Information System Agency (DISA) in the Department of Defense after the Senate refused to confirm Bush’s first choic...   read more

David A. Hinson was appointed National Director of the Minority Business Development Agency on July 15, 2009. He oversees the agency’s five regional branches and 48 business bureaus, which offer support services to minority businesses. In 2009, ...   read more

New York Neighbors for Community Values held a candlelight vigil on September 10, 2010.           read more