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

At nearly $76 a barrel, the price of petroleum has reached a “perfect” state, according to Saudi Arabia’s top oil official. “Inventories are coming down, the price is perfect and investors, consumers, producers are all very happy,” Ali al-Naimi, t...   read more

Democrats and Republicans spent part of last week trading places when it came to being tough on crime and defending the meek. After liberal Senator Al Franken (D-MN) pushed forward an amendment that left Republicans reeling from accusations of bei...   read more

From pastoral lyricism to unlikely metaphors, Slate received a wide range of entries for its “Write Like Sarah Palin” contest, held in honor of the popular Republican’s memoir, Going Rogue, which included this real excerpt about her husband: "That...   read more

As the nation heads into the final stretch of 2009, it’s Georgia in the lead, followed by Illinois, for the top (inglorious) honor of most bank failures this year. So far, 24 financial institutions have collapsed in the Peach State, compared to th...   read more

President Barack Obama’s breaking of the color barrier in presidential politics notwithstanding, many African-American men continue to struggle against racial inequalities in the job market, even for graduating from the nation’s top colleges. Acco...   read more

In an effort to learn how social networking sites can aid the military, Department of Defense researchers sponsored a contest to see who could accurately locate 10 large red balloons released across the United States. First prize ($40,000) went to...   read more

Supporters of a single-payer health care system have not yet given up the fight in the U.S. Senate, where a vote will soon take place on an amendment creating a Medicare-for-all type of system. The plan is the brainchild of Senator Bernie Sanders ...   read more

After more than 50 years of investigations and finding no potential threats, the British government has decided to quietly shut down its UFO office. Officials with the Ministry of Defense, which housed the special investigative unit, felt there wa...   read more

Liberal Democrats in Congress are taking aim at Wall Street with new taxes to help pay down the deficit and stimulate new jobs for the economy. Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) are introducing identical measures in...   read more

Instead of seeing the baddest of the bad staring back, customers at a local post office are more likely to see the face of Frank Sinatra or Mickey Mouse on the wall. That’s because the U.S. Postal Service has ditched the longtime tradition of putt...   read more

Cities throughout the South, and especially in Florida, are danger zones for pedestrians—not because of local crime, but because of how streets are designed. A new study by transportation planning experts examined fatalities on foot across the U.S...   read more

In order for journalists to interview employees of the Food and Drug Administration, they must first ask permission of the agency—a requirement deemed unacceptable by numerous organizations representing media professionals. The groups, as well as ...   read more

The days of federal courts in Arizona cattle-calling large numbers of illegal immigrants may be coming to an end. The Ninth Circuit appellate court in San Francisco ruled on Wednesday that Arizona’s federal judges cannot take pleas from 50 to 100 ...   read more

When banks, investment firms, insurance companies and real estate companies spend lavishly on lobbying the federal government, they make sure to hire not just any old lobbyists. Among the 940 ex-federal employees hired to promote the agendas of th...   read more

Next year’s congressional elections in the Philippines will not lack for star power. Manny Pacquiao, the first boxer to win world championships in seven different weight divisions, intends to run again for Congress from the southern province of Sa...   read more

As drug-smuggling tunnels go, the one discovered on Wednesday in Tijuana was not the first in the border town ripe with narcotics trafficking. But it was unusual for having its own elevator. The 1,000-foot tunnel was still under construction when ...   read more