President Donald Trump gleefully announced that, under his direction, U.S. military troops had swooped down on the Governor’s Mansion in Sacramento and kidnapped California Governor Gavin Newsom. “We’re charging Newscum with fraud.” When a reporter asked for specifics about the fraud charges, Trump pointed to Attorney General Pam Bondi. Bondi, clearly taken by surprise, said, “We’re looking into it and will let you know the details as soon as we’ve created them.”   read more

If solar power is to go mainstream, it wouldn’t hurt to win over Nascar fans. The first step may be taking place in Pennsylvania, where owners of the Pocono Raceway are committed to spending $15-$17 million to install the largest solar farm in the...   read more

The Taliban may be known for their harsh rule of law, but at least they enforce it. This sentiment captured the feelings of many in Afghanistan’s Helmand province who were not displeased to see Taliban fighters forced out by advancing U.S. Marines...   read more

A combination of drought, foreign dams, and failed policies is threatening to turn much of Iraq’s fertile land into a dust bowl reminiscent of what happened in the United States during the Great Depression. Faced with what some are calling an envi...   read more

During a recent visit to the United Kingdom, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reportedly told London officials that the United States government would cease sharing intelligence information with its longtime ally if a British court releas...   read more

Federal prison officials during the Bush administration began a secretive program to segregate inmates, most of whom are Muslims, and limit their ability to communicate with the outside world. Known as Communications Management Units (CMUs), these...   read more

President Barack Obama’s order back in April for his cabinet to locate $100 million in budget cuts has reportedly yielded just that, and then some. The Office of Management and Budget has announced federal offices found 77 cost-savings moves that ...   read more

The recent Internet row between two of the government’s top financial analysts was a classic geeks vs. nerds contest, writes consultant, writer and analyst RJ Eskow. The showdown on the blogosphere began when Peter Orszag, director of the White Ho...   read more

With the withdrawal of U.S. forces from certain areas in Iraq, the fate of an Iranian opposition group has been left in the hands of the Iraqi government—which is seeking to establish friendly ties with the regime in Iran. The forging of closer ti...   read more

And then there was one. As of July 31 the multi-national force in Iraq will consist entirely of troops from one nation: the United States. The last remaining militaries other than the U.S., the British and Australians, will pull out their troops b...   read more

Described by one legal expert as possibly the “ultimate confrontation” in the courts over Guantánamo, a federal judge was poised to order the Obama administration to release a detainee when the Justice Department agreed to return him to Afghanista...   read more

With more and more Americans turning away from using mail service, causing its business to plummet, the U.S. Postal Service finds itself in serious trouble and in need of urgent restructuring. This conclusion was offered by the Government Accounta...   read more

Not only did its officials ignore warnings about dam safety, but the Tennessee Valley Authority also tried to bury a study revealing the cause of the massive coal ash spill last December 22 near Knoxville. Things had deteriorated so badly at the T...   read more

Troy Schafer found out the hard way that insurance and liability issues trump Good Samaritan deeds at Randalls grocery store in Round Rock, Texas. The now former produce manager thought he was doing the right thing when he chased a purse snatcher ...   read more

On April 8, 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that Ken Melson, since May 14, 2007, the director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, would be the next Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (...   read more

While recipients of the Nobel Prize garner media attention for their past achievements, many lesser known scientists, researchers and innovators are quietly receiving million-dollar prizes from the U.S. government in an effort to promote new ideas...   read more

It is no coincidence that as the number of overweight Americans has gone up, so too has the nation’s costs for health care, according to researchers. While experts do not solely blame rising obesity rates for skyrocketing medical expenses, the gro...   read more