According to aides who were present when Trump discussed the issue, but who choose to remain anonymous for fear of retribution, Trump said he was sick of Vance and wanted to fire him. “I wanted him to be my attack dog,” said Trump, “but he appears foolish on television. He dropped the college football trophy. He met with Pope Francis and the next day the pope died. Vance is toxic, and I don’t want him to come near me. He just doesn’t look as good on television as I thought he would.”   read more

To handle U.S. interests in one of the most volatile and important regions of the world, President Barack Obama has turned to veteran diplomat Robert O. Blake, Jr., who has experience in the region and whose father was a prominent diplomat as well...   read more

No wonder the military in Honduras was so fast and efficient in overthrowing leftist President Manuel Zelaya last weekend. Two of the coup’s top leaders were trained at the infamous School of the Americas, which has a long reputation for training ...   read more

Critics of Sonia Sotomayor can knock her for her liberal views or rulings regarding affirmative action, but if there’s one thing the U.S. Supreme Court nominee can’t be criticized for it is her willingness to recuse herself. Based on her long reco...   read more

Despite a noticeable drop in cocaine-related overdoses, Florida law enforcement officials are not celebrating. Prescription drug abuse has now become the leading cause of drug-related overdoses, primarily from the powerful pain killer oxycodone,...   read more

Even though President Barack Obama followed through with his pledge to freeze the salaries of White House staffers making more than $100,000, Team Obama is making 15% more than what George W. Bush’s crew made in 2008. An analysis by National Journ...   read more

The American waistline continues to expand at an alarming rate, according to a new report, which found in 2008 not a single U.S. state reported a decline in adult obesity—while nearly half the country experienced an increase. The study, produced b...   read more

Hell has not frozen over. For many on the left, though, such a precursor was expected before witnessing what took place on Monday when conservative Justice Antonin Scalia joined forces with the U.S. Supreme Court’s liberal wing in a key ruling on ...   read more

After four years of battling unsuccessfully against the Bush administration, California officials finally won a significant victory on Tuesday with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Barack Obama that has huge ramifications f...   read more

Jon M. Huntsman Jr. does not fit the typical profile of a U.S. ambassador. Generally, ambassadors fall into one of two camps: Career diplomats; or wealthy political contributors rewarded for their support of the president and his party. Huntsman h...   read more

The mighty Green Dam of China, a computer software program intended to block pornography on Chinese PCs (and carry out other censorship and spying activities) is also capable of shutting out images of some of America’s favorite exports: Paris Hilt...   read more

Calling it the beginning of a historic effort, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced on Monday that the U.S. government will set aside 670,000 acres of public land for the creation of solar farms. Federal officials intend to create 24 en...   read more

Germany’s governing parties came to an agreement on Wednesday on a blanket measure involving the overturning of Nazi-era rulings convicting about 30,000 individuals of desertion or treason. These convictions carried with them the death penalty and...   read more

Better late than never. Nearly 60 years after his death in the Korean War, Sergeant First Class Lincoln “Cliff” May received the funeral he deserved in Plainville, Connecticut, at West Cemetery. May, then 22 years old and engaged to be married, wa...   read more

It is estimated that between one-quarter and one-third of all Americans eligible to vote are not registered to participate in elections—which is why the Brennan Center for Justice is calling for a radical change in the way voters are signed up. In...   read more

More than 50% of all consumer products recalled in 2008 by the federal government were made in China, which continues to sell faulty and dangerous goods due to a lack of accountability in the court systems of both countries. Recalls by the Consume...   read more

While the U.S. Army has struggled to meet recruiting goals, resulting in lower standards and the enlistment of Neo-Nazis, the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) is turning away people who don’t meet its tougher standards to become one of “the few, the proud...   read more