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

A federal program intended to boost automobile sales and help reduce gas consumption is supposed to begin operation by the end of July, now that President Barack Obama has signed the legislation. After being known as “Cash for Clunkers” while Cong...   read more

Pop quiz time. Recently, the U.S. military banned a reporter from embedding with an Army unit because of his unfavorable coverage of the war in Iraq. Was the reporter from: A) New York Times; B) Washington Post; or C) Stars and Stripes? The answer...   read more

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has issued its annual report on illegal drug use around the world. Although national figures are hard to compare because of varying methods of research, there are some revealing statistics relating to t...   read more

“No Child Left Behind” is getting an extreme makeover. The controversial education reform plan created during the Bush administration had its red schoolhouse branding image torn down last Saturday outside the Department of Education building in Wa...   read more

At least 24 journalists and bloggers have been arrested in Iran since the contested presidential election on June 12, bringing the total to 33 locked up in prison, according to Reporters Without Borders. The media watchdog group, which calls Iran ...   read more

Of the hundreds of detainees imprisoned by the United States on suspicions of being terrorists, it might be difficult to find a case more unfair than that of Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak al-Janko. The Syrian-Kurd was in Afghanistan in 2000 and wound up...   read more

Federal Judge Samuel Kent, convicted of obstructing an investigation into allegations of sexually assaulting female employees, began his 33-month prison sentence on June 15—but decided to post-date his resignation from the bench to June 2010 so he...   read more

Officials at the Environmental Protection Agency have said they want to require the mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by large agricultural operations, or factory farms, to monitor the release of such contributors to global war...   read more

After spending $3 million, not testing a single patient, and enduring accusations of program mismanagement, the Department of Veterans Affairs has decided to move its brand new state-of-the-art testing facility for vets suffering from brain trauma...   read more

Government officials in Iran ordered security forces on Monday to crackdown on demonstrators protesting results from the presidential election two weeks ago—even though the country’s top election panel admitted considerable irregularities were fou...   read more

The repressive tactics of Burma’s military junta have gone so far that people can now go to jail for simply praying. Two supporters of imprisoned opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi were sentenced last week to 18 months in prison after leading othe...   read more

As the blogosphere has grown into a resource for shoppers looking for advice or recommendations on products, so too has the practice of bloggers being paid by companies to promote their goods or services—which is why the federal government has dec...   read more

When the government of Iran bought a new mobile phone network last year from two European telecommunications giants, it got a great two-for-one deal: expanded Internet and wireless coverage for its citizens…and the capability to spy on them.   A...   read more

Sam Spradlin can be faulted for lacking political support and fundraising, not to mention a home in the district, as part of his quest to get elected to Congress. But he does not lack foresight or patience. The truck driver and political novice is...   read more

In becoming only the third person to head the Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) since its post-Watergate creation in 1975, Mary Patrice Brown is expected to help Attorney General Eric Holder rebuild the reputation...   read more

Organized labor was nothing short of giddy when President Barack Obama decided to make Jordan Barab the temporary head, and permanent No. 2 official, at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Having spent his entire professional...   read more