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

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s leadership during the Bush administration worked against its own staff when it came to policing Wall Street firms, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. Under former SEC Chairma...   read more

In an effort to boost auto sales, and supposedly to help the environment, Congress is moving towards a plan to subsidize consumers who want to trade in their gas hogs for more fuel efficient vehicles. If the measure as currently crafted becomes la...   read more

U.S. Army Lieutenant Ehren Watada has faced the possibility of court-martial and jail time ever since he publicly refused to deploy to Iraq in 2006. He was the first officer to buck the Bush administration’s war policy, which turned him into a her...   read more

The United States would be making a huge mistake if it adopted a universal health care system like that in Canada, argues Ed Feulner, president of The Heritage Foundation. There are numerous examples of why the Canadian model doesn’t work, demonst...   read more

Amid threats of doctors walking out on patients and protesters being hauled off by security, the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday was the setting for heated arguments both for and against the creation of a government-run health care system for ...   read more

Not since perhaps the 1980s recession have so many news accounts surfaced about the homeless in America. As was the case then, today’s stories are filled with tales of working-class Americans—or at least those who were working before the economic ...   read more

Just how bad is the current economic recession? Never before has the federal government been the No. 1 source of revenue for state and local governments. But that has changed as of 2009. Between the steep drop in tax revenues and the generous allo...   read more

Determined to keep its best officers and enlisted men from leaving the service entirely, the U.S. Navy has become the first branch of the armed services to allow personnel to step out of their uniforms—and maintain their health benefits—for up to ...   read more

Wild horses and burros have roamed the West for centuries, but the herds are quickly outgrowing their ranges. The amount of land available for wild horses to run and graze has fallen by about 20 million acres since the 1970s. The public ranges can...   read more

Each year for the past 10 years the Mercatus Center at George Mason University releases a report ranking how well federal agencies come clean in revealing their performances. For 2008 the worst score went to the Small Business Administration, whic...   read more

Running the state of Arizona’s transportation agency has become something of a stepping-stone for recent appointees to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). At the beginning of George W. Bush’s first term, Mary Peters, then-director of the Ar...   read more

“In everything, do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.” Matthew 7:12   The majority of evangelical Protestants in the United States have no problem with the use of torture on suspected terrorists, a...   read more

Move over America’s “Most Wanted.” Here comes the United Kingdom’s “Least Wanted”—a select group of individuals who are persona non grata on British soil. Since 2005, the British government has compiled a list of those banned from entering the U...   read more

Did the federal government play favorites when it came to distributing bailout money to banks? The editors at the FinCri Advisor believe so, and they have facts to back up their claim. Overall, a bank had an 8.3% chance of receiving federal suppor...   read more

At most busy airports around the country, an observer might see three planes taking off within just minutes of each other. But at John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport, a plane watcher would be hard pressed to see three flights depart for a...   read more

When Congress adopted the $787 billion stimulus bill in February, it specifically prohibited state and local officials from spending money on casinos, golf courses, swimming pools, aquariums, and zoos. And yet the National Zoo in Washington, DC, w...   read more