The majority of voters did not vote for Donald Trump for president; the majority of voters did not vote for Republican candidates for the Senate; and fewer than 51% of voters cast their ballots for Republican candidates for the House of Representatives. The Republican Party now controls the White House, both houses of Congress and the Supreme Court, no matter how that came to be. I believe it is worth bearing in mind that a majority of U.S. citizens did not support the Republican winners.   read more

Despite the winding down of the Afghanistan war and stronger mental health initiatives, the U.S. Army experienced its worst month in July with suicides.   A total of 38 soldiers killed themselves last month, making it the highest monthly total...   read more

The largest corporations in the U.S., consisting of oil, retail, banking and technology giants, paid an average of only 9% of their earnings in income taxes to the Internal Revenue Service last year.   According to the tax code, companies are ...   read more

Army General William “Kip” Ward may lose a star and a million dollars in retirement pay for overspending on travel and accommodations while serving in Africa.   Ward, a four-star general (the Army’s highest rank) and the first head of the new ...   read more

The biggest pesticide and biotechnology companies in the world, led by Monsanto, have already spent $25 million to defeat California’s groundbreaking Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) labeling initiative on November’s ballot. Most of the money...   read more

The Department of Defense has a reputation for wasting a lot of money, but in at least one case the Pentagon has found a way to save money.   Because of this year’s drought, the meat industry has been forced to drop its prices. The military al...   read more

If lawmakers on Capitol Hill wanted to encapsulate the current session of Congress in a t-shirt slogan, they could go with: Support your party and don’t compromise.   The highly partisan environment in Washington has resulted in the most “do-n...   read more

Retiring from years of service in the federal government can really put the gold back into the golden years.   Washington is currently paying more than 21,000 retired federal workers pensions of $100,000 or more per year, according to USA Toda...   read more

There are currently two kings of the hill among campaign donor groups and both wear conservative crowns.   Crossroads GPS and Americans for Prosperity have spent almost $60 million on television ads so far this election this season, putting th...   read more

Federal forestry officials have too often made decisions regarding National Forests that ignore the private sector’s bottom-line in favor of preservation and sustainability, according to a lawsuit by timber, ranching and off-road vehicle interes...   read more

A Department of Justice office responsible for issuing important legal opinions on government policies has been withholding nearly 40% of its memos from the public.   The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has not published 39% of its 509 opinions ...   read more

The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to stop stonewalling the release of prisoners who were deemed innocent by a federal court ruling.   All of the cases involved individuals serving time under a federal law for being caught with a gun af...   read more

Cheating is a diehard temptation for athletes and speculators, making it imperative for regulators to keep up with changes in the game and ways for people to skirt the bounds of legality. This is especially true on Wall Street, where high-speed co...   read more

Federal airport screeners in Boston have admitted to racially profiling minorities going through checkpoints at Logan International, creating yet another serious problem for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).   More than 30 TSA ...   read more

A group of eleven technicians have sued AT&T over its lunch-break policy that makes eating difficult and forbids many kinds of personal activities other workers take for granted.   In a class action lawsuit filed in Southern Indiana, the techn...   read more

Jestina Sunkarie Bangura-Clayton has won her legal case against the state of Utah, which tried to force her to obtain a cosmetology license for her hair-weaving business.   Clayton’s part-time work came to a halt in 2009 after state officials ...   read more

The U.S. Army achieved a milestone last week when it promoted its first openly gay officer to the rank of general.   Tammy Smith, a veteran of the Afghanistan war, was officially promoted to brigadier general in a ceremony that featured her wife...   read more