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

Federal law enforcement officers are not apprehending immigrants like they used to do, arresting the lowest total in almost four decades during 2010.   Apprehensions for immigration violations numbered 516,992 two years ago, which was down dra...   read more

The foreclosure crisis has become a crushing problem for older Americans, more than a million of whom have lost their homes since the financial crisis.   About 1.5 million individuals age 50 and older lost their houses between 2007 and 2011, w...   read more

Being married, as compared to merely cohabitating with one’s partner, allows both mates to live longer, but whites benefit far more than African-Americans, according to a recently released study authored by two sociologists. Put another way, tho...   read more

Federalism—the division of power between federal and state governments—is making the nation’s electrical grid less safe and more vulnerable to attack by thieves as well as by terrorists. According to a new report released by the Government Accou...   read more

As Congress mulls whether or not to re-authorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act of 2008, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has admitted that the government’s use of the Act has violated the constitution...   read more

Texas’ obsession with underground drilling for natural gas has created a giant gap in the federal government’s border patrol defenses against drug smuggling.   Across a large swath of remote land stretching from the border into east Texas, dri...   read more

Having grown tired of the military’s stonewalling, a U.S. senator this week released thousands of documents pertaining to the decades-long water contamination at a key Marine Corps base.   Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), chairman of the Sen...   read more

Political contributions totaling millions of dollars made during the 2007-2008 election cycle have been erased from a federal database maintained by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).   According to three university academics studying camp...   read more

The White House has been dragging its feet over rules implementing a major food-safety law, according to supporters of the legislation.   With broad bipartisan support, Congress adopted the Food Safety Modernization Act in 2010. The law was in...   read more

As Matt Bewig has reported on AllGov, on Monday, July 23, the state of Georgia will put to death a mentally retarded man unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes and stays the execution. Attorneys for Warren Hill, a 52-year-old African American ...   read more

Quietly, the United States has reduced carbon emissions to their lowest levels in six years. But the reasons for this success may be keeping the Obama administration from touting this accomplishment.   Since 2006, the U.S. output of greenhouse...   read more

Going to the polls on Election Day and having to pay $20 to cast a ballot may seem outrageous. But that is what thousands of poor Americans are facing due to new voter ID laws.   In 10 states, voters must now show some form of photo identifica...   read more

Capitol One Bank has earned the distinction of being the first bank penalized by the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which discovered the financial institution had duped millions of customers into buying products they didn’t nee...   read more

All statements made by the five Guantánamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11, 2001, attacks have been classified by the Obama administration, prompting legal challenges from civil libertarians and news organizations.   The order, ...   read more

Clarence Aaron may get a second chance at having his life sentence reduced by the White House.   Convicted in 1993 and sent away for three life terms for his role in a cocaine deal, Aaron was denied commutation by President George W. Bush. But...   read more

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles, but will continue to allow its use in plastic bottles used by adults.   The FDA’s decision was less dramatic than it may appear, since manufacturers ...   read more