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

The federal government last year fell short of its “small business” contracting goals for the eleventh straight year, a streak that stretches back to the first year of the George W. Bush administration. Federal agencies awarded contracts worth $...   read more

JPMorgan Chase has been accused of evicting a family of four just days after their father died of a stress-induced heart attack brought on by the foreclosure, which they were duped into by the bank.   In their lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase, t...   read more

Before it nearly imploded and was bought out by Bank of America during the 2008 financial crisis, Countrywide Financial used a VIP program to loan money to members of Congress as a way to influence their decision-making.   At least seven curre...   read more

As a means to raise more money for poor nations, a 1% tax should be imposed on the world’s billionaires, a United Nations’ report suggested.   The “World Economic and Social Survey 2012: In Search of New Development Finance” states that more t...   read more

With at least 30 million surveillance cameras watching Americans every day, one aspect of the world of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 has already come to pass, and more is on the way. In the next two years, for example, the FBI plans to te...   read more

At least one female member of the Marine Corps doesn’t believe women should be serving in combat roles for the nation’s elite fighting force.   Marine Captain Katie Petronio, a combat veteran, wrote in an editorial in the Marine Corps Gazette ...   read more

A career diplomat who has served mainly in Eastern Europe is President Obama’s nominee to be the next ambassador to Serbia, the Balkan nation with which the U.S. has had sometimes tense relations since the breakup of Yugoslavia began in the earl...   read more

Generally speaking, election tacticians for both major parties pursue two strategies: make sure your supporters actually go to the polls on Election Day and try to persuade undecided voters to lean your way when they cast their ballots. But this...   read more

The Western United States is experiencing one of its worst fire seasons ever, and gunfire is partly to blame.   More than 30 wildfires affecting five states have been caused by target shooting or other firearms, according to government officia...   read more

To call Lieutenant General Patrick O’Reilly, head of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), a bully is putting it mildly. The MDA is tasked with developing a viable system for protecting the United States and its interests from ballistic missile atta...   read more

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has decided to halt the involuntary downgrading of jobs, many of which were at VA hospitals, following protests from workers and their union.   The controversy began after the VA launched its “Job Classi...   read more

The new ambassador from the Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore is an experienced diplomat with no prior postings in the Western Hemisphere. Set to begin his posting on July 23, 2012, Ashok Kumar Mirpuri succeeds Chan Heng Chee, who served a...   read more

Sending American jobs overseas isn’t just for manufacturing and customer service businesses. Media companies too are figuring out ways to save money by using foreign cheap labor to report on news in the United States.   A pioneer of media outs...   read more

American farmers are losing billions of dollars a year because a shortage of farmworkers is resulting in crops spoiling in unpicked fields.   The estimated loss is between $5 billion and $9 billion annually, according to the American Farm Bure...   read more

Super PACs and other political organizations wanting involvement in Rhode Island elections will now have to disclose their supporters and expenditures under a new law.   Lawmakers adopted the Transparency in Political Spending Act (TIPS) to be...   read more

Nearly 7,000 teachers were wrongly terminated following Hurricane Katrina, a Louisiana judge has ruled.   Four months after disaster struck New Orleans in August 2005, school board officials decided to fire 7,500 employees who at the time were...   read more