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 is preparing for the first time to charge makers of generic drugs a fee for federal approval, which manufacturers of name-brand medicines have already been paying.   The change was incorporated into legislation that gain...   read more

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) top official has come under considerable scrutiny for recent remarks defending the illegality of marijuana.   During her testimony before Congress, DEA Director Michele Leonhart argued that keeping m...   read more

With its water supplies dwindling, the legendary Wild West town of Tombstone, Arizona (population 1,562), is suing the federal government over refusing to allow local residents to use heavy equipment to repair a pipeline that runs through protec...   read more

The city of Stockton failed to reach a deal with its creditors Tuesday, setting the stage for the largest U.S. municipal bankruptcy in history.   The Stockton City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday night to halt bond payments, whack its employee healt...   read more

At the same time it has championed free-market capitalism, JPMorgan Chase has enjoyed the largesse of U.S. government subsidies—to the tune of $14 billion annually, the equivalent of 77% of its net profits over the past four quarters.   Accord...   read more

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider an appeal from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which has been stymied in its attempts to challenge a hospital merger in Georgia.   Phoebe Putney Health System announced in 2010 that it would me...   read more

Law enforcement agencies in post-September 11, 2001, America have stockpiled billions of dollars in military equipment, some of which seems unnecessary for local police forces.   Police departments have managed to collect vast quantities of mi...   read more

Not satisfied with the billions of dollars earned from defense contracts, leading arms manufacturers now want some of the credit for killing Osama bin Laden.   Loren Thompson, chief operating officer of the Lexington Institute, a conservative ...   read more

The same U.S. Supreme Court majority that tossed restrictions on corporate giving in federal elections has now nullified Montana’s century-old law banning companies from spending on campaigns.   Business interests and anti-abortionists last ye...   read more

Unwilling to impose rules on themselves that they have on others in government, 130 congressional lawmakers have invested in company stocks while making legislative decisions impacting the very same corporate interests.   Federal laws adopted ...   read more

If the Obama administration wants Private Bradley Manning convicted for releasing classified documents to WikiLeaks, federal prosecutors first must disclose proof that the soldier’s action did harm to national security.   This week Col. Denise...   read more

A Bush-era program designed to help poor people improve their lives through healthy marriages wound up consuming hundreds of millions of dollars and producing few results.   Announced in 2004, the Healthy Marriage Initiative was launched two y...   read more

Demonstrators in Bahrain have a new villain in their protracted struggle to gain democratic freedoms: the United States.   Instead of exclusively blaming the dictatorial regime of King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, protestors have called upon Wash...   read more

The devastating impact of off-shoring American jobs to other countries is no more apparent than in the apparel manufacturing industry. From 1990 to 2011, 80% of the jobs in this industry disappeared in the U.S., downsizing from 902,800 to 151,80...   read more

Regardless of how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration’s federal healthcare reform law, most Americans probably assume the lower courts have decided against the controversial ...   read more

Yesterday’s Supreme Court decision in the case of Arizona v. United States, which struck down three key provisions in Arizona’s immigration enforcement statute known as S.B. 1070 for conflicting with federal immigration law and policy, provoked ...   read more