President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed outrage to aides because there have been no violent mass street demonstrations against his statements and policies. He believes he needs violent demonstrations against him in order to declare a national state of emergency that would allow him to do anything he wants.   read more

The nation’s largest private prison company is offering cash-strapped state governments to buy up their penitentiaries and manage convicted criminals at a cost-savings. But there’s a catch…the states must guarantee that are there are enough prison...   read more

Following on the Solyndra controversy, the Department of Energy under President Barack Obama is now accused of funneling billions of dollars in funding to companies that have connections within the department.   An investigation by The Washingto...   read more

The cost of owning a printer for a home computer rests as much in the amount spent on ink cartridges as it does on the purchase price of the printer itself. The same can be said of billion-dollar weapons systems purchased by the Department of Defe...   read more

Four hundred types of lipstick contain trace amounts of lead, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which found some products tested for levels that exceeded safety recommendations. The FDA has not set legal limits for lead in cosme...   read more

Screenings agents at Dallas/Fort Worth airport are being accused of making attractive women go through full-body scanners, according to numerous complaints.   A local CBS affiliate went through more than 500 records of complaints lodged against ...   read more

How bad are the reputations of America’s largest banks? About that of a corpse.   In the latest survey of almost 13,000 people by Harris Interactive, which assesses the public’s take on different industries, AIG, Goldman Sachs and Bank of Americ...   read more

Having decided to support Democratic efforts to raise large sums of money via super PACs, President Barack Obama has recruited four members of his cabinet to participate in the fundraising for his super PAC, Priorities USA Action, and other Democr...   read more

While the four remaining candidates for the Republican presidential nomination all pitch themselves as the real “conservative” in the race, each one represents a different take on what it means to be conservative. It’s not surprising that they wou...   read more

In an attempt to help the ailing U.S. Postal Service (USPS), President Barack Obama has proposed two major proposals as part of his 2013 budget plan.   One: Allow the Postal Service to cut back on mail delivery from six days a week to five, star...   read more

Just like the war in Iraq, contractors have assumed a significant share of the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan and even surpassed the number of soldiers, both in terms of total personnel and fatalities.   As of January, nearly 113,500 employ...   read more

Job outsourcing is now a two-way street for the United States. Once the victim of companies taking jobs overseas where labor is cheaper, the U.S. is now receiving new employment from an American company that found Canada too expensive for its oper...   read more

While the U.S. unemployment rate has improved slightly in recent months, the rosy news of better times ahead contrasts with the difficult reality still haunting many Americans, especially for those living in tents to survive.   It is estimated t...   read more

For five years, the U.S. Department of Justice failed to inform Congress about the surveillance by federal law enforcement of certain types of email and telephone information, despite a lawful requirement to do so.   Using what’s known as pen re...   read more

Coming off the successful kill of Osama bin Laden and the hearty congratulations of politicians and many Americans, the man in charge of Special Operations forces is lobbying civilian and military leaders for more freedom in deciding when and wher...   read more

The mastermind of the raid that killed terrorist Osama bin Laden has served since August 8, 2011, as commander of the highly secretive United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. U...   read more

Announced with much fanfare by the Obama administration, the national foreclosure settlement agreement could wind up being a great deal for the banks involved. They will be liable for only a miniscule percentage of the damage they’ve done and the ...   read more