Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) sent messages to all members of Congress terminating their positions, stating “Your performance has not been adequate to justify further employment.” All Democratic and independent members of Congress, as well as two Republicans, found themselves locked out of their offices after everything inside had been confiscated.   read more

State lawmakers and judges in Georgia have been put on notice by the FBI, whose local field office plans to start up a special investigative team targeting corruption by public officials.   Brian Lamkin, who heads Georgia’s FBI office, has not...   read more

The enormous size of the federal government’s Executive Branch can sometimes result in one hand not knowing—or working against—what the other is doing. Case in point: the Obama administration’s effort to expand broadband in rural communities.  ...   read more

This year is turning into the most costly on record in terms of weather-related disasters.   A new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says 2011 so far has had nine disasters costing $1 billion or more. That to...   read more

The upside of global warming and the melting of the polar icecap is that the United States may be able to significantly expand its territorial interests at sea.   But that’s assuming other countries near the Arctic Ocean go along with America’...   read more

Thirty-seven years after construction first began, the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Jackson County in northeastern Alabama may yet become operational, if the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) spends billions of dollars more to finish the half-buil...   read more

Critics of Clifford L. Stanley have accused the Department of Defense’s top personnel manager of gross mismanagement and abusing his authority, prompting the Pentagon’s inspector general to launch an investigation.   Stanley was sworn in as th...   read more

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel B. Shapiro is a long-time foreign policy professional with extensive experience dealing with issues pertaining to the Middle East. As an observant and active member of the Jewish community, Shapiro’s role has bee...   read more

 “All of the great prophets of modern times have come from the desert: Mohammed, Jesus and myself.” -Muammar al-Gaddafi, October 1988   Muammar al-Gaddafi seized power in the North African nation of Libya in 1969 when he was only 27 years old. ...   read more

A federal judge this week rejected the Obama White House’s contention that turning over thousands of visitor records might endanger the nation’s security, and ordered the administration to reveal documentation that’s been withheld from the media. ...   read more

These days a company’s positive Internet review may be nothing more than paid phoniness, as the competition for good feedback has encouraged businesses to hire individuals to write something nice about them.   From Amazon to Citysearch to Yelp...   read more

American Christianity has distorted the original teachings of Jesus, says Gregory Paul, an independent researcher in sociology and evolution, who insists that if the savior were alive today, he’d probably be a socialist.   Paul argues that man...   read more

Michael D. Lumpkin was sworn in as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC) on April 25, 2011. In this job, Lumpkin assists the Assistant Secretary of Defense (SO/LIC) in developi...   read more

Career diplomat Frankie Annette Reed has been chosen to serve as ambassador to the Pacific island nations of Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru. Her Senate confirmation hearing was held on June 29, 2011, and she was confirmed on August 3. ...   read more

Exxon Mobil is at risk of losing its rights to what might turn out to be the largest oil discovery ever in the Gulf of Mexico, which is why the oil behemoth is suing the federal government.   The problem for Exxon is that it allowed its leases...   read more

An examination of nearly 200 advertisements by researchers found that the vast majority of those published in medical trade journals were not compliant with federal government rules governing the marketing of pharmaceuticals.   Of the 192 ads ...   read more

When is raising $100,000 in a week a disappointment for a grass-roots campaign? When the goal is to collect $50 million.   That’s the sad news for supporters of Arizona’s border-fence initiative. Feeling compelled to seal off their state to th...   read more