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

While the pork industry has been sweating out the swine flu panic, fearing a loss of markets and profits, another industry has been gearing up to make a killing off the virus: pharmaceutical companies. Responding to the hysteria over a potential p...   read more

After rejecting similar appeals for the past 10 years, the Mormon Church has agreed to encourage the Department of the Interior to grant National Historic Landmark status for Mountain Meadows, the southern Utah site where 120 pioneers were massacr...   read more

President Barack Obama wants to spend $150 billion over the next decade to create “a clean energy future” by developing alternative sources of energy. But the most important players in this ambitious plan—oil companies—don’t want to participate. D...   read more

Even after the scandals involving Enron, Tyco, WorldCom and Xerox, some big-time auditors continue to be part of the problem instead of acting like the financial watchdogs they’re supposed to be. Two top 10 audit firms—BDO Seidman and McGladrey & ...   read more

“Kudos to Obama for working for needed balance [between crack and powder cocaine sentencing] but he could do more,” argues Debra J. Saunders, a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1986, Congress passed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, which impl...   read more

Disagreements between the Israeli Defense Ministry and the Pentagon about access to computers continue to stall Israel’s order of 75 new F-35 stealth fighter jets manufactured by Lockheed Martin. Access to the F-35’s computer remains at the hear...   read more

What’s bad for polar bears and walruses is actually quite golden for Shell and other oil companies. While scientists, environmentalists and policymakers fret over the shrinking of the polar icecap, oil executives are planning to take advantage of ...   read more

In a sign of the times, nine members of two human rights organizations in Guatemala have received serious death threats by text message, according to Amnesty International. Between April 30and May 5, the members of the Association for the Study an...   read more

Although housing prices have declined throughout the country, many of those expected to benefit from the federal stimulus still can’t afford to buy a home, according to the Center for Housing Policy, the research wing of the National Housing Confe...   read more

The sex boycott in Kenya is over, but the litigation has just begun. Two weeks ago several prominent women called for a week-long sex strike to get Kenya’s male leaders to resolve their political differences and avoid bloodshed between supporters....   read more

“Fed up with high fees, low returns and poor service at your bank? It may be time to shop for a credit union,” argues Kathy Kristoff, a longtime business writer. Credit unions are a “misunderstood” option in the banking world, but should be explor...   read more

The U.S. Supreme Court has increasingly become a favorite of big business, writes Rob Larson, an assistant professor of economics at Ivy Tech Community College in Bloomington, Indiana. A conservative five-justice bloc, led by Chief Justice John Ro...   read more

Much to the dismay of environmentalists, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) will not be employed by the Interior Department to protect the polar bear, whose habitat is rapidly disappearing as a result of global warming. The announcement by Interior ...   read more

The Obama administration plans to spend more money than ever on secret military projects, commonly referred to as the Defense Department’s “black budget.” Just over $50 billion will be allocated, which representing a 3% increase over last year’s t...   read more

High-tech unmanned drones aren’t just a growing part of the U.S. military arsenal. Drug lords in South America also are trying to utilize modern technology to automate their smuggling of drugs from Colombia to the United States, and even Europe. S...   read more

In Germany, the government is still allowed by law to regulate its citizens’ names. This right was recently challenged by a couple from Munich. A dentist, Frieda Rosemarie Thalheim, wanted to add to her name the last name of her husband, Hans Pete...   read more