Zelenskyy explained, “I told him that if he gave us the weapons we need and stopped supporting Putin, we would let him build Trump-branded hotels and other Trump-branded buildings in Ukraine’s ten largest cities, as well as Trump golf courses in the countryside. He was quite excited.”   read more

Fishermen who agreed to help stem the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico were asked by the owner of the offshore platform, BP, to sign an agreement waiving their rights to sue the corporation. The company hired local fishermen to lay out oil booms...   read more

Described by one leading psychiatry expert as “a national tragedy,” the United States since the 1990s has greatly expanded the use of antidepressants and other powerful medications on children.   Data published in the Journal of the American Aca...   read more

More than 70 federal watchdog positions, including inspectors general for cabinet-level departments, remain vacant or without permanent appointees. In some cases the posts have gone without an appointment for more than two years.   For example, ...   read more

Oil-producing nations Norway and Brazil both require the use of a remote-control shut-off switch for offshore oil platforms—something the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as other drilling operations off the United States’ coasts, ...   read more

Still struggling to reduce civilian casualties in Afghanistan, NATO commanders are considering ways to award coalition forces for not killing Afghans. While not disclosing whether the plan would entail a new kind of medal, high-ranking officials s...   read more

Electronic surveillance by law enforcement and prosecutors increased significantly last year, mostly to combat drug-related crimes. In a report issued by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, it was revealed that wiretap authorizations jum...   read more

Despite the objections of intelligence agencies, the U.S. government has publicly revealed for the first time just how many nuclear weapons it has. President Barack Obama agreed to the unprecedented disclosure in the hopes it will spur established...   read more

Are fourth-graders too young to fail? Prevented from flunking her students, Sheila Goudeau of Louisiana is suing local school officials in East Baton Rouge for interfering with her duties as a teacher. Goudeau, a 20-year veteran instructor who tea...   read more

Islamic rebels seeking to take control of Somalia have seized a key coastal village used by pirates, leaving the fate of some 360 hostages in doubt. Members of Hizbul-Islam entered Haradhere over the weekend, prompting pirates to flee the area. A ...   read more

More than 40 years after they were wrongly convicted for a mafia killing in 1965, Joseph Salvati and Peter J. Limone may soon be compensated for being framed by the FBI. The two men, along with Louis Greco and Henry Tameleo, spent decades in pri...   read more

From awarding medals to offering expanded stress-related training and counseling, the U.S. Marine Corps is seeking to rid its distinction as the military branch with the highest suicide rate. Whereas the U.S. Army is averaging 21.7 suicides per 10...   read more

Thousands of miles of roadway spanning highways and bridges lack necessary maintenance and repairs due to political decisions that result in spending more money on building new roads. The preference on the part of lawmakers at the state and federa...   read more

Someone in the FBI missed something when the bureau decided to hire Vo Duong “Ben” Tran as an agent. The former Vietnamese refugee, whose immigrant story of making a new life in America as a federal law enforcement officer seemed so uplifting, has...   read more

Count professional baseball players and their union among the growing chorus speaking out against Arizona’s new immigration law. The law, which will require anyone stopped by law enforcement on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant to show proof...   read more

In addition to weighing the ideological, gender, ethnic and religious composition of the U.S. Supreme Court, perhaps President Barack Obama should consider one more qualification while deciding on a replacement for Justice John Paul Stevens: choos...   read more

Between what it requires and what it pays, government makes it difficult on itself when trying to hire the best employees the labor market has to offer.   Using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, a new study has found that the public...   read more