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

Bank of America, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase would have to sell off assets and shrink in size if new legislation introduced in the Senate becomes law. Democrats are pushing the bill in an attempt to rid the nation of banks “too big to fail” and...   read more

Without downgrading the seriousness of the revelations, ProPublica has asked why the news about employees at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) using government computers to view online pornography is being rehashed now?   The discover...   read more

In June, the U.S. military is planning to expand campaigns in key Afghanistan provinces, including Kandahar, where more than 90% of the populace prefers peace and reconciliation with the Taliban. An opinion survey funded by the U.S. Army found tha...   read more

Sixteen years after one of the world’s most horrific genocides, the government of Rwanda has accused its former United Nations ambassador, Jean-Damascène Bizimana, of being a party to the killings. Bizimana, now a U.S. citizen living in Alabama, w...   read more

The United States spends more than $1 trillion a year on national defense, argues George C. Wilson of Congress Daily—an amount that seems ridiculous considering the nature of the enemy.   Total spending on America’s security goes far beyond the ...   read more

Insurance companies that offer life and disability coverage are some of the best customers of the fast food industry when it comes to buying its stocks. Investment data published in the American Journal of Public Health revealed that insurers owne...   read more

An average of 18 veterans kills themselves each day, according to new statistics from the Department of Veterans Affairs, revealing the serious problem the nation has with caring for those coming back from Afghanistan and Iraq.   About 950 ex-so...   read more

As expensive as health care is for America as a whole, things are even worse for the military and for wounded veterans in particular. Spending on medical and mental health services for soldiers is increasing twice as fast as the rest of the countr...   read more

Unhappy over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC, which eliminated campaign spending limits for corporations and labor unions, Democrats in Congress have introduced legislation that seeks to place some restrictions on big-m...   read more

Relatives of Donald Tolfree, an employee of KBR, a subsidiary of Halliburton, who was killed by friendly fire in Iraq, have been allowed to move forward with their lawsuit against the defense contractor. Tolfree’s daughter contends Halliburton ass...   read more

Traditionally, Americans have gone out of their way to hire combat veterans, but the mood has shifted when it comes to veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Unable to find work due to public concerns over what they’ve brought back from the wa...   read more

The nation’s largest health insurance company has targeted women diagnosed with breast cancer and sought excuses to cancel their policies, federal investigators told Reuters. Subsidiaries of WellPoint, with more than 33 million customers, have dro...   read more

Inflammatory accusations involving sexual orientation have been tossed around in a contentious Pennsylvania legislative race, but not the kind that usually are leveled. In the contest to win the Democratic primary for the gay-friendly 182nd state ...   read more

Legislation that proponents claim will reform the financial industry will fall far short of this goal, writes Zach Carter, economics editor for AlterNet and fellow at the Campaign for America’s Future. Instead, Carter has highlighted five amendmen...   read more

Life has mirrored art when it comes to declines in cigarette smoking, according to a research study of Hollywood films since 1950. Patrick Jamieson and Dan Romer examined a sampling of the top 30 grossing U.S. movies each year from 1950 to 2006, 8...   read more

When it comes to investing in Goldman Sachs, two members of Congress stand far above the rest: Representatives Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) and Jim Himes (D-Connecticut). These are the only two lawmakers, according to OpenSecrets.org, whose Goldman ...   read more