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

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is not a fan of peace, love and understanding when it comes to America’s NATO allies. Coming only days after one European country announced its plans to pull troops out of Afghanistan, Gates complained about ...   read more

For once it’s not just Republicans accused of being obstructionists. Democrats in the House are fed up with their counterparts in the Senate as much as the GOP over the fact that nearly 300 bills are stalled in the upper house. While House Speaker...   read more

Has South Park’s bad boy Eric Cartman pulled off his ultimate stunt? According to an investigation by the Senate Armed Services Committee into the not-so-funny antics of security contractor Xe (formerly Blackwater) in Afghanistan, the company has ...   read more

What’s been a nightmare for Toyota executives might prove to be freedom for Koua Fong Lee. The Hmong refugee from Laos was living in Minnesota in June 2006 and returning from church with his pregnant wife, his small child and other members of his ...   read more

Immigrants in the U.S. who send money to their home countries not only help foreign economies but American businesses as well. The Immigration Policy Center has produced a new study that refutes the notion that remittances are bad for the U.S. eco...   read more

Two years before the CIA destroyed its tapes showing the torture of two detainees, the agency informed Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kansas), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee , of its plans—to which the conservative lawmaker agreed. This...   read more

Banks are determined not to lose billions of dollars from overdraft fees despite the financial industry reforms adopted last year by Congress. Even though lawmakers have restricted the imposition of such fees on consumers who exceed their account ...   read more

A strong majority of those running specialized medical residency programs that train new doctors think it’s a bad idea to cut deals with the pharmaceutical industry. But many of these very same administrators do so anyway because they can’t bring ...   read more

The saga of SEC v. Bank of America is finally over, but not before Judge Jed Rakoff got in one more sharp jab.   The Securities and Exchange of Commission (SEC) has tried since last August to get Rakoff to sign off on a settlement with BofA over...   read more

All robots all the time will be the attraction at a new theme park opening in South Korea. Robot Land in Inchon is set to become the world’s first entertainment venue of its kind, when it opens in 2012 and begins pulling in nearly three million vi...   read more

President Barack Obama has promised to disclose all contacts lobbyists have with his administration. But at the same time, his Department of Justice is working to keep hidden the names of lobbyists who won immunity for the telecommunications compa...   read more

Had the person who crashed a small plane into the IRS office in Austin, Texas, been a Muslim, the incident would have been labeled a terrorist act, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations. As such, the organization’s executive direc...   read more

Government deregulation of the financial industry wasn’t the only mistake made by lawmakers that brought about the economic collapse of 2008. According to the Center for Justice and Democracy, federal legislation adopted in the 1990s to limit laws...   read more

It may not be long before political leaders in the American West start blaming Asia if they struggle to meet federal air quality standards. As if California, Oregon, Washington and other western states don’t spew enough of their own carbon dioxide...   read more

California may yet again become the first in the nation to set political precedence, this time by treating animal abusers in a similar manner as sex offenders. Legislation introduced in the State Senate would require anyone convicted of a felony i...   read more

Relief agencies aren’t the only foreigners getting involved in Haiti’s earthquake aftermath. The International Peace Operations Association (IPOA), labeled a “mercenary trade association” by one media source, is planning a summit in Miami to bring...   read more