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

The number of medical schools in the United States could increase by nearly 20% over the next several years to help meet the rising demand for new doctors. During the 1980s and 1990s, only one new med school opened in the U.S. (which currently ha...   read more

Seizing someone’s car just because the driver doesn’t possess a license was ruled illegal five years ago by a federal court, but that hasn’t stopped cities in California from continuing to impound vehicles at sobriety checkpoints. A story by the I...   read more

The government of Australia is got none other than an Elvis Presley-loving California lawyer and friend (and fundraiser) of President Barack Obama as the new American ambassador. Jeffrey Bleich was confirmed by the Senate November 11, 2009.   Bl...   read more

On April 1, 2009, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, with the approval of President barack Obama, appointed Dr. Janey Thornton the next Deputy Undersecretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services. Food, Nutrition and Consumer Se...   read more

James W. “Jim” Miller, confirmed as under secretary of agriculture for farm and foreign agricultural services on April 2, 2009, is a longtime farmer from the state of Washington who also has lobbied on behalf of agricultural interests in Washingto...   read more

Replacing Edward “Ted” Kennedy as chairman of the board of trustees for the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation is U.S. Senator John Cornyn III (R-TX), one of the most conservative members of the Senate. The Foundation was founded by Cong...   read more

Shoot first and don’t worry about asking questions later. That is the policy of the Obama administration when it comes to hunting down terrorists. Instead of trying to capture high-value targets and interrogate them, U.S. intelligence and military...   read more

No home is safe from foreclosure, even the ones already paid for. Bank of America decided last year to seize a home in Spring Hill, Florida, owned by Charlie and Maria Cardoso of Massachusetts. The Cardosos had purchased the home with cash in 2005...   read more

In the early 1980s, the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, or Humvee, replaced the Jeep as the U.S. Army’s primary all-purpose transport vehicle for soldiers, and eventually spawned a gaudy status symbol for the SUV-mad civilian world. Bu...   read more

Reliance on food stamps in California has soared in recent years, prompting a state lawmaker from the state’s agriculture-rich Central Valley to get farmers markets to accept the federal food subsidy program.   Assemblyman Juan Arambula, an inde...   read more

Contrary to popular belief, bipartisanship is not dead in Congress—it’s just been relegated to the less prominent echelons of political commingling. In a political body where the number of lawmakers totals 535, Congress somehow has organized appro...   read more

America’s rich will not appreciate President Barack Obama budget proposal for fiscal year 2012. Obama’s fiscal policies will result in redistributing billions of dollars in wealth from the upper echelons of society to the lower rungs, according to...   read more

The long assumed relationship between Osama bin Laden and the Taliban is now being questioned because of declassified information from the State Department. As discussed in a journal published by the Combatting Terrorism Center at the U.S. Army’s ...   read more

For many Americans who lose their spouse, they at least have the consolation of receiving pensions and benefits from their husband’s or wife’s employer. That’s not the case for spouses of military personnel who have been denied survivors benefits ...   read more

A labor-backed healthcare reform group is accusing insurance companies of dumping millions of Americans from health plans in 2009 in order to raise their profits. Healthcare for America Now, an organization financed by unions, released a report st...   read more

Ivor van Heerden made no secret following Hurricane Katrina who he believed was at fault for the flooding of New Orleans. In numerous interviews he gave to the media, the university hurricane expert blamed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which b...   read more