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

An examination of online browsing habits by teens and children has revealed some disturbing results. Among children 7-years-old and younger, the top three most popular websites were YouTube, Google and Facebook. So far, so good. But then, at No. 4...   read more

The census taken every 10 years by the U.S. government is much more than just an exercise in counting heads. It is responsible for either spending or distributing billions of dollars throughout the country and into the economy, something a recessi...   read more

Television coverage of federal court proceedings is a rare occurrence, but next month the sprawling Ninth Circuit will begin experimenting with cameras in courtrooms. The nation’s largest appellate court—which covers Alaska, Arizona, California, H...   read more

Banks are making profits off those collecting unemployment benefits. Here’s how: instead of printing unemployment checks, states are increasingly contracting with big banks (Citibank, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America) to issue jobl...   read more

Minority-owned small businesses have largely been shut out of the federal government’s economic recovery plan. Using information obtained from the Small Business Administration (SBA), New America Media (NAM) found that more than 90% of loans funde...   read more

U.S. Army Major General Anthony Cucolo III, commander of American forces in northern Iraq, is tired of losing valuable female troops to pregnancies. So he has decreed that any soldier under his command who gets pregnant, or impregnates another sol...   read more

For those consumers who want to know what it’s really like to be gouged by a credit card company, check out First Premier Bank. The subprime credit card issuer is experimenting with a new card that hits customers with a 79.9% interest rate.   Ye...   read more

Americans are working longer hours and making less money, according to the latest figures compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. From October to November, real average hourly earnings fell 0.5%, thanks to a modest rise in inflation that offse...   read more

Two Blackwater security guards involved in the fatal shootings that took place in Baghdad on September 16, 2007, are trying to prevent their nicknames from being discussed during their murder trial. Dustin “Extreme” Heard and Paul “Savage Viking” ...   read more

After receiving complaints for decades, the federal government is finally doing something about noisy commercials that are louder than the regular programming that they interrupt. On Tuesday, the House approved by voice vote legislation seeking to...   read more

Long Island’s Shinnecock tribe is close to receiving federal recognition from the Department of the Interior, and thus, the green light to open a lucrative gambling casino. But slot machines may not be coming to the affluent region known as the Ha...   read more

Sure, Wall Street is getting paid too much—but what about the bloated federal bureaucracy? Conservative columnist and radio host Michael Medved wonders where the outrage is over “the shocking salary increases” for government workers in charge of a...   read more

And Americans think their system of justice is slow. Earlier this week, a court in Turkey concluded a trial that first began in March 1982, when more than 1,200 leftists were tried for attempting to overthrow the country’s military government. Th...   read more

To help get Citigroup out from under government control, the IRS has decided the bank can keep $38 billion in tax breaks—an amount that is likely to turn the government’s bailout investment into a financial loss. When Washington made the decision ...   read more

Even with the expected surge of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, contractors will continue to outnumber military personnel in the war effort. According to a new report by the Congressional Research Service, the U.S. will expand its contractor force wit...   read more

For all the talk about how Hollywood is a progressive, liberal town, women continue to be underemployed in many key filmmaking jobs. After reviewing the top 250 U.S. movies of 2008, it was found that women comprised only 16% of all directors, exec...   read more