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

When it comes to collecting back taxes, nothing is too sacred for the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS last week auctioned off more than 7,000 acres of land in Central South Dakota belonging to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, which owed $3.1 million ...   read more

Arguing that it is cheaper to buy new equipment instead of shipping the old, the U.S. military has decided to donate tens of millions of dollars in vehicles and other materials to the Iraqi government rather than send it to Afghanistan. The decisi...   read more

Proving to cynics that “government openness” is an oxymoron, the Department of Justice decided to prevent the public from attending a workshop on Monday dedicated to the subject of accessing federal information. Employees from various government a...   read more

Reflecting what critics have called a paranoid attitude, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) has fired its top expert on Afghanistan after he published an Op-Ed critical of the Obama administration’s plans for trying Guantánamo detainees in c...   read more

At nearly $76 a barrel, the price of petroleum has reached a “perfect” state, according to Saudi Arabia’s top oil official. “Inventories are coming down, the price is perfect and investors, consumers, producers are all very happy,” Ali al-Naimi, t...   read more

Democrats and Republicans spent part of last week trading places when it came to being tough on crime and defending the meek. After liberal Senator Al Franken (D-MN) pushed forward an amendment that left Republicans reeling from accusations of bei...   read more

From pastoral lyricism to unlikely metaphors, Slate received a wide range of entries for its “Write Like Sarah Palin” contest, held in honor of the popular Republican’s memoir, Going Rogue, which included this real excerpt about her husband: "That...   read more

As the nation heads into the final stretch of 2009, it’s Georgia in the lead, followed by Illinois, for the top (inglorious) honor of most bank failures this year. So far, 24 financial institutions have collapsed in the Peach State, compared to th...   read more

President Barack Obama’s breaking of the color barrier in presidential politics notwithstanding, many African-American men continue to struggle against racial inequalities in the job market, even for graduating from the nation’s top colleges. Acco...   read more

In an effort to learn how social networking sites can aid the military, Department of Defense researchers sponsored a contest to see who could accurately locate 10 large red balloons released across the United States. First prize ($40,000) went to...   read more

Supporters of a single-payer health care system have not yet given up the fight in the U.S. Senate, where a vote will soon take place on an amendment creating a Medicare-for-all type of system. The plan is the brainchild of Senator Bernie Sanders ...   read more

After more than 50 years of investigations and finding no potential threats, the British government has decided to quietly shut down its UFO office. Officials with the Ministry of Defense, which housed the special investigative unit, felt there wa...   read more

Liberal Democrats in Congress are taking aim at Wall Street with new taxes to help pay down the deficit and stimulate new jobs for the economy. Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) are introducing identical measures in...   read more

Instead of seeing the baddest of the bad staring back, customers at a local post office are more likely to see the face of Frank Sinatra or Mickey Mouse on the wall. That’s because the U.S. Postal Service has ditched the longtime tradition of putt...   read more

Cities throughout the South, and especially in Florida, are danger zones for pedestrians—not because of local crime, but because of how streets are designed. A new study by transportation planning experts examined fatalities on foot across the U.S...   read more

In order for journalists to interview employees of the Food and Drug Administration, they must first ask permission of the agency—a requirement deemed unacceptable by numerous organizations representing media professionals. The groups, as well as ...   read more