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

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) was incensed on Friday upon learning that House Democratic leaders had quietly dropped his provision for allowing states to create their own single-payer health insurance program as part of the federal health ref...   read more

Reaffirming earlier accounts of FBI opposition to torturing terrorism suspects, documents declassified on Friday revealed special agents investigated CIA actions against detainees and that Justice Department officials even considered prosecuting i...   read more

About 4,000 U.S. soldiers have been wounded in Afghanistan since the invasion of 2001—but a quarter of those have come just in the last three months of fighting. Expanded military operations coupled with a Taliban offensive and more powerful impro...   read more

Democratic and Republican lawmakers reacted negatively on Thursday to the Obama administration’s new regulatory plan for banks, citing provisions that would give the Executive Branch greater powers to bail out teetering institutions without the pu...   read more

A government by the people and for the people should also be understood by the people, which is why a movement is underway to get federal employees to start communicating differently. For too long federal agencies have used jargon in written commu...   read more

American and European officials are negotiating a new agreement that would allow members of the European Union to refuse extradition of suspects to the United States in the event that they may be sentenced to be executed. Few details were provided...   read more

Wisconsin prison officials are being sued by the Associated Press for refusing to release a video of a guard subduing a prisoner with a grenade. Inmate Raynard Jackson was subjected to a stinger grenade, which sprays 180 rubber pellets, inside his...   read more

With jobs harder to come by than at any other time since the late 1940s, young Americans are turning to college in droves. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows enrollment at two-year and four-year institutions of higher learning is its highest e...   read more

Television programs are increasingly portraying women as victims of violence, according to a new study by the conservative Parents Television Council. The research shows violence in general on TV increased only 2% from 2004 to 2009, but incidents ...   read more

Rody Alvarado of Guatemala appears headed for permanent residency in the United States, and in the process may set the precedent for women to receive asylum from abusive husbands. The Guatemalan woman has been trying for 14 years to remain in the ...   read more

Paper by the hundreds of millions of sheets will be consumed next year as part of the 2010 Census, but it will not be thrown into the garbage once the federal government is done counting everyone. Instead, the 600 million questionnaires produced b...   read more

Ironies abound over the past 80 years of economic prosperity and collapse, according to author and historian Robert S. McElvaine. On the same day (October 29, 1929) that the stock market crashed, the song “Happy Days are Here Again” was recorded b...   read more

U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal wants more troops sent to Afghanistan, insisting the additional forces are necessary to defeat the Taliban. But the question of how much is enough is being raised in light of the fact that the Taliban are alrea...   read more

BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) recently sent out a mailer to premium holders asking them to tell U.S. Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) to oppose the adoption of health care reform that includes a public option program. Such a move would l...   read more

Three pharmaceutical executives tried to get out of testifying before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on grounds that the FTC planned to videotape the proceedings. Citing a federal rule that requires testimony to be recorded by stenographers, a...   read more

Determined to go after wealthy tax cheats, the IRS has created a new enforcement unit that will investigate elaborate tax shelters and other methods used to shield income. The Global High Wealth Industry group will begin by going after a small gro...   read more