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

A host of prominent musicians spoke out on Saturday against the use of music to torture detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo—long after revelations first surfaced of the government’s tactic of blasting rock and pop songs during interrogat...   read more

Macro economic indicators may say the country is no longer in a recession, but the bank industry is still wallowing in failures. On Friday, the number of banks that have failed shot past the 100 mark in 2009, and is expected to climb not only the ...   read more

With pole dancing having moved outside the strip club and into mainstream fitness programs, supporters argue it’s time for the event to move to the big stage: the Olympics.   Pole dancing is now taught at 200 different studios spanning 50 countr...   read more

For too long police have been allowed to impose a “profitable tyranny” over those accused of owning property purchased illegally, says Paul Jacob, president of Citizens in Charge, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to protecting and...   read more

Although she claims not to have been directly involved in the episode, journalist Rozanna al-Yami of Saudi Arabia was sentenced to receive 60 lashes as a result of a Lebanese television show, “Bold Red Line,” which featured a man discussing his ...   read more

Reaffirming what has long been suspected, a report prepared for Congress says China is actively probing U.S. computer systems as part of a growing cyber-war campaign. Requested by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, the Northro...   read more

The First-Time Homebuyer Credit program has been declared a success by its supporters, who want Congress to extend it past its December 1 expiration. But its “success” was due in part to thousands of Americans who exploited the $8,000 tax credit e...   read more

Facing defeat on a net neutrality proposal, AT&T pulled out all the stops this week to convince the Federal Communications Commission not to begin a process that will limit telecom giants’ ability to regulate their Internet networks. While other c...   read more

At no other time in U.S. history have more seniors been a part of the workforce than now. More than 6.5 million people aged 65 and older are working, compared to 4.1 million in 2001. But there are another half a million seniors who want to work bu...   read more

It is not a crime not to speak English, and yet six police officers in Dallas, Texas, cited at least 39 drivers over a three-year period for being “a non-English speaking driver.” Police Chief David Kunkle said he was “surprised and stunned” when ...   read more

Regardless of the Obama administration’s public assurances downplaying the decision’s impact on oil drilling, the designation of more than 200,000 square miles of Alaskan wilderness for polar bear protection could stymie natural resource developme...   read more

For those making out their law school applications and dreaming of sitting on the highest court in the land someday, the list of possible destinations might as well be limited to three choices: Harvard, Yale, or Columbia University. According to a...   read more

While it may not quite reach the level of biological imperative, men do feel a physiological need to see their candidate win the presidency. The results of the 2008 election caused men who voted for Republican John McCain to experience a loss of t...   read more

Packaging labels in Sweden now inform shoppers not only the ingredients and calories of the food they buy, but also how much carbon dioxide was spewed into the atmosphere as a result of its production. The CO2 data is part of an effort by the Swed...   read more

Symbolic of the two country’s relationship, Taiwanese and Chinese based companies are bitterly fighting—in an Oakland Superior Court—over a 2005 settlement involving patented technology in the U.S..  The Taipei-based semiconductor company, Taiwan ...   read more

If the United States is sincerely interested in resolving the leadership issue in Afghanistan, it should drop the idea of a runoff election and do things the old fashioned way by calling a Loya Jirga, says Patricia DeGennaro, a professor at New Yo...   read more