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

GuideOne Mutual Insurance didn’t see any problem with offering special benefits to god-fearing consumers, but atheists and agnostics, not to mention the federal government, sure did. The Department of Justice sued GuideOne in federal court in Kent...   read more

Top military officials in Washington have told naval commanders to prepare the nation’s submarine fleet for female crew members, ending a gender barrier that has lasted since the beginning of undersea warfare by the United States. Both Navy Secr...   read more

No point in getting the grilled chicken at KFC because it’s just as unhealthy as the battered-and-fried kind, according to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The doctors group has sued KFC in a San Francisco Superior Court on gro...   read more

Never before in the history of the Food and Drug Administration has it publicly questioned its approval process, or admitted a regulatory decision was influenced by politics, or accused a former commissioner of questionable conduct, according to T...   read more

Pay-for-performance has as much authenticity in the world of CEOs nowadays as a three-dollar bill. Last year, the nation’s financial sector teetered toward collapsing, businesses hemorrhaged a couple million jobs, and the stock market fell 37%. Bu...   read more

The Great Recession of 2008-2009 did nothing to slow the advance of corporate America becoming friendlier towards gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals. According to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s annual ranking of businesses,...   read more

The timing of Army General Stanley McChrystal’s recent, and dour, assessment of the war in Afghanistan should be noted, says Tom Engelhardt, in light of President Barack Obama’s wavering on the conflict’s long-term military commitment. McChrystal ...   read more

Medical researchers have confirmed—to a “statistically significantly” degree—a fear long held by the British: do not check yourself into a hospital in early August. This calendar-driven warning is due to the annual arrival of new doctors to hospit...   read more

Half of all expenditures by the federal government are wasted, according to Americans surveyed by Gallup. The level of cynicism with regard to how Washington spends taxpayer dollars is now at an all-time high, with respondents believing 50% of all...   read more

An examination of the murders of women in 2007 has found Louisiana led the nation in such killings when the culprit is a husband, boyfriend or another “intimate” relation. On a per capita basis, Louisiana was ranked No. 1 with a 2.53 homicide rate...   read more

Immigrants seeking a fast-track method for becoming U.S. citizens need only heed the call from Uncle Sam. Serving in the U.S. military is now the quickest way for foreign-born residents to gain their citizenship, and more of them are taking advant...   read more

If the Obama administration wants to get serious about climate change, then it will need to convince Congress that energy subsidies will have to be overhauled. A review of government supports for energy from 2002-2008 revealed most of the tax brea...   read more

Rather than sending thousands more American soldiers, the U.S. should spend its money on enlarging Afghanistan’s army and law enforcement, say police officials from some of the country’s most violent regions. Local police insist a surge in U.S. pe...   read more

“Plain Vanilla” proved to be too rich for Congress’ taste. President Barack Obama’s desire to force banks to offer consumers “plain vanilla” financial products, in particular 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, is quickly melting on Capitol Hill, where ...   read more

A historically-themed restaurant in Russia known as the “Anti-Soviet” (Antisovetskaya) has had to change its name following complaints by a well-known Russian advocate who now works for the government. Oleg Mitvol, a Moscow city prefect, pressured...   read more

Congress’ swift reaction to the ACORN controversy could wind up having widespread consequences for the military industrial complex. Legislation adopted to strip ACORN of its federal funding was so broadly written that it could apply to any governm...   read more