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  • Musk and Trump Fire Members of Congress

    Wednesday, February 26, 2025
    Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) sent messages to all members of Congress terminating their positions, stating “Your performance has not been adequate to justify further employment.” All Democratic and independent members of Congress, as well as two Republicans, found themselves locked out of their offices after everything inside had been confiscated.   read more
  • The War at Our Fingertips

    Wednesday, November 19, 2008
    What is the war taking place right now that has taken the most lives? Iraq? Israel vs. Palestine? Darfur in Sudan? How about “none of the above”? According to a 2008 report by the International Rescue Committee, the fighting in eastern and souther...   read more
  • Attorney General: Who is Eric Holder?

    Wednesday, November 19, 2008
    Eric H. Holder, Jr. is Barack Obama’s choice to serve as Attorney General. Holder’s father, an immigrant from Barbados, sold real estate, and his mother worked as a secretary. Born in the Bronx in 1951, Holder grew up in East Elmhurst, a neighborh...   read more
  • The Dog Food of War

    Sunday, November 16, 2008
    A federal grand jury in North Carolina is investigating allegations the controversial private security firm Blackwater illegally shipped assault weapons and silencers to Iraq, hidden in large sacks of dog food, ABCNews.com has learned. Under Stat...   read more
  • Oxford American Dictionary Word of the Year Stirs Controversy

    Sunday, November 16, 2008
    Do you keep the tires on your car properly inflated to maximize your gas mileage? Have you removed the roof rack from your vehicle to streamline the car and reduce drag? Do you turn your engine off rather than idle at long stoplights? If you said ...   read more
  • Sex and the CIA: Is Sexism Hurting U.S. Security?

    Saturday, November 15, 2008
    When a CIA woman serving abroad has an affair or falls in love with a local, their clearances are routinely revoked, forcing them to resign, a group of female former employees charge. When men do the same, they get a slap on the wrist. A few years...   read more
  • Unemployment Rate Hits 14-Year High

    Saturday, November 15, 2008
    While media headlines have been dominated by the fall of the stock market and the bailouts of large banks and other financial institutions, another more ominous economic statistic shows that the economic slowdown has hurt a larger group of America...   read more
  • Bailout: Americans Tricked Again

    Tuesday, November 11, 2008
    Less than three months before the 2006 elections, Americans learned of the arrests in England of alleged terrorists on the brink of staging a massive attack. It later turned out that there was no imminent attack, but in the meantime, Congress rush...   read more
  • Entire Nation Plans to Move

    Monday, November 10, 2008
    The first democratically-elected leader of the Indian Ocean nation of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, announced the creation of a fund to move the entire population of his country because of the threat that the island nation will be inundated due t...   read more
  • Jews and Muslims Unite for Obama

    Sunday, November 09, 2008
    In a piece of news that might bring some hope in the Middle East, both American Jews and American Muslims voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election. A Pew Research exit poll showed that 78% of Jewish voters cast their...   read more
  • Should George W. Bush be Tried for War Crimes?

    Sunday, November 09, 2008
    Whenever someone publicly suggests that President Bush and other members of his administration might have committed war crimes, he or she is accused of being a wild, over-the-top extremist. But there is one group of people that has always taken th...   read more
  • FBI's Top 10 Stories of the Week

    Saturday, November 08, 2008
    1. New Orleans: Attorney Pleads Guilty and Forfeits $30 Million James G. Perdigao pled guilty to 30 federal felony charges including a fraudulent billing scheme and agreed to forfeit $30 million.     ...   read more
  • Obama Used as Army Recruiting Tool

    Saturday, November 08, 2008
    An Army career counselor suggests a new pitch to be used to convince former soldiers to rejoin: "A President Elect who says he'll get us out of Iraq. What are you waiting for?"   New Army Recruiting Tactic: Obama will "Get Us Out of Iraq" (by Br...   read more
  • Iran and China Leading Destinations for Smuggled U.S. Weapons

    Saturday, November 08, 2008
    A multi-agency initiative to combat illegal exports of restricted military and dual-use technology from the United States has resulted in criminal charges against more than 145 defendants in the past fiscal year, with roughly 43 percent of these c...   read more
  • New Hampshire First State with Female Senate Majority

    Thursday, November 06, 2008
    New Hampshire became the first state in the history of the United States to have women form the majority of members of its state senate.  As a result of the 2008 election, 13 of the state's 24 senators will be female.  The governor of the state is...   read more
  • Richest Candidates Won Elections

    Thursday, November 06, 2008
    The 2008 election may lead to historic changes, but in one way, it was as old-fashioned as an election could be. In 93 percent of House of Representatives races and 94 percent of Senate races that had been decided by mid-day Nov. 5, the candidate ...   read more
  • Afghan Air Base Under Attack...From Birds

    Monday, November 03, 2008
    There were 125 bird strikes against aircraft taking off, landing or taxiing at Bagram air base from January through November 1. Now the Army is looking for falcons, the ones with feathers and talons.   Wanted: Falcons, Handlers For Mission in Af...   read more
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