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Investigators Built Bombs Inside Federal Buildings without Detection
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Obama administration intends to shake up the Federal Protective Service (FPS), the agency in charge of providing security for all federal government buildings, after learning how easy it is to carry bomb-ma... read more
Military Children’s Mental Health Problems on the Rise
Among the most overlooked victims of the nation’s dual wars have been the children of military personnel, who it turns out are more than ever in need of mental health services. Statistics compiled by the Defense Department reveal that the number o... read more
Mortgage Holders Doom Obama Foreclosure Plan to Failure
President Barack Obama’s $75 billion plan to keep millions of Americans from losing their homes to foreclosure may be doomed to fail because banks simply don’t want to refinance mortgages. That is the conclusion of a study conducted by the Federal... read more
Despite City Pullout, U.S. Presence in Iraq Remains Strong
While the Obama administration would like Americans to think the fanfare over American soldiers pulling out of Iraqi cities demonstrates the United States is on the way out of Iraq, the reality is that U.S. forces are still maintaining a strong pr... read more
Mississippi Burning Town Swears In First Black Mayor
The Mississippi town of Philadelphia has long been branded as a place synonymous with the Ku Klux Klan and racist attitudes, ever since three Freedom Riders were murdered there,in1964. But Friday marked a new day for the town, which now has its fi... read more
Cost of Congressional Foreign Travel Triples Since 2001
While Congress oversaw ballooning federal deficits this decade, lawmakers also ramped up their expenses on overseas travel, the Wall Street Journal found. A review of congressional records revealed spending on foreign junkets by members of the Hou... read more
A Smooth Transition: Obama Backs Keeping Cheney FBI Interview Secret
If public officials are to be expected to cooperate with federal investigations, their testimony to government lawyers must be kept confidential, says the Obama administration. This argument is the basis for the Justice Department’s opposition to ... read more
Five Cases of Murder and Attempted Murder by White Racists This Year
Federal law enforcement officials warned earlier this year that the election of the nation’s first African-American president might result in a rise of violent behavior by white supremacists. Accounts compiled by the Southern Poverty Law Center in... read more
When to Recuse—The Sotomayor Standard vs. The Scalia Standard
Critics of Sonia Sotomayor can knock her for her liberal views or rulings regarding affirmative action, but if there’s one thing the U.S. Supreme Court nominee can’t be criticized for it is her willingness to recuse herself. Based on her long reco... read more
Scalia Sides with Liberals on State Bank Regulation
Hell has not frozen over. For many on the left, though, such a precursor was expected before witnessing what took place on Monday when conservative Justice Antonin Scalia joined forces with the U.S. Supreme Court’s liberal wing in a key ruling on ... read more
Reversing Bush, EPA Approves California’s Strict Emissions Standards
After four years of battling unsuccessfully against the Bush administration, California officials finally won a significant victory on Tuesday with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Barack Obama that has huge ramifications f... read more
BLM Chooses Areas for Solar Farms
Calling it the beginning of a historic effort, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced on Monday that the U.S. government will set aside 670,000 acres of public land for the creation of solar farms. Federal officials intend to create 24 en... read more
China Makes More Than Half of Recalled Goods in U.S….And Gets Away with It
More than 50% of all consumer products recalled in 2008 by the federal government were made in China, which continues to sell faulty and dangerous goods due to a lack of accountability in the court systems of both countries. Recalls by the Consume... read more
Are Mortgage Companies Sabotaging Obama’s Anti-Foreclosure Plan?
A $75 billion plan to prevent millions of families from losing their homes has become bogged down as a result of mortgage lenders reacting too slowly to the crisis, leading some experts to wonder if banks are deliberately undermining President Bar... read more
Obama Inching Towards Bush View Ending Habeas Corpus
After months of reviewing the cases of Guantánamo detainees, the Obama administration has reached the same conclusions as the Bush White House: Forget the courts (both military and civilian), forget Congress, and just keep suspected terrorists loc... read more
Withdrawing From Iraqi Cities, but Not Really
As with almost any agreement, there’s always the fine print. Iraqis making plans to celebrate the “victory” of American troops pulling out of their cities by June 30 might want to check out certain, little-noticed exceptions to the Status of Force... read more