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Landmark Bill to Regulate Tobacco

The Food and Drug Administration tried almost 10 years ago to start regulating the tobacco industry by going after the use of nicotine in cigarettes, but that effort was shot down by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled Congress first had to give s...   read more

House Leaders Invested in Bailed Out Firms

When Congress decided to bailout Wall Street’s largest financial institutions last year, they had more than just the nation’s interest in mind. They had their own as well. According to disclosure forms released on Wednesday by the House of Represe...   read more

Obama Administration Lobbies against Democratic Vote in Iraq

After sacrificing thousands of Americans lives and spending hundreds of billions of dollars to supposedly bring democracy to Iraq, the U.S. government is seeking to suppress the Iraqi people’s right to vote on whether American troops should stay i...   read more

Insurance Companies Invest in Tobacco

Tobacco may be frowned upon by insurance companies when it comes to insuring smokers, but it is a-okay as an investment. The New England Journal of Medicine is reporting that many of the biggest insurers in the world have billions of dollars inves...   read more

U.S. Leads Boom in Arms Sales

Times may be bad for car and home sales, as well as numerous other industries, but the economic troubles plaguing so much of the business world has had no effect on either war or “peace” operations. According to the Stockholm International Peace R...   read more

White House Issues Anti-Drug Plan for Mexican Border

Continuing a strategy focused on the supply side of the drug problem, the Obama administration on Friday unveiled its counternarcotics policy for the Southwest, calling for greater investment in technology to intercept drug shipments over the U.S....   read more

FTC Shuts Down Malicious Internet Service Provider

The Federal Trade Commission last week sent a message to those who support illegal activities on the Internet that there’s a new sheriff in town. In a move deemed unprecedented by some Internet analysts, the FTC got a judge to order the shutdown o...   read more

Is Obama’s Cybersecurity Plan Recycled Bush?

When President George W. Bush came up with his plan in 2003 to protect the nation’s key computer systems from cyber attacks, he called for collaborative efforts involving public-private partnerships and international organizations, all while prote...   read more

Who’s Abusing Which Substances?

Drug abuse and mental illness are challenges officials face everywhere in the country, but for some states certain problems are more acute than others. Utah, for example, leads the United States in the rate of “serious psychological distress,” but...   read more

Iraq’s Oil: Ready at Last

Assuming the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Malaki can maintain stability once the U.S. withdraws its forces next year, Iraq has ambitious plans for expanding oil and natural gas production, with the first big contracts to be due to be awar...   read more

Government Publishes Classified List of Nuclear Sites

Was it a serious breach of national security that could end up helping terrorists, or just no big deal? That was the range of opinion among experts following the revelation earlier this week that someone in the federal government had accidentally ...   read more

8 Extremely Little-Known Corners of the U.S. Intelligence Network…and 4 More

While the government spends billions to keep things secret, it also splurges a little on information that’s not so tightly locked away. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, home to the country’s top spook, has published a handbook ...   read more

Planning for National Education Standards

Education standards for K-12 students have historically been decided by each state, creating a disparate system of requirements for children across the country. This 50-state model could change if reformists manage to create a uniform set of math ...   read more

Ranchers and Environmentalists Unite

No matter how much some conservatives despise left-wing environmentalists, it is still possible for the two sides to find common ground where commerce and renewable energy meet. Such is the case in the Texas panhandle, a hardscrabble stretch of ea...   read more

Obama Administration Refuses to Turn Over Warrantless Wiretapping Document

This week could reveal whether Judge Vaughn Walker of the Ninth Circuit court of appeals is through playing nice with the Obama administration. Twice since the beginning of this year Walker has told the Department of Justice to work out a way so t...   read more

GM to Become “Government Motors”

Once General Motors files for bankruptcy on Monday, the U.S. government will step in and become the largest shareholder of the once-vaunted auto manufacturer. The Department of the Treasury will purchase a 72.5% stake in GM, and federal officials ...   read more
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3169 to 3184 of about 3314 News
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Landmark Bill to Regulate Tobacco

The Food and Drug Administration tried almost 10 years ago to start regulating the tobacco industry by going after the use of nicotine in cigarettes, but that effort was shot down by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled Congress first had to give s...   read more

House Leaders Invested in Bailed Out Firms

When Congress decided to bailout Wall Street’s largest financial institutions last year, they had more than just the nation’s interest in mind. They had their own as well. According to disclosure forms released on Wednesday by the House of Represe...   read more

Obama Administration Lobbies against Democratic Vote in Iraq

After sacrificing thousands of Americans lives and spending hundreds of billions of dollars to supposedly bring democracy to Iraq, the U.S. government is seeking to suppress the Iraqi people’s right to vote on whether American troops should stay i...   read more

Insurance Companies Invest in Tobacco

Tobacco may be frowned upon by insurance companies when it comes to insuring smokers, but it is a-okay as an investment. The New England Journal of Medicine is reporting that many of the biggest insurers in the world have billions of dollars inves...   read more

U.S. Leads Boom in Arms Sales

Times may be bad for car and home sales, as well as numerous other industries, but the economic troubles plaguing so much of the business world has had no effect on either war or “peace” operations. According to the Stockholm International Peace R...   read more

White House Issues Anti-Drug Plan for Mexican Border

Continuing a strategy focused on the supply side of the drug problem, the Obama administration on Friday unveiled its counternarcotics policy for the Southwest, calling for greater investment in technology to intercept drug shipments over the U.S....   read more

FTC Shuts Down Malicious Internet Service Provider

The Federal Trade Commission last week sent a message to those who support illegal activities on the Internet that there’s a new sheriff in town. In a move deemed unprecedented by some Internet analysts, the FTC got a judge to order the shutdown o...   read more

Is Obama’s Cybersecurity Plan Recycled Bush?

When President George W. Bush came up with his plan in 2003 to protect the nation’s key computer systems from cyber attacks, he called for collaborative efforts involving public-private partnerships and international organizations, all while prote...   read more

Who’s Abusing Which Substances?

Drug abuse and mental illness are challenges officials face everywhere in the country, but for some states certain problems are more acute than others. Utah, for example, leads the United States in the rate of “serious psychological distress,” but...   read more

Iraq’s Oil: Ready at Last

Assuming the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Malaki can maintain stability once the U.S. withdraws its forces next year, Iraq has ambitious plans for expanding oil and natural gas production, with the first big contracts to be due to be awar...   read more

Government Publishes Classified List of Nuclear Sites

Was it a serious breach of national security that could end up helping terrorists, or just no big deal? That was the range of opinion among experts following the revelation earlier this week that someone in the federal government had accidentally ...   read more

8 Extremely Little-Known Corners of the U.S. Intelligence Network…and 4 More

While the government spends billions to keep things secret, it also splurges a little on information that’s not so tightly locked away. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, home to the country’s top spook, has published a handbook ...   read more

Planning for National Education Standards

Education standards for K-12 students have historically been decided by each state, creating a disparate system of requirements for children across the country. This 50-state model could change if reformists manage to create a uniform set of math ...   read more

Ranchers and Environmentalists Unite

No matter how much some conservatives despise left-wing environmentalists, it is still possible for the two sides to find common ground where commerce and renewable energy meet. Such is the case in the Texas panhandle, a hardscrabble stretch of ea...   read more

Obama Administration Refuses to Turn Over Warrantless Wiretapping Document

This week could reveal whether Judge Vaughn Walker of the Ninth Circuit court of appeals is through playing nice with the Obama administration. Twice since the beginning of this year Walker has told the Department of Justice to work out a way so t...   read more

GM to Become “Government Motors”

Once General Motors files for bankruptcy on Monday, the U.S. government will step in and become the largest shareholder of the once-vaunted auto manufacturer. The Department of the Treasury will purchase a 72.5% stake in GM, and federal officials ...   read more
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