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A new program just announced by the White House will help US service members gain the training and certifications they need to get good jobs in the super-competitive information technology (IT) industry after separating from the military. Read More...

Predicting the move would save at least 1,000 lives a year, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended that all state legislatures lower by nearly one-third the blood-alcohol content (BAC) limit used to determine drunken driving. Read More...

The IRS has agreed that it was "absolutely inappropriate" for its employees to target conservative groups it considered critical of the government, and those dedicated to educating Americans about the Constitution and Bill of Rights, but can those IRS employees be fired for doing it? Read More...

Praised as "model legislation" by gun control advocates, California's one-of-a-kind Armed Prohibited Persons System law empowers police to retroactively confiscate guns belonging to persons no longer legally qualified to own them. Read More...

You probably know that the President of the United States appoints Cabinet agency secretaries and Supreme Court justices, but those appointments must be approved - or not -- by the Senate. However, the president also has the authority to directly appoint over 300 people to high-level positions within the federal government without Senate approval. What you need to know about Presidential Appointments. [Learn more...]

Also See: Your Congressman's Allowance

While not banning them, yet, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a federal regulation ordering that indoor sunlamp devices display labels warning young people not to use them. Read More...

Thanks partially to a George W. Bush administration program, the overall US homeless rate has dropped slightly and the number of homeless veterans has fallen significantly, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Read More...

Why pay $3.73 per gallon for plain old jet fuel when you can pay $59 per gallon for environment-friendly, renewable jet fuel? Well, that's just what the US Department of Defense is thinking about doing. Read More...

Years of fears in a failing economy with easy access to high-powered painkillers may be the cause of a sharp increase in the suicide rate among baby boomer middle-aged Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Read More...

The 535 members of the US Congress get an annual allowance to help them pay the costs of their "representational duties," not covered by their salaries, benefits and outside income. How much do your lawmakers get and what can they do with their congressional allowances? [Learn more...]

Also See: Presidential Pay and Benefits