Despite a sense of continued progress toward gender equality in the workplace, the federal government confirms that the workplace earnings gap between men and women still persists today and tries ... Read More

In a 5-4 decision the U.S. Supreme Court has blocked the government from enforcing a law intended to shield children from encountering pornography on the Internet. Justices said aspects of ... Read More

Although higher than a year ago, gasoline prices continue to drop nationwide, according to the American Petroleum Institute's mid-summer update to Congress on U.S. gasoline prices and supplies. Read ... Read More

The Treasury Department has confirmed that five times as many of its agents were assigned to track Cuban embargo violations than to track the flow of money to Osama bin ... Read More

American military personnel confirmed by the Department of Defense as being killed in action over the past week in fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan and other fronts in the war on ... Read More

David N. Bossie, president of Citizens United, has filed a formal complaint to the Federal Election Commission and other federal government agencies against Michael Moore’s "Fahrenheit 9/11." The movie has ... Read More

Commemorating the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), blamed an "increasingly right-wing judiciary" for slowly eroding the power of ... Read More

A Philadelphia church appears to be reaping a windfall of government funds following its pastor's endorsement of presidential candidate George W. Bush, claims Americans United for Separation of Church and ... Read More

Catholics in public office may be guilty of "cooperating in evil and in sinning against the common good," if they support legal abortion, according to a report from The U.S. ... Read More

A U.S. district judge has certified a massive class action, ruling that six current and former Wal-Mart employees from California may represent all female employees of Wal-Mart who worked at ... Read More

In 1996, Australia enacted massive new gun control laws in reaction to a mass murder conducted by a man found to be insane. The government virtually banned the sale of ... Read More

Baring the absolutely amazing, either Democrat John Kerry or Republican George Bush will win the 2004 presidential election in November. Which one of them wins, however, may very well ... Read More

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled today that being asked by a police officer to identify yourself is not a violation of your Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable ... Read More

In a 9-0 decision the Supreme Court ruled today that patients cannot file malpractice suits against their HMOs in state courts. The laws of some states made such suits more ... Read More

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released a new report that documents Social Security under current law is on an unstable course. Opponents of Social Security reform are heralding ... Read More

On June 19, 1865 -- more than two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation -- Union General Gordon Granger announce to the people of Galveston, Texas that "all ... Read More

It's projectile can penetrate inch-thick steel from a range of one mile. The .50 caliber 82A1 sniper rifle, used by the U.S. troops to take out Iraqi armored personnel carriers ... Read More

While a majority of the American public favors stricter gun control laws, gun control is unlikely to become a major issue in the 2004 presidential election, according to the latest ... Read More

About 7.2 million homeowners took out home equity lines of credit last year, up 12 percent from 2001 when 6.4 million such credit lines were established. That's just one of ... Read More

Treatments for asthma, cancer and cystic fibrosis are just a few of the one hundred and fifty-eight new medicines for children are now being tested in clinical trials or awaiting ... Read More

Since its withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol in 2001, the United States has faced widespread criticism for its stance on global climate change. Three years later, experts remain divided on ... Read More

Dancing a legalistic jig to avoid addressing the constitutional issue, the U.S. Supreme Court has thrown out an atheist's attempt to remove the words "under God" from the Pledge of ... Read More

Even as the U.S. Senate held an oversight hearing on the Department of Justice’s anti-terrorism efforts, with Attorney General John Ashcroft testifying in a rare appearance, the American Civil Liberties ... Read More

Did you ever wish you could get a quick, concise overview of the current status of the U.S. economy? If so, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has a Website ... Read More

A conservative student at the University of Nevada in Reno has successfully contested a discriminatory grade he received for supporting the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Also see: More ... Read More

Looking for a challenging civilian job in which you can serve our country while making a true contribution to world peace? If so, SOFIA - Support Our Friends in Iraq ... Read More

"In the good-old summertime," more American kids try marijuana for the first time than at any other time of year, according to a report from the White House Office of ... Read More

On March 8, 1983, Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Union the focus of evil in the modern world. The Evil Empire Speech disturbed the political universe. And yet the critical ... Read More

And now begins the political courting of the "persuadables" - the 11 percent of American voters who still don't know which, if either, presidential candidate they will vote for in ... Read More

A U.S. federal judge has struck down a law prohibiting the display of marijuana policy reform ads in public transit systems, saying that the government’s attempt to censor ads was ... Read More

On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan spoke the people of West Berlin at the base of the Brandenburg Gate, near the Berlin wall. Due to the amplification system being ... Read More

Sixty-one percent of people believe there will be a U.S. woman president in 20 years or less, according to a survey recently conducted by the American Association of University Women ... Read More

Former President Ronald Reagan died today at age 93 after a decade-long struggle against Alzheimer's disease. Reagan died at his home in the Bel Air district of Los Angeles with ... Read More

The U.S. Senate may have cleared the way for the Department of Energy (DOE) to virtually abandon, rather than clean up, millions of gallons of highly radioactive waste in leaking ... Read More

Smoking causes diseases in nearly every organ of the body, according to a comprehensive report on smoking and health from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This newest ... Read More

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is warning benefit recipients that they are currently the targets of a number of scams surfacing throughout the United States. Complete details...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is reminding taxpayers that e-file, its popular electronic filing service, will remain available for their use long after the regular April 15 filing deadline. The ... Read More

To the surprise of just about nobody, the 2004 presidential election fundraising effort appears to be well on the way to setting new records. Opensecrets.org reports that through May ... Read More