Meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia, U.S. President Bush and Russian President Putin discussed the new "strong U.S.-Russian partnership," and agreed to work together to pursue a number of initiatives that will ... Read More

They are teachers, police officers, nurses, firefighters and returning veterans-the sort of people anyone would be happy to call a neighbor. Yet, in certain areas, these hard-working families are forced ... Read More

An American citizen stands accused of supporting al Qaeda and threatening to kill President Bush. Exactly what kinds of acts constitute legal threats against the President of the United States? ... Read More

Would you be surprised to learn that, unlike almost every other consumer product, firearms and ammunition manufactured in the U.S. are not subject to any federal health and consumer safety ... Read More

Amtrak “is dying and everyone knows it,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said during a news conference at Chicago’s Union Station. Mineta came to reaffirm President Bush’s commitment to ... Read More

In honor of Presidents Day (Monday, Feb. 21), Sen. Richard Burr (R, North Carolina) will read President George Washington's Farewell Address on the floor of the Senate today. "The name ... Read More

For calling thousands of consumers who had placed their phone numbers on the FTC's Do Not Call Registry, two timeshare sellers and their telemarketer will pay more than $500,000 in ... Read More

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has reported that 2004 was the deadliest year for earthquakes since the Renaissance Age, making it the second most fatal in recorded history, with more ... Read More

A bipartisan national survey has found that by a margin of 53 percent to 35 percent, Americans oppose proposals to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The ... Read More

Every time you buy an airline ticket, a part of what you pay goes toward the cost of anti-terror, aviation security operations. That security-related portion will increase from a current ... Read More

In his weekly radio address, President Bush again called for Congress to fix "once and for all," the Social Security system he says will be bankrupt by 2042. Bush said ... Read More

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) will receive a nearly 4.8% budget increase -- one of the highest in government -- under President Bush's proposed Fiscal Year 2006 budget. Specifically, ... Read More

They call them Hot Jobs, positions various federal agencies really want to fill as soon as possible. Today, for instance, we find openings for accountants, a librarian and Japanese Translators, ... Read More

"Make big $$$ working from home. Earn $50 to $200 /hour in the comfort of your home!" You've seen the ads in newspapers, on flyers stapled to telephone poles, and ... Read More

Along with priceless levels of aggravation and inconvenience, electric power outages and blackouts cost America around $80 billion annually, according to a study conducted by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National ... Read More

A 56-percent majority of Americans say investing Social Security money in the stock market is too big a risk, according to the latest Newsweek Poll, while 36 percent of those ... Read More

The Federal Trade Commission has released its annual report detailing consumer complaints about identity theft and listing the top 10 categories of fraud-related complaints filed with the FTC in 2004. ... Read More

With their average life span dropping from five years to less than two, almost 50 million American computers are abandoned every year. They just sit there in warehouses and closets, ... Read More

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is refusing to comply with an Internal Revenue Service request for documents as part of its investigation into alleged improper ... Read More

In an effort to create more jobs in economically distressed communities, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is making some major changes its Historically Underutilized Business (HUBZone) program. Read ... Read More