In a suit brought by the American Council of the Blind, a US federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Treasury Department must change the design of paper currency so ... Read More

Unemployment rates for men and women in the U.S. have been about the same since the early 1980s, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 2000, the jobless rates for ... Read More

Shortly after the 110th U.S. Congress convenes on January 3, 2007, Rep. Charles Rangel (D-New York, 15th) will again introduce a bill to reinstate the military draft, suspended since 1973. ... Read More

Airport security screeners are paid an average of $30,000 per year. In a Morningstar article, aviation consultant Michael Boyd, after referring to the screener's job as "menial labor," stated "These ... Read More

Who's been bad? Who got caught and what's it going to cost them? Here are the latest enforcement reports from the Justice Department. New York City public school employee pleads guilty ... Read More

After falling to what was then a record low in 2002, the teen birth rate in the United States fell to its lowest level ever in 2005, according to the ... Read More

As Congress considers establishing permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) between the U.S. and its former enemy, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has named Vietnam as its 2006 ... Read More

The United States, through the Department of Commerce has officially protested Japan’s continued practice of killing hundreds of whales in the Antarctic, for research purposes. The Japanese whaling fleet left ... Read More

If you, like many airline passengers, prefer older pilots to bolder pilots, you will want Congress to pass the bill S. 65 - increasing the mandatory retirement age for commercial ... Read More

Why should you tell the IRS when you move? Because this year, like most years, refund checks mailed to 95,746 taxpayers, averaging a healthy $963 each, have been returned to ... Read More

Many historians regard December 1621as the date of the nation's first Thanksgiving, the day the religious separatist Pilgrims held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest. It eventually became ... Read More

Who's been bad? Who got caught and what's it going to cost them? Here are the latest enforcement reports from the Justice Department. Idaho telemarketer guilty of jamming phones to impede ... Read More

Banned since 1992, silicone breast implants were approved today for widespread use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Silicone gel-filled breast implants manufactured by Allergan Corp. of Irvine, Calif., ... Read More

The Medicare program’s annual Open Enrollment Period officially started on November 16. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare beneficiaries will have six weeks -- until ... Read More

In an 85-12 vote, the U.S. Senate yesterday passed H.R. 5682 -- the United States-India Energy Security Cooperation Act of 2006. "The U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation agreement will bring India into ... Read More

Queen of England, Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh have confirmed with the White House that they will attend the 400th Anniversary celebration of the Jamestown Settlement. In ... Read More

Since the Nov. 7 election, President Bush and his top security advisors have met personally with the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group (ISG). On Nov. 8, 2006, President Bush nominated Texas ... Read More

Despite the numerous federal grant programs being funded to combat domestic violence, sexual assault, date rape and stalking, very little research is presently being conducted on their causes and how ... Read More

The U.S. House of Representatives, meeting in a lame duck session of Congress, may pass the Vietnam Trade Bill (H.R. 5602), establishing permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) between the U.S. ... Read More

The 109th U.S. Congress will begin yet an other post-election "lame duck session" on Nov. 13, 2006, with many of its members knowing they will not have jobs in the ... Read More

Taxpayers in six eastern states and the District of Columbia will be given an extra day – until April 17, 2007 – to file 2006 income tax returns and pay ... Read More

There are currently about 25 million living veterans of the United States Military. Since 1776, nearly 50 million men and women have served in the military during war and peace. ... Read More

In what Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns called "the most significant change to its business practices since its founding in 1905," the U.S. Forest Service will be centralizing many ... Read More

President Bush has nominated Dr. Robert M. Gates to replace Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense. Rumsfeld resigned this morning after Democrats won control of the House of Representatives in ... Read More

Many people were annoyed this election season to have received solicitation phone calls from political campaign organizations, despite having been signed up on the telemarketer-busting National Do Not Call Registry. According ... Read More

In a notice published in the Nov. 2 issue of the Federal Register, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed plans to initiate a border-security program that will screen all ... Read More

On Oct. 17, 2006, President Bush signed a law, part of which suspended the constitutionally bestowed right of writs of habeas corpus. President Abraham Lincoln did the same thing 144 ... Read More

A five-member Iraqi High Tribunal has sentenced former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and two other defendants to death by hanging for their parts in the deaths, torture and detention of ... Read More

Who's been bad? Who got caught and what's it going to cost them? Here are the latest enforcement reports from the Justice Department. Florida roundup nets 66 unregistered sex offenders Former ... Read More

"To protect the Nation they love, our veterans stepped forward when America needed them most," stated President Bush in his 2006 Veterans Day Proclamation. " In conflicts around the world, ... Read More

Where has most of the money contributed to House and Senate candidates in the 2006 mid-term election next Tuesday come from? Not from Political Action Committees (PACs). Not from labor ... Read More

The 2006 Mid-term national election is Tuesday, Nov. 7, and for the first time, electronic voting machines will be used in many polling places. With all the different types of ... Read More

Higher consumer prices for vehicles and fuel during fiscal year 2006 has led the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to announce increases in the 2007 optional standard mileage rates used to ... Read More

Who's been bad? Who got caught and what's it going to cost them? Here are the latest enforcement reports from the Justice Department. Orlando woman guilty of forcing Russian woman to ... Read More

Besides Veterans Day on the 11th, Americans have lots to observe this month, as President Bush has proclaimed November 2006 to be: National American Indian Heritage Month National Diabetes Month National Family Caregivers ... Read More