While Yale University has come under fire for admitting the Taliban’s foreign secretary as a student, little has been mentioned about the government agency – the State Department – that granted the renowned terrorist the visa to attend the Connecticut campus. Although Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi was a top ambassador for the oppressive and brutal Afghan

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A nonprofit group dedicated to protecting all native wild animals and plants has published a detailed report documenting how illegal immigrants crossing through the 350-mile Arizona-Mexico border have destroyed hundreds of acres of national forests and their habitat. Titled On The Line: The Impacts of Immigration Policy on Wildlife and Habitat in the Arizona Borderlands,

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When a flood devastated a rural coalmining town in southwest Virginia, public officials accepted bribes from the wealthy contractors that swarmed the area to secure multi-million dollar cleanup deals. Spanning 504 miles and with a population of only 26,000, Buchanan County is not the kind of place that big time contractors normally strive to sign

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The Department of Homeland Security claims to have a high-level strategic plan that will lead the unified national effort to secure America and deter terrorist attacks, but ironically it can’t seem to secure its own Washington headquarters. The private guards in charge of protecting the agency’s complex, located in a residential area only miles from

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The United States Government sued the state of New York for repeatedly ignoring a federal voting reform law that requires the state to update its antiquated system. New York officials have taken no action to improve or replace the outdated and unreliable voting system despite a 2002 law enacted by Congress – Help America Vote

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During a cross country tour to blast the controversial port management deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and announce her plan to introduce legislation to block it, Hillary Clinton has failed to mention a few important details. First, is that her fear of port security in the hands of a foreign government–in this case

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A veteran Michigan congressman recently honored with the Soul and Spirit Humanitarian award during Black History Month has been accused by top aides of repeatedly violating House ethics rules. John Conyers, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, forced his aides to work on several local and state campaigns–including his wife Monica’s failed bid

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A former defense contractor who recently pleaded guilty to bribing California Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham told federal officials that he gave illegal campaign contributions to U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, a Florida republican, and Rep. Virgil Goode, a Virginia republican. Mitchell Wade, former president of defense contractor MZM Inc., has pleaded guilty to election law fraud

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Even though a Pentagon audit revealed that a Halliburton subsidiary overcharged the United States Government more than $250 million for work in Iraq, the Army announced that it will reimburse the company for the entire $2.41 billion no-bid contract. The Army’s explanation is unsettling with a spokeswoman named Rhonda James saying that “the contractor is

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Florida’s Palm Beach County can’t seem to shed election controversy. During the 2000 presidential election fiasco, the county’s butterfly ballots were the big story and now the high-tech machines that replaced those paper ballots are in the spotlight. A recently released audit of voting-machine logs from the 2004 presidential election reveals that many machines were

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