PayPal is joining a long list of banks offering interest-free loans to unpaid federal workers affected by the partial government shutdown - providing cash advances of up to $500 per employee until they hit $25 million.
Trump Reversal of Obama School Discipline Policy Harms Minorities
The Trump Administration's intention to eliminate the "racially balanced" regulations promulgated by former President Obama's "Dear Colleague Letter" was condemned by former
"Sadly, given the security concerns and unless government re-opens this week, I suggest we work together to determine another suitable date after government has re-opened for this address or for you to consider delivering your State of the Union ad
NASA hasn't been totally grounded by the government shutdown.
The partial shutdown -- which is the nation's longest ever, at 24 days and counting -- has of course had a serious impact on the space agency. More than 95 percent of NASA employees
A shutdown of the internet by the Zimbabwe government this week, in an attempt to quell deadly protests, ended up achieving the exact opposite result - a total shutdown of the economy, including key public services like health and education.
Cause Another Problem in a Few Weeks...As I've written before, the government shutdown is a perfect demonstration of our politicians participating in partisan showmanship, with poor people as the victims of their theater. As individual states despe
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Members and owners of multiple alternative media outlets gathered in Houston, Texas to discuss the heavy hand of corporate and government censorship and how to stop it.
A shocker article in the Daily Caller this week blew the lid on what it's really like among all those "public servants" working in the Federal bureaucracy: about 85 percent of them do nothing at all related to their jobs. With thousands of "workers"
Want to own your own unmanned aerial vehicle, or drone? These days, in many parts of the world, you can go down to your local department store and buy one. But you may need permission before you can pilot your drone into the skies.
Had Highest Percentage Of Approved Petitions"...Of course they had the highest percentage of approved petitions. The government didn't want to appear "Islamophobic," and sacrificed the well-being of these girls to that fear.
The government shutdown is now longer than any in history. The media say it's a "crisis."
The Washington Post talks talks about the "shutdown's pain." The New York Times says it's "just too much."
Our current government shutdown over Democrats refusal to approve funding for Donald Trump's proposed border wall highlights just how partisan politics has truly become.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has had an interesting week of defending President Donald Trump's bluster in the ongoing government shutdown, most recently yesterday on Fox News, which is where we start this week's Reason Podcast, editors' roundtable
Black Caucus Demands Course Correction for US
Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif), chairperson of the 55-member Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the most numerous in our nation's history, has set the Caucus' sights on "reversing the trauma inflicted on p
Black Caucus Demands Course Correction for US
Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif), chairperson of the 55-member Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the most numerous in our nation's history, has set the Caucus' sights on "reversing the trauma inflicted on p
The nation's airports remain fully operational despite the government shutdown, but with federal aviation workers expected to miss their first paycheck Friday, union leaders said the system may begin to feel the strain.
In general, when the government shuts down, I post a few funny memes about how it's the most boring apocalypse ever and my life goes on exactly as it has before. I'm not personally very affected by it and I think the government is far too large a
President Trump fumed on Wednesday after walking out of a "waste of time" meeting with Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), after the Democratic leaders refused to approve any type of funding for his wall.
Due to Govt. Shutdown ...We weren't expecting to see a loss of food stamp benefits until the end of January, but a grocery store in Indiana reported they are unable to process EBT payments and a store in Pennsylvania is unable to have necessary pa
Australia's government signed a bill into law last week giving law enforcement agencies the right to force technology companies to reveal users' encrypted messages.
The biggest story in the Middle East the biggest one in the entire world for the past decade may happen any day now.
And it just might also turn out to be President Donald Trump's greatest foreign policy success yet.
Pelosi Says Building Border Wall Immoral
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) stood by her pledge to "not appropriate a single dollar for a border wall" contending that "building such a wall would be immoral."
"Look, building a
The Trump administration is considering Jim Webb, a former Democratic senator who also served as Navy secretary under Republican President Ronald Reagan, to be the next defence secretary, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
Theresa May withdrew her proposed Brexit deal before it could be voted upon because she knew it would fail because of its unpopularity – so much so that she tried to keep the damning legal advice from the attorney general about the deal hidden from