One of the major lessons of the financial meltdown is that the government was not protecting consumers from harmful financial products and practices. Far too many consumers were pushed into mortgages they didn't understand, with terms that were onerous o

Well, it's about time someone notices this besides ME! Between Kyl (who thinks he's God), and McCain (who knows he's God), what'a the women of AZ supposed to do? No wonder we're all picking up our FEMINIST signs!!

Their goal was not only to block health care reform but to bankrupt President Obama's political capital before he could move on to other key items on his agenda, including curbing climate change and expanding labor rights.

This leads to the titular case, in which the U.S. government, which had already been monitoring his actions for some time, attempted to deport the star for fear of the threat he posed to the nation

"Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies." So wrote Thomas Jefferson to a friend in 1816. Now Michael Moore, whose Fahrenheit 9/11 took on the U.S. Army, and the entire military-executive-industrial establishment ... Continues:

" his resignation is a loss for the environmental movement, and I think, for the country as well. Because Van Jones was right about green jobs. " Continues:

..."Let us renew our resolve against those who perpetrated this barbaric act and plot against us still," Obama said on Friday at a somber ceremony attended by about 500 people under rain-filled skies at the Pentagon. Continues:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard set off a security scare on Friday with a training exercise in the heart of the U.S. capital on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Police and federal law enforcement officials said the incident ...

As any airline passenger can attest, security at the nation's airports has gotten infinitely more stringent in the eight years since the Sept. 11 attacks. While the technology to screen passengers has become more advanced

On February 12, 2009, Muzzammil Hassan informed police that he had beheaded his wife. Hassan had emigrated to the United States 30 years ago and, after a successful banking career, had founded Bridges TV, a Muslim-interest network which aims, according to