Federal Government Sues Over Arizona Immigration Law

The Justice Department sued to challenge a law designed to combat illegal immigration, saying it would undermine federal pursuit of criminal immigrants.

Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/us/07immig.html

Could Fed intervention in AZ law make things worse

Only the federal government can fix what's wrong with immigration � but not with a lawsuit.

What's needed is comprehensive immigration reform � a balanced, bipartisan bill supported by a broad national consensus.

Source:
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/21/opinion/la-oe-jacoby-arizona-20100621

Usurpation The Weapon By Which Freedom is Destroyed

Whenever the people who make up the federal government, either as individuals, as departments or as branches, exercise power not expressly delegated to them as specified in the Constitution, they are usurping the authority of either the states or the people.

Source:
http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2010/06/16/usurpation-the-weapon-by-which-free-governments-are-destroyed/

White House wants to better measure domestic poverty

Starting next year, the federal government will take a few baby steps toward changing the way it measures poverty, something that is decades overdue.

The government has used its official poverty guidelines to divide the haves and have-nots for 45 years

Source:
http://articles.courant.com/2010-05-03/news/hc-poverty-measure-obama.artmay03_1_measure-poverty-low-income-poverty-level

Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sams IOUs

The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration.

This will cause the deficit, and therefore the debt as well, to increase even faster.

Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_social_security_ious

US Officials Hid Truth About Immigrant Deaths in Jail

Silence has long shrouded the men and women who die in the nations immigration jails.

For years, they went uncounted and unnamed in the public record. Even in 2008, when The New York Times obtained and published a federal government list of such deaths, few facts were available about who these people were and how they died.

Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/us/10detain.html

Cuomo Asks for Pay Data From Banks

New Yorks attorney general expanded his investigation of bonuses to Wall Street executives whose banking companies are receiving cash injections from the federal government.

Check it out here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/business/30pay.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss