Following the nomination of Alberto Gonzales for Attorney General of the United States, the debate about the use of torture in the 'Global War on Terror' has become more intense. Gonzales favors giving the President far-reaching authority in matters concerning the treatment of detainees. His...

Ever since President Obama announced that the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay would be closed by 22 January 2010, there has been controversy in the U.S. about what to do with the remaining 229 detainees. Because the President announced the decision to close the camp by executive order without...

The decisive Republican victory in the election to the House of Representatives ended a brief period of »unified government« in the United States - the rare situation in which one party controls both the US Congress and the White House. While the new balance of power might result in political...

Although Donald Trump ultimately won the presidency, he has claimed that Hillary Clinton only won the popular vote because millions of people had voted illegally. For years, accusations of electoral fraud have been used to increase the bureaucratic requirements for potential voters. Most of...