First Year Medical Residents to Work 24-Hour Days

Almost everybody knows that doctors are among the most overworked professionals in the United States. Medical school graduates often have to toil through grueling shifts after being matched with a specialty. For first-year physicians in training, the days are about to get even longer. A new rule issued by a Chicago-based regulations group now allows




D.C. Restaurant Sues Trump for Unfair Competition

Looks like President Trump might have another lawsuit on his hands. According to NPR, two restaurateurs in Washington, DC have sued the president and the Trump Old Post Office LLC, in a lawsuit filed in D.C. Superior Court for “unfair competition under local law.” The restaurateurs, Khalid Pitts and Diane Gross, who own Cork Wine


Who Really Employs Congress?

Have you ever known someone who promises one thing and delivers another? It’s pretty disappointing, isn’t it? You wouldn’t buy a bag of chips expecting to find it full of leaves when you get home. Most folks would go back and demand a refund if that happened. Yet, this is exactly what is happening with some legislation working its way through Congress. Compared to what people really want, what our legislators deliver leaves much to be desired. It’s enough to make one wonder who really employs Congress: people like you and me, or corporations and big money?



Kids II Oball Rattles Recalled Due To Choking Hazard

When parents buy toys for their children from the store, they expect them to be safe. They certainly don’t expect a toy as simple as a rattle to ever be recalled. Well, it happened. A popular infant toy, the Kids II Oball Rattle, has been recalled by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission due to a choking hazard.


Vulto Creamery Expands National Cheese Recall Due To Listeria Concerns

Another popular cheese company has issued a national recall on many of its cheeses. Vulto Creamery out of Walton, New York, has recently expanded its original recall to include “all lots of four additional cheeses” due to an “ongoing Listeria outbreak that has killed two people” so far. With the additional four kinds of cheese, the Vulto Creamery recall now includes eight different cheeses.


After Refusing to Resign, the Trump Administration Fired Preet Bharara

There’s never a dull moment with President Trump, it seems. After refusing to submit a letter of resignation “requested by President Donald Trump’s administration,” Preet Bharara, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, was fired. For those who don’t know, President Trump called for the resignation of every US attorney, except for acting Deputy Attorney General Dana Boente “and the nominee to be his replacement as deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein.”


Democrats Introduce Bill to Boost Airfare Transparency

Two House Democrats introduced a bill to increase airfare transparency on Wednesday. Spearheaded by a ranking member of the House Transportation Committee, Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Rick Larson (D-WI), the bill would unravel a few of the many mysteries of what goes into making airfare so expensive. Possibly in a response to tactics by budget