Federal prosecutors say that three doctors at a now-closed clinic in Philadelphia that specialized in assisting drug addicts actually sold them some $5 million worth of prescription medications. As reported by The Associated Press, the federal indictment alleges that the physicians sold prescriptions for controlled substances to drug dealers and addicts for cash, all while […]

Has Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont so endangered rival Hillary Clinton’s chances of becoming the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee this time around that her campaign is using wannabe mercenaries to shut him up and make him back off? At this point that isn’t known, but what is apparent is that the violence between Sanders and […]

Donald Trump has yet to promise to reduce the size and scope of the massive federal bureaucracy, but the Republican president front runner may only have to win the general election in November in order to fulfill that objective. That’s because, according to a new survey, 25 percent of current federal employees said they would […]

It isn’t a vote that is likely to please America’s longtime oil supplier and erstwhile ally in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, but the Senate has nevertheless approved a measure that would allow American victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks sue the royal government. As reported by The Hill, Congress’ upper chamber approved […]

(Bugout.news) How out-of-hand has the “war on terror” become? So much so that now, the Department of Homeland Security has taken to monitoring social media Web sites trolling for would-be terrorists, as if the world’s most dangerous killers were Tweeting their plans. Only, DHS isn’t just trolling for terrorists by monitoring Twitter and Facebook. No, the department – […]

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is criticizing Washington Post owner and Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, claiming he is using the newspaper as a tool to influence corporate tax policy. “Every hour we’re getting calls from reporters from The Washington Post asking ridiculous questions,” Trump told Fox News‘ Sean Hannity. “And I will tell you, […]

(Bugout.news) The potential for an electromagnetic pulse event that would knock our country back into the 18th century must be very, very real because experts in government and private industry continue to discuss it and, presumably, plan for it. As recently as this week, in fact, testimony before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and […]

Once you get fat, you never go back. That is the nugget of wisdom that can be taken from a recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health, which found that the likelihood of an obese person attaining an average body weight is 1 in 210 for men and 1 in 123 for […]

(Bugout.news) The world is getting to be a scary place – more so than at any time since the end of the Cold War. But nothing is more frightening than contemplating an electromagnetic pulse event that would instantly send all of Mankind back to the 18th century. One of the more plausible EMP scenarios is […]

As the 2016 presidential contest narrows further to just two candidates – Hillary Clinton for the Democrats and Donald Trump for the Republicans – one thing is becoming crystal clear for the former candidate: Her checkered, legally questionable past is catching up to her in a big way, and her chief rival is likely to […]

And then there was one. That’s how conservative columnist, author and pundit Ann Coulter headlined her May 4 column, noting that the unlikeliest of all presidential contenders (with the lone possible exception of Sen. Bernie Sanders), after billionaire real estate mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump vanquished 16 other Republican candidates in a bid to capture […]

The Panama Papers have revealed how some of the most powerful companies across the globe have used offshore bank accounts to preserve their wealth and avoid paying taxes. The papers leaked millions of confidential documents from the Mossack Fonseca law firm based in Panama, disclosing the names of several international politicians, business leaders and celebrities. […]

(Bugout.news) When billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump announced his bid to become the Republican Party’s 2016 presidential nominee, he stirred up a national conversation about illegal immigration that continues to this day. In fact, it’s entirely accurate to say that, since Trump decried the “murderers and rapists” making their way illegally into the U.S. from Mexico, Americans finally began having […]

There is a general assumption that all marijuana businesses are making heaps of money. Some businesses are making large profits, but it is not standard across the industry. Although profit margins are healthy in some cases, they are not what people might think because of taxes and costs associated with regulatory compliance. Just how eco-friendly […]

The debt-ridden owner of an Indian restaurant killed a customer by serving him a meal that he knew contained potentially lethal peanut power, a British court heard recently. As reported by Britain’s The Telegraph, Mohammed Zaman, 53, who had hired illegal workers in his take-out restaurant, substituted almond powder with cheaper ground nut mix, which […]