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Thom Hartmann comments on the news for Monday, March 25, 2013.

Here are five open record websites that will help concerned citizens keep the government accountable for its spending.

Dismantling the governmental policies and global trade rules that have taken agriculture out of the hands of small farmers the world over is the prerequisite for claiming a just …

The U.S. government is paying billions to war veterans and their families, including monthly payments to the children of Civil War veterans.

In a military-style raid, the police officer shot Aiyana Stanley-Jones. Now a trial date has been set.

Around 75 percent of farmworkers hired in the United States lack health insurance, the highest proportion of any major occupational category.

‘Ag gag’ bills seek to prevent the documentation and exposure of safety violations and atrocities in animal industries by criminalizing them and labeling them ‘obstruction.’

Lawmakers faced strong signals that the plan would not pass muster with international lenders.

In today's On the News segment: John Boehner said the GOP will refuse to raise the debt ceiling in May, unless the president agrees to more spending cuts; Colorado …

If the negotiations prove fruitless, the next budget crisis looms this summer when Congress must again raise the government's statutory borrowing limit or risk defaulting on the federal debt.