In March 2013, a gathering of Ku Klux Klan members rallied in Memphis to protest the renaming of the renaming of Nathan Bedford Forrest Park, Jefferson Davis Park and Confederate Park.

The Memphis City Council received backlash after voting to change the name of...

President Barack Obama was heckled during a speech at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

HuffPost's Ryan J. Reilly tweeted that Code Pink's Medea Benjamin was the person shouting at Obama:

That was Code Pink's Medea Benjamin,...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) blamed former President George W. Bush for the IRS' targeting of tea party groups in the lead-up to the 2012 election.

According to NowThisNews' Julie Eckert, Pelosi claimed Bush is responsible for the scandal because

President Barack Obama's prom photos, published by Time on Thursday, show the commander-in-chief in his younger days.

A 17-year-old Obama sports a white dinner jacket in the photos, which were taken on the night of his senior prom. He's shown with his date, Megan Hughes, and...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) was interrupted Wednesday while giving a speech on health care at an Austin hotel.

One heckler repeatedly called on Perry to "expand Texas health care," according to the Texas Tribune and KWTX.

"Expand Texas health care... I’ve got that down," Perry...

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) slammed President Barack Obama in a Wednesday op-ed, calling him "either a liar or a hugely incompetent CEO."

Palin took to Breitbart.com to criticize "the White House's involvement" in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of tea party groups in the...

White House spokesman Jay Carney brought up birtherism while answering questions Tuesday, mocking reporters for repeatedly asking questions on a number of recent scandals.

Carney brought up questions on the IRS scandal and the talking points surrounding the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, comparing...

President Barack Obama spoke Tuesday on the damage from a massive tornado that ripped through the town of Moore, Oklahoma, on Monday.

"In an instant, neighborhoods were destroyed, dozens of people lost their lives," Obama said.

"In some cases there will be enormous grief that has to...

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is known for his unusual Twitter feed, and he took to the website again on Saturday with more unique posts.

Grassley sounded a warning early Saturday on one area where he thinks America is suffering:

US has no foreign policy. We...

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) is pushing for punishment for Internal Revenue Service officials that targeted conservative groups in the lead-up to the 2012 election.

Politico and CNN report that in Jindal's prepared remarks for a Saturday speech to Virginia Republicans, he says IRS...

Radio host Pete Santilli made shocking remarks about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, claiming she should be "shot" for being "involved in the killings of American troops."

Santilli hosts a show on his website, but says he's "ready to take my show to national syndication; that is,...

Former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney appeared on "The Tonight Show" Friday, where he discussed a number of scandals unfolding in Washington.

Romney addressed the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups in the lead-up to the 2012 election, saying he thinks "a special counsel should...

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) ripped President Barack Obama Thursday over what she called a "scandalous hat trick."

"This scandalous hat trick is on your watch. It is not believable that you knew nothing about Obama administration actions in dealing with these scandals," Palin wrote, referring to the Internal...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R) cautioned Republicans against overreaching while dealing with the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of tea party groups.

Gingrich told NPR Repubilicans "need to be calm and factual" when dealing with scandals, and used his own experience pushing for President Bill Clinton's impeachment as...

The House of Representatives held another vote to repeal Obamacare Thursday afternoon.

The House voted to repeal Obamacare 229-195. However, the bill will have little hope of passing in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

The decision to hold a vote to repeal Obamacare -- which has already been done

Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) -- who lost his 2012 election race against Elizabeth Warren -- said he's not crying over the loss of his seat in the U.S. Senate.

"The voters spoke, and I get it," Brown said at a meeting of the Worcester Economic Club, according...

Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) disinvited former Georgia Democratic congressman Ben Jones from a fundraising event after learning of Jones' support for the Confederate flag.

Jones, who played Cooter Davenport on the television show “The Dukes of Hazzard," was slated to appear at a fundraiser for Markey in Washington,...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) told a crowd at a tea party rally that she's asked every weekend why Congress isn't working to impeach President Barack Obama.

"I will tell you, as I have been home in my district, in the sixth district of Minnesota, there isn't a weekend that hasn't...

One Democrat is pushing a gun control measure with some unusual inspiration -- James Bond.

Rep. John Tierney (D-Mass.) teamed up with founders of Moms Demand Action and Stop Handgun Violence to propose a "smart gun" bill that would require all newly manufactured handguns...

大統領専用機「エアフォースワン」が欲しいと思ったことはないだろうか？ 今なら米連邦政府一般調達局（General Services Administration：GSA)が運営するオークションサイト「GSA Auctions」で、購入が可能だ！

正確にいえば、大統領専用機が「エアフォースワン」と公式に呼ばれるためには、大統領がそれに乗っている必要がある[Air Force Oneとは、大統領が搭乗した際に米空軍機が使用するコールサイン]。GSA Auctionsによるとこのジェット機は、「もともとは副大統領専用機『エアフォースツー』だったもので、『エアフォースワン』としても使われた可能性もある」という。

競売開始価格は5万ドル。[競売ページによると、競売開始は米国中部標準時で5月15日午前11時。機体はDC-9-32。DC-9は、1965年にダグラス社が初飛行させた双発の小型ジェット旅客機。ダグラス社がマクドネル社、その後ボーイング社と合併を行ったことにより、後継機はMD-80などいろいろな名前をもつことになった。現在エアフォースワンとして利用されているのは、「ボーイング747」を改造した専用機 (VC-25) ]

競売中である「エアフォースワン」の内部を、以下のスライドショーで紹介しよう。

[US版で2013年5月9日に掲載した記事を翻訳しました]
[Paige Lavender 日本語版：ガリレオ]