Trump announced that from now on the NFL will be known as the NTL: The National Trump League. The Super Bowl will be renamed the Trump Bowl, and professional players must be called Trumpball Players. Anyone, on any level, who refuses to comply with Trump’s orders will be arrested and charged with being a threat to national security.   read more

President Obama last week ordered a Chinese company to sell its interest in four wind energy projects located within the airspace of the Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility in Boardman, Oregon, where the military conducts training missions for unmanned drone aircraft. The Chinese were also ordered to remove all structures and other assets stored at the site.   read more

According to the report, “More than 90 percent of the delinquent taxes owed are employment taxes, which include monies withheld from employees’ wages that are required to be remitted to the IRS on the employees’ behalf. These taxes are necessary to support Federal programs like Social Security and Medicare.”   read more

A group of doctors, researchers and cancer patients filed a petition with the Supreme Court asking it to review the case of Myriad Genetics, which owns two patents associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. The company has used the patents to perform genetic tests and tell patients whether they are at risk of contracting the diseases. The plaintiffs claim the patents “exclude the rest of the scientific community” from utilizing the genes for testing and research.   read more

During a thunderstorm, their 8-year-old Labrador mix, Avery, escaped from the couple’s backyard and was picked up by animal control. Jeremy went to the Fort Worth Animal Care and Control shelter to pick up Avery, but did not have enough cash on hand to pay the fee. He was told that a “hold for owner” tag would be put on Avery and he could pick up the dog a few days later. But when the Medlens returned, the shelter had already killed Avery.   read more

The Central Asian nation of Tajikistan, a one-party state dominated by President Emomali Rahmon, has sent a new diplomat to the U.S. who has significant experience defending his country’s human rights record in global forums. On May 26, 2007, Shamsov was promoted to ambassador to Austria, a post he held until his July 2012 appointment as ambassador to the United States.   read more

The Trust Women Foundation has purchased the building where the late George Tiller provided abortion services, including so-called late-term abortions. They plan to open the Trust Women Family Planning and Memorial Center. Tiller was shot to death while serving as an usher at his church on May 31, 2009, by Scott Roeder, an antiabortion zealot from Kansas City.   read more

Morrison was accused of soliciting underwriting business from Cahill’s office beginning in 2008, while also working on the treasurer’s gubernatorial campaign from Goldman Sachs’ office. The fine represents the first time that the SEC has penalized someone for pay-to-play violations involving in-kind non-cash contributions to a political campaign.   read more

After 55 days of interrogation, including sleep deprivation and torture, Salah pled guilty and signed a plea deal. Israel released him in 1997 and he returned home to the U.S., where the government charged him with terrorism and conspiracy. A Chicago jury found him not guilty in 2007, but the government has refused to lift the designation or the restrictions.   read more

The world’s newest nation—South Sudan—has sent its first ambassador to the U.S., ironically the same man who recently served as the chief envoy to Washington from Sudan, the country from which South Sudan seceded last year after decades of civil war. Akec Khoc Aciew Khoc, who was Khartoum’s man in Washington from 2006 to 2011, is now Juba’s man in D.C.   read more

Than Swe served as director general for the Progress of Border Areas and National Races in the Ministry of Progress of Border Areas and National Races and Development Affairs from May 2000 to March 2008. He served as deputy permanent representative to the United Nations from March 2008 to March 2009, when he was appointed Burmese ambassador to the U.N., a post he held until his appointment as ambassador to the U.S.   read more

Another sign of the partisan divide is found in responses to the question: Would you mind if your child married someone from another political party? In 1960, only 5% reacted negatively. By 2010, 40% objected to the idea, including 50% of Republicans and 30% of Democrats. The authors of the survey posit that the growing hostility has less to do with actual policy or ideological differences, but more to do with increasingly negative election campaigns that emphasize attacking the other side.   read more

The support to Boeing consists of $2.6 billion in research and development (R&D) funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); $1.2 billion in R&D monies from the Department of Defense; $2.2 billion from foreign sales subsidies; $3.1 billion in tax breaks from Washington State, where Boeing is headquartered; and $476 million in subsidies granted by the city of Wichita, Kansas.   read more

On May 6, 2010, U.S. markets were disrupted by a “flash crash” that sent the Dow Jones average plummeting more than 600 points in a matter of minutes, before coming back again almost as quickly. On August 1 of this year, The Knight Capital Group lost $440 million in 45 minutes as a result of a computer glitch and sent the trading firm to the brink of bankruptcy.   read more

The ACLU first requested the records in 2008, but the FBI refused. Eventually, the agency released 13,088 pages of documents, as well as two cassette tapes and a DVD. But it redacted another 4,952 pages and a second DVD and withheld 425 pages all together. The ACLU asked for access to the remaining, censored files. Following his review of the records in question, Lasnik ordered the FBI to release the documents within two weeks.   read more

Latinos comprise 15% of San Francisco’s population, but, according to official statistics, account for only 1.5% of all arrests. Even this small number is the result of arrests made by the California Highway Patrol within the city, since the Highway Patrol uses a more modern computer system. On September 12, San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr assured the city police commission that from now on, his department will allow arrestees to self-identify their ethnic group.   read more

Under the legislation, which was sponsored by Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut), the disclosure forms would not be made available until December 8. The STOCK Act provision potentially impacts about 28,000 senior public employees, as well as political appointees and high-ranking military officers. The relevant section of the STOCK is opposed by the Senior Executives Association and the American Foreign Service Association.   read more