Donald Trump has a mental health condition known as narcissistic personality disorder. Here are some of the symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder. React with rage or contempt and try to belittle other people to make themselves appear superior. Have an unreasonably high sense of self-importance and require constant, excessive admiration. Make achievements and talents seem bigger than they are. Behave in an arrogant way, brag a lot and come across as conceited.   read more

As part of its campaign to crush the ongoing political uprising, Syria’s government has utilized U.S.-manufactured technology to conduct Internet spying and block online access.   The technologies in question were developed by Blue Coat Systems ...   read more

One of Mexico’s political parties is miffed at native son and boxer Juan Manuel Márquez for wearing shorts during his recent title fight against Manny Pacquiao that had the logo of a rival political party.   Márquez’s trunks bore the Institution...   read more

Here’s a statistic for critics of wealth disparity: three millionths of 1% (0.000003%) of the world’s population has a net worth of $25 trillion.   Wealth-X, a self-described “global wealth intelligence and prospecting company,” estimates that t...   read more

Members of Congress think highly of General Electric, making it the most popular investment on Capitol Hill. Seventy-five lawmakers held a total of $3.6 million in GE stock last year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.   It just so...   read more

The United States is experiencing an increase in income segregation, according to a new study produced by Stanford University.   Forty years ago 65% of families were lived in middle-income neighborhoods. By 2007, that percentage had fallen to 44...   read more

A federal judge in Virginia is expected this week to rule whether 28 current and former military personnel can sue the Department of Defense for not taking action to curb rape in the armed services.   Filed against former defense secretaries Rob...   read more

It has been a rough couple of weeks for Israeli-French relations, bookended by political insults and rocket attacks.   Tensions arose last week after France’s president, Nicolas Sarkozy, was overheard by reporters calling Israel’s prime minister...   read more

With the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq, the United States will finally conclude the longest air war in world history.   For 20 years, beginning with the 1991 Gulf War and now ending in December, the U.S. carried out almost continuous a...   read more

There’s hasn’t been a case of smallpox in the U.S. in 62 years. But that hasn’t stopped the Obama administration from awarding a $433 million deal to a company to produce an antidote for the non-existent disease—a company whose controlling shareho...   read more

America’s wealthy enjoy an average of $30 billion a year in help from the U.S. government, according to a study produced for Republican U.S. Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma.   Individuals earning more than $1 million annually have been taking adv...   read more

A subsidiary of American Airlines this week became the first in the industry to be penalized by the federal government for making passengers endure lengthy delays on an airport tarmac.   The U.S. Department of Transportation fined American Eagle...   read more

In need of new revenues because of budget cuts, a Colorado school district has approved the printing of advertisements on student report cards.   The Jefferson County School District, west of Denver, will receive $90,000 over three years for run...   read more

Americans are continuing to lose health insurance coverage and to struggle paying for serious medical conditions, according to two separate surveys.   A Gallup poll found the proportion of adults with no health insurance has been above 17% for t...   read more

Bank of America may have lost the battle over its proposed $5/month debit card fee, but, along with other major banks, it is not giving up on charging customers for other services in order to maintain profits.   At BofA consumers can expect to p...   read more

A cleanup worker involved in last year’s BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico claims the company and the U.S. Coast Guard worked in secrecy while attempting to burn the petroleum off the ocean’s surface. Malcolm Coco, who worked for BP for three and...   read more

Baby Boomers are making it harder on the earth than Millennials in terms of contributing to global warming.   Researchers at Germany’s Max Planck Institute, led by Emilio Zagheni, using data from the United States, examined carbon dioxide emissi...   read more