Trump ordered that the term Homo sapiens be changed to Hetero sapiens. In history books and on websites, the airplane from which the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima will no longer be identified as the Enola Gay, but rather the Enola Straight. Trump also ordered billionaire Mark Cuban, who supported Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, to change his name to Mark American. If he does not do so, he will be charged with terrorism.   read more

Hispanics are exiting Arizona before the state’s controversial immigration law goes into effect in July. Citing anecdotal evidence, USA Today reported that schools in Hispanic neighborhoods are experiencing unusual declines in enrollment and busin...   read more

Federal prosecutors filed indictments on Friday against five current or former New Orleans police officers for the killing of Henry Glover days after Hurricane Katrina in September 2, 2005. The U.S. Department of Justice claims rookie officer Davi...   read more

Perhaps bowing to public pressure to stop the oil spill, the U.S. Coast Guard has decided to reverse its earlier position to not reach out to the private sector for solutions to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. The Coast Guard Research and Develop...   read more

In the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP’s stock value has plummeted, prompting news stories identifying the company’s largest investors. Oddly enough, some media outlets have failed to identify the largest BP shareholder: the U.S. investme...   read more

Both the State Department and Department of Defense need to improve or expand their ranks of foreign language specialists, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO in its report on national security programs criticized Stat...   read more

So much for double jeopardy. The provision in law that forbids an individual from being tried twice for the same crime has not applied to Curtis Flowers. The African-American man is now facing his sixth trial for allegedly killing four people at a...   read more

At least 211 graves at Arlington National Cemetery have been mishandled, provoking scorn and promises of investigation by lawmakers in Congress. The discovery was made by the inspector general for the U.S. Army who found remains interred at the hi...   read more

Dolphins have become a regular part of the U.S. Navy’s defense and counterterrorism efforts, both in the United States and abroad. The Navy has deployed 80 specially-trained dolphins (and sea lions) on missions in the Persian Gulf, the Mediterrane...   read more

Scientists in Florida are concerned that large plumes of oil floating beneath the surface in the Gulf of Mexico originated from the Deepwater Horizon spill, and want to test their samples against oil collected by BP. But the oil corporation is ref...   read more

The Federal Trade Commission is not letting up on the Kellogg Company, the world’s largest cereal producer. Executives have agreed to stop marketing Rice Krispies as a food that boosts the immune systems of children after FTC regulators filed a co...   read more

Amnesty International has accused the government of Pakistan of turning its back on four million of its citizens by leaving them under the rule of the Taliban. In its new report (As if Hell Fell on Me: The Human Rights Crisis in Northwest Pakistan...   read more

Democrats in Congress are backing off from getting tough with hedge fund managers over taxes. Last month in the House, Democrats approved legislation that would tax 75% of earnings for managers of hedge funds, private-equity funds, venture capital...   read more

Agents with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection service are coming under scrutiny for killing two individuals near the border with Mexico in recent weeks.   In San Diego, CA, an illegal immigrant who lived in the United States for 27 years...   read more

From key appointments to proposed spending increases, the U.S. military is expanding its role and influence in American intelligence operations that once were the privy of civilian specialists. This mission creep on the part of generals and defens...   read more

Unwilling to wait for the federal government or BP to come to their rescue, the tiny coastal town of Magnolia Springs, Alabama, took matters into their own hands shortly after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill began.   Led by their volunteer fire ch...   read more

Is the United States’ side of the border with Mexico a region of dwindling crime and violence, or an exploding threat to American national security? Statistics would say it’s the former, but political rhetoric the latter.   A report from the FBI...   read more