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

A lot of Americans on both the left and the right have been wondering if the bankers and Wall Street investors who caused the economic collapse that began in 2008 would ever have to pay the price for what they did to the country. Goldman Sachs emp...   read more

Taking a husband’s name comes at a price for married women. Dutch researchers have determined wives who change their name can wind up making less money—$1,162 a month—because of cultural perceptions in comparison to women who keep their pre-marria...   read more

What once required hundreds of sailors may soon need only dozens as the U.S. Navy moves to a new fleet of high-tech, innovative coastal vessels known as littoral ships. Naval commanders are deciding between two different designs of littorals—one b...   read more

Despite losing two court decisions, banks have decided to continue the fight against the media publishing the names of institutions bailed out by the Federal Reserve during the worst of the financial crisis in 2008.   The Clearing House Payment ...   read more

Regardless of the rhetorical attacks Republicans have lobbed at him for being soft on terrorism, President Barack Obama is continuing much of his predecessor’s policies and strategies for the war on terror, argues Eli Lake at Reason.com.   Sure,...   read more

Not known for its public displays of new weaponry, Israel’s military sent a message to Iran recently by unveiling its latest “breakthrough” in unmanned aircraft, the Heron TP, nicknamed Eitan, which is Hebrew for “strong.”   The Eitan is the wor...   read more

A huge scandal involving allegations of game rigging and bribery has erupted in South Korea, where online video entertainment attracts serious, big-money players. South Korea has professional leagues associated with 21 different video games, but t...   read more

First, it was radio music. Now, it is school bells that have been outlawed in Somalia, under orders from al-Shabab, the country’s most powerful Islamist insurgent group. Al-Shabab ordered teachers in the town of Jowhar, north of the capital city o...   read more

The United States has more than two million phantoms voters, thanks to the way the U.S. Census Bureau counts prisoners. During the 2010 census, federal officials will record inmates as residents of the towns where their prisons are located, and th...   read more

Accounting errors by the IRS over a five-year period cost the federal government $63 million in unemployment insurance funds, according to a report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). The foul-up began after an audit ...   read more

Consuming beef in the United States comes with the risk of ingesting toxins because of cracks in the federal government’s meat inspection system. In a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the inspector general said there is a “growi...   read more

Within three years, children born in the United Kingdom could have three biological parents, assuming the government goes along with an idea pushed by scientists to perform gene splicing to prevent serious health risks.   The concept has been de...   read more

Despite numerous warnings in recent years of growing white supremacist numbers in the U.S. military, the Defense Department waited until late in 2009 to quietly issue a directive ordering soldiers to refrain from participating in such activity on ...   read more

Relying on private companies to guard federal buildings has resulted in numerous breaches of security, according to an investigation by the Government Accountability Office. A new GAO report has called upon the Department of Homeland Security (DHS...   read more

American efforts to assassinate the controversial Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki will not be aided by the government of Yemen. Al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen now living in Yemen, was recently added to a CIA hit list, but Yemeni officials have refused to...   read more

Problems continue to emerge for the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) in the wake of the Upper Big Branch mining disaster in West Virginia. Despite having a former union official, Joe Main, running the MSHA, the agency allowed Upper Big...   read more