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

The saga of SEC v. Bank of America is finally over, but not before Judge Jed Rakoff got in one more sharp jab.   The Securities and Exchange of Commission (SEC) has tried since last August to get Rakoff to sign off on a settlement with BofA over...   read more

All robots all the time will be the attraction at a new theme park opening in South Korea. Robot Land in Inchon is set to become the world’s first entertainment venue of its kind, when it opens in 2012 and begins pulling in nearly three million vi...   read more

President Barack Obama has promised to disclose all contacts lobbyists have with his administration. But at the same time, his Department of Justice is working to keep hidden the names of lobbyists who won immunity for the telecommunications compa...   read more

Had the person who crashed a small plane into the IRS office in Austin, Texas, been a Muslim, the incident would have been labeled a terrorist act, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations. As such, the organization’s executive direc...   read more

Government deregulation of the financial industry wasn’t the only mistake made by lawmakers that brought about the economic collapse of 2008. According to the Center for Justice and Democracy, federal legislation adopted in the 1990s to limit laws...   read more

It may not be long before political leaders in the American West start blaming Asia if they struggle to meet federal air quality standards. As if California, Oregon, Washington and other western states don’t spew enough of their own carbon dioxide...   read more

California may yet again become the first in the nation to set political precedence, this time by treating animal abusers in a similar manner as sex offenders. Legislation introduced in the State Senate would require anyone convicted of a felony i...   read more

Relief agencies aren’t the only foreigners getting involved in Haiti’s earthquake aftermath. The International Peace Operations Association (IPOA), labeled a “mercenary trade association” by one media source, is planning a summit in Miami to bring...   read more

Unable to get the documents it requested, the American Civil Liberties Union is suing the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for refusing to disclose information about funding for religious-based programs overseas. USAID’s own rules...   read more

Tracing the December cyber attacks on Google and other American companies back to two Chinese schools has expanded rather than narrowed the list of possible culprits behind the hacking. Initial conclusions pointed the finger at the Beijing governm...   read more

Lisa Jackson, the Obama administration’s top environmental official, has made it clear she thinks bisphenol A (BPA), an industrial chemical used to make plastic products, is a dangerous threat to the public. And yet after chemical industry lobbyis...   read more

For years following the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the media reported U.S. casualty figures released by the Department of Defense—which regularly excluded thousands of Americans from the publicized totals. Even though they were often engaged in dan...   read more

The reason why Anthem Blue Cross of California wanted to hike its insurance rates by 39% was because the insurer says it suffered a loss of business last year, and was further hampered by the bad economy. Not so. According to a congressional revie...   read more

Handguns, rifles, shotguns, even semi-automatic weapons will be allowed in national parks as of February 22, as long as visitors are compliant with state law and other rules. The change has sparked concerns among current and former employees of th...   read more

Customers of Bank of America are claiming the bank charges $8.99 a month for identity-theft protection and credit monitoring without authorization. Lead plaintiff Steven Chavez says in his class action lawsuit that BofA hit him with monthly costs ...   read more

Corporations wondering how to take advantage of their newfound power following the Citizens United ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court can turn to K&L Gates, one of Washington, DC’s biggest lobbying firms. In the wake of the high court’s decision to ...   read more