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

The Obama White House insists it is still committed to awarding stimulus contracts on a fixed-price, competitive basis—even though much of the money spent so far has not been distributed in this manner.   According to a review by Government Exec...   read more

Prudential Insurance was so convinced Kevin Roth was faking his condition—liver failure,aggravated by scoliosis, osteoporosis and degenerative disc disease—that they hired a private investigator to film his activities. Convinced they had caught Ro...   read more

For his dedication as president of the Elvis Presley fan club, Sterling Gary Pepper Jr. was awarded with keepsakes from the King himself: a gold jumpsuit, a clump of hair, a 1957 Chevy, and more. Presley also paid for medical care for Pepper, wh...   read more

The Internal Revenue Service has a problem handling bounced checks from taxpayers. According to an audit report of the IRS’ “dishonored” check system, the agency gave out approximately $20 million in refunds during the first six months of 2008 to ...   read more

Acting more like a corporate shill than the nation’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent part of her recent visit to Moscow encouraging Russia’s new airline, Rosavia, to buy planes from Boeing. As part of her self-described “sha...   read more

The U.S. Department of Justice’s announcement on Monday regarding medical marijuana reversed an almost decade-long federal policy of going after pot users and distributors in states that have legalized the drug for medicinal purposes. The directiv...   read more

Coal provides nearly half of the United States’ electricity — and nearly all of that industry’s “hidden costs,” according to a new study released by the National Academy of Sciences. As valuable as coal is to the nation’s energy supply, it also pr...   read more

In Arkansas and Oklahoma the belief seems to be when it comes to marriage, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try and try again.” These two states lead the country in the highest number per capita of thrice-married men and women (10% for Arkansa...   read more

The Obama administration’s scrapping of a missile defense system based in Poland and the Czech Republic does not mean the United States has given up on its commitment to defend Eastern Europe. Rather, the Defense Department is moving ahead with p...   read more

For more than three years Bill Caudle has supported his wife, Michelle, as she’s battled advanced-stage ovarian cancer. In March, he was laid off from his job of 20 years at plastics manufacturer PolyOne, losing not only his salary, but also the b...   read more

As of November 1, women in Oklahoma who have an abortion will have to provide detailed information about themselves and their operation which will then be posted on a public website. The Statistical Reporting of Abortions Act is being challenged b...   read more

The reckless greed that helped bring on the financial collapse of the housing market was aided by the once-conservative bond rating house of Moody’s, an investigation by McClatchy Newspapers found. In late 2007, Moody’s fired analysts and executiv...   read more

The Great Recession has done nothing to dampen the workloads of corporate attorneys. According to Fulbright’s 6th Annual Litigation Trends Survey Report, 42% of lawyers representing corporations are expecting an increase in lawsuits over the next ...   read more

There may come a time when statutes of limitations no longer have any bearing on cases involving rape and other crimes. Although time limits still exist in state and federal laws, prosecutors are getting around them by indicting the DNA of culprit...   read more

Friday’s news about the U.S. budget deficit was bad no matter how it was sliced. The final number for fiscal year 2009—$1.4 trillion—represented a 212% increase over the FY 2008 deficit of $455 billion. In comparison to the previous year, spending...   read more

Being a logistical nightmare has made Afghanistan a costly place to wage war. In the course of debating General Stanley McChrystal’s request for 40,000 additional troops, lawmakers uncovered the fact that it costs $400 a gallon to fuel the vehicle...   read more