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

Oil drilling off Alaska’s north coast could begin in a matter of months now that the Obama administration has approved a clean-up plan in the event of a spill.   The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement app...   read more

Millions of medical implants have been sold in the U.S. without ever being tested, according to Consumer Reports.   The magazine says among the untested are artificial joints, heart defibrillators and surgical mesh that’s been surgically implant...   read more

Despite cuts to next year’s military budget, weapons merchant Lockheed Martin did very well for itself in the Obama administration’s proposed spending plans. Although Lockheed took a big hit to its main franchise, the $400 billion F-35 Joint Strik...   read more

When Philadelphia officials learned last year that the city’s water supply and the region’s waterways showed elevated levels of radioactive iodine-131, their initial instinct was to blame the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, as I-131 is found ...   read more

A new law passed by the Arizona Legislature and awaiting the signature of Republican Governor Jan Brewer could criminalize much of what gets posted on the Internet, thus raising serious First Amendment concerns. Arizona House Bill 2549 would make ...   read more

A holdover from the George W. Bush administration, Nancy Nord has been a constant thorn in the sides of Democrats on the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) and consumer advocates. She has been criticized for repeatedly fighting against inc...   read more

Just weeks after a landmark study found that even low dose exposures to endocrine disrupting chemicals like bisphenol-A (BPA) produce significant, adverse health effects on people, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week rejected a petiti...   read more

Can a federal agency refuse to do its job for so long that the statute of limitations would prevent legal action to force the agency to act? That was the question federal judge Richard W. Roberts answered with a resounding “No” last week in the ca...   read more

The Baltic nation of Latvia, which has been independent for two decades after being part of the Soviet Union from 1940 to 1990, has a new U.S. ambassador in residence who has previously served in neighboring Estonia. President Barack Obama announc...   read more

The Balkan nation of Kosovo, which owes its existence to U.S.-led intervention in 1999 against the nation of Serbia, of which it was a part, is welcoming a new ambassador from Washington. On January 23, 2012, President Obama announced his intent t...   read more

The United States has quietly stepped up its secret war in Yemen, launching dozens of airstrikes, including drones, according to a report by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. U.S. drone attacks in Yemen are now as common as those in Pakistan...   read more

As of April 1, the mangalitsa will be a wanted pig in Michigan. And that has some farmers very upset.   A new regulation developed by the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will prohibit the fur-covered pigs. State officials claim the...   read more

After years of significant budget cuts and rising demand for classes, one community college in California plans to become the first of its kind to offer a two-tier pricing system for popular courses.   Santa Monica College intends this summer to...   read more

The Balkan nation of Croatia, known to most Americans as the homeland of NBA stars like Toni Kukoč and Dražen Petrović, will soon have a new ambassador from the U.S. President Barack Obama nominated career diplomat and current ambassador to Haiti ...   read more

Estonia, a former Soviet republic and now a staunch U.S. ally, will soon get a new ambassador from the U.S. who is a specialist on post-Soviet countries. President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate diplomat Jeffrey D. Levine to be next...   read more

Contending with insurgents in foreign countries may prove to be a more manageable task for the Department of Defense than balancing its books.   Since 2003, the Pentagon has spent more than $2.6 billion on a new accounting system for the armed s...   read more