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

Half a dozen lobbyists are suing the Obama administration claiming they are being denied their free speech rights by not serving on federal advisory committees.   The six lobbyists were either serving on or were seeking to be on the Industry Tra...   read more

A federal prosecutor’s decision to drop the investigation of cyclist Lance Armstrong has raised more questions than answers, especially given the timing of the decision.   U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. announced that the 20-month probe was ove...   read more

As part of doing business with the federal government, large U.S. corporations receive annual multi-million-dollar contributions to their private pension funds.   About $3.3 billion in taxpayer funds were paid in 2010 by federal agencies to the ...   read more

The Small Business Administration (SBA) has published new guidelines that will result in more companies qualifying as small businesses, allowing them to enjoy certain contracting advantages.   After conducting its first comprehensive review of s...   read more

The nation’s largest private prison company is offering cash-strapped state governments to buy up their penitentiaries and manage convicted criminals at a cost-savings. But there’s a catch…the states must guarantee that are there are enough prison...   read more

Following on the Solyndra controversy, the Department of Energy under President Barack Obama is now accused of funneling billions of dollars in funding to companies that have connections within the department.   An investigation by The Washingto...   read more

The cost of owning a printer for a home computer rests as much in the amount spent on ink cartridges as it does on the purchase price of the printer itself. The same can be said of billion-dollar weapons systems purchased by the Department of Defe...   read more

Four hundred types of lipstick contain trace amounts of lead, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which found some products tested for levels that exceeded safety recommendations. The FDA has not set legal limits for lead in cosme...   read more

Screenings agents at Dallas/Fort Worth airport are being accused of making attractive women go through full-body scanners, according to numerous complaints.   A local CBS affiliate went through more than 500 records of complaints lodged against ...   read more

How bad are the reputations of America’s largest banks? About that of a corpse.   In the latest survey of almost 13,000 people by Harris Interactive, which assesses the public’s take on different industries, AIG, Goldman Sachs and Bank of Americ...   read more

Having decided to support Democratic efforts to raise large sums of money via super PACs, President Barack Obama has recruited four members of his cabinet to participate in the fundraising for his super PAC, Priorities USA Action, and other Democr...   read more

While the four remaining candidates for the Republican presidential nomination all pitch themselves as the real “conservative” in the race, each one represents a different take on what it means to be conservative. It’s not surprising that they wou...   read more

In an attempt to help the ailing U.S. Postal Service (USPS), President Barack Obama has proposed two major proposals as part of his 2013 budget plan.   One: Allow the Postal Service to cut back on mail delivery from six days a week to five, star...   read more

Just like the war in Iraq, contractors have assumed a significant share of the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan and even surpassed the number of soldiers, both in terms of total personnel and fatalities.   As of January, nearly 113,500 employ...   read more

Job outsourcing is now a two-way street for the United States. Once the victim of companies taking jobs overseas where labor is cheaper, the U.S. is now receiving new employment from an American company that found Canada too expensive for its oper...   read more

While the U.S. unemployment rate has improved slightly in recent months, the rosy news of better times ahead contrasts with the difficult reality still haunting many Americans, especially for those living in tents to survive.   It is estimated t...   read more