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

Exxon Mobil is at risk of losing its rights to what might turn out to be the largest oil discovery ever in the Gulf of Mexico, which is why the oil behemoth is suing the federal government.   The problem for Exxon is that it allowed its leases...   read more

An examination of nearly 200 advertisements by researchers found that the vast majority of those published in medical trade journals were not compliant with federal government rules governing the marketing of pharmaceuticals.   Of the 192 ads ...   read more

When is raising $100,000 in a week a disappointment for a grass-roots campaign? When the goal is to collect $50 million.   That’s the sad news for supporters of Arizona’s border-fence initiative. Feeling compelled to seal off their state to th...   read more

After 30 years in the Foreign Service, Arnold A. Chacon received his first appointment as ambassador, to Guatemala, in June 2011. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 2.   Originally from Denver, Chacon is a graduate of the University of C...   read more

Chan Heng Chee has served as Singapore’s ambassador to the United States since July 1996.     Born circa 1942, Chan Heng Chee earned her B.A. and M.A. in Political Science from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1964 and 1966, respe...   read more

The whole point of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to keep tabs on Wall Street, by making sure banks and other financial institutions and firms are abiding by the law. If suspected of not behaving lawfully, then investigations ar...   read more

In yet another effort to restrict the availability of the medical procedure, conservatives in Kansas are trying to ban insurance companies from providing elective abortion coverage.   The new law, adopted by the state legislature and supported...   read more

On top of the fact that many large banks rescued in 2008 failed to provide substantial assistance to struggling homeowners and small businesses, many of the same institutions are now gobbling up tax liens from teetering homeowners, which may exa...   read more

Having already spent heavily on security contractors to protect diplomats, the State Department has now taken over a $230 million contract from the U.S. Army for L-3 Communications to conduct intelligence gathering in Iraq.   The transfer was ...   read more

Teenagers from Gaza hoping to study in the U.S. have been forbidden to leave, on orders from Hamas, the elected government of the Gaza Strip.   Eight students were given AMIDEAST scholarships to spend a year in America. But, according to the P...   read more

They supervised a controversial program that allowed guns to fall into the hands of drug traffickers, all in the name of law enforcement tracking, but the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) officials still managed to get p...   read more

The dictionary defines combat as “to oppose in battle; fight against” or “to engage in fighting.” On August 31, 2010, President Barack Obama announced that the United States’ combat mission in Iraq was finished. However, based on what the U.S. m...   read more

Faced with putting graphic anti-smoking images on their packs and cartons, tobacco companies have filed suit to overturn the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new requirements on the marketing of cigarettes.   In June, the FDA issued the fi...   read more

Common sense would dictate that a country that’s spent 10 years fighting two different wars would at least keep track of the fiscal sacrifice that’s been made. But the truth is that Uncle Sam really can’t say for sure how deep it’s had to dig to...   read more

They supervised a controversial program that allowed guns to fall into the hands of drug traffickers, all in the name of law enforcement tracking, but the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) officials still managed to get pro...   read more

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to help animal rights advocates stop a wild-horse roundup by using the argument that the capture had already taken place.   At issue was the 2010 round-up of more than 2,000 wild horses and 200 wild b...   read more