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

In a decision based more on public relations than hard science, the city of Portland, Oregon, decided to dump millions of gallons of drinking water after someone urinated in a local reservoir.   Local water chief David Shaff announced about 7....   read more

In a move that will no doubt inspire Americans in other states, all 120 members of the California legislature will be denied their paychecks after the state’s controller decided lawmakers did not pass a balanced budget on time, as required under...   read more

JPMorgan Chase has become the second major Wall Street bank to settle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over claims that it defrauded investors by selling mortgage-based securities designed to fail.   The bank will pay $153.6 m...   read more

An earmark by any other name is still an earmark, as long as certain conditions apply. An earmark is a budget expenditure that goes directly to a specific project without having been requested by the agency or department that would normally over...   read more

When the criminal justice system in Illinois convicted the wrong person, innocent people collectively lost hundreds of years of freedom—while the real culprits went on to commit nearly a hundred new crimes, including murders and rapes.   A joi...   read more

After nearly a decade of fighting a two-front war, the United States is faced with caring for more than 212,000 veterans suffering from some form of traumatic brain injury (TBI).   The vast majority of these cases originated in the U.S. Army, ...   read more

America’s crime rate has been falling for the past 20 years, with a significant drop in violent offenses occurring in the 1990s and an overall dip taking place since 2008. But experts disagree over the cause of this welcome phenomenon. Here are ...   read more

States are not obligated to provide free legal counsel in civil courts when it comes to child support cases, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week, setting off cries from civil rights groups that said the decision could move the country closer ...   read more

A federal judge has approved the largest settlement ever against the U.S. government, clearing the way for more than a billion dollars to be distributed among thousands of American Indians.   The agreement ends one of the longest and most comp...   read more

Much to the joy of environmentalists, the Obama administration is considering a 20-year ban on uranium mining near the Grand Canyon.   The Department of the Interior imposed a two-year moratorium in 2009 on uranium mining around the Grand Cany...   read more

Following on the heels of the case of the man who lost his job in Idaho because his wife has multiple sclerosis, we now have another example of why the United States needs health care reform.   Out of work and in need of health insurance, Jame...   read more

Guantánamo has become synonymous with the U.S. effort to hold detainees, which in turn has given the impression that the military prison in Cuba is the hub of this policy. But Guantánamo is by no means the largest prison for detainees—that distinc...   read more

Corporate America is lobbying Congress for a tax holiday on foreign earnings that companies want to bring home, claiming the move will serve as another stimulus for the floundering U.S. economy.   The corporations want the tax on foreign earni...   read more

The United States is proving to be a destination of choice among corrupt officials in China who have smuggled billions of dollars out of their country.   A Chinese study carried out by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 2008, but only j...   read more

After more than 90 years in business, Allen’s Family Foods of Seaford, Delaware, is filing for bankruptcy, done in by skyrocketing corn prices via ethanol manufacturing.   Allen’s packs 8 million pounds of poultry a week. But with so much of t...   read more

Disaster preparation at Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant was so poor that workers had to bring protective gear from miles away and an emergency manual from distant buildings, according to a new report.   The report, released Tokyo Electric...   read more