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

There are some in Washington who feel the U.S. Air Force has too many generals.   From Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the number of Air Force top brass has been challenged. And the numbers would seem t...   read more

Election officials in the District of Columbia have been criticized for scheduling a special election on Passover, a Jewish holiday that requires observers to avoid writing or using electronic devices, such as voting machines.   The problem be...   read more

Here is another installment in AllGov’s series of ways in which the federal government spends money on dubious projects.   A Tough Sell Project: Studying Goat Meat Location: Ft. Valley State University in Georgia Cost: $200,000   What is It...   read more

If they weren’t imprisoning children and old men for years on specious grounds, they were letting go terrorists still considered a threat. That’s the story of the U.S. detention center at Guantánamo, based on the most recent revelations produced...   read more

Unrest in the Middle East, a major market for arms sales, has not stopped the United States from enjoying a banner year selling military hardware abroad.   The Department of Defense is expecting 2011 arms exports to surpass $46 billion, which ...   read more

Should the government be allowed to shield the records of doctors who write prescriptions for patients? This is the matter before the U.S. Supreme Court today, regarding the constitutionality of a Vermont law designed to keep physician-prescript...   read more

Resentment stemming from the effects of last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill was unleashed at a public hearing in New Orleans, prompting officials to shut down the meeting early.   Presiding over the discussion were U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu ...   read more

Any corporation or organization seeking government contracts would have to disclose its campaign contributions under a new regulation proposed by the Federal Election Commission. The change is an attempt by the Obama administration to mitigate a...   read more

In the latest assessment of last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill accident, the U.S. Coast Guard soundly criticized the rig’s owner, Transocean, on numerous grounds, saying the company’s mistakes exacerbated the disaster.   The Coast Guard repo...   read more

Unlike certain corporate powers that make billions of dollars and pay no taxes, illegal immigrants generate billions of tax dollars for state governments.   The Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy has concluded that unauthorized immigra...   read more

For more than 60 years, military personnel have been shielded from medical malpractice lawsuits. But that could end depending on what the U.S. Supreme Court decides to do with the case of former Air Force Sergeant Dean Patrick Witt.   Witt was...   read more

Scot Marciel could not have asked for a better way to celebrate his 25th year with the State Department than by receiving his first ambassador assignment. A specialist in trade and economics, the career diplomat and member of the Senior Foreign ...   read more

A lawsuit against chemical company Rohm and Haas has resumed in a Philadelphia courtroom, after the judge abruptly dismissed the jury last October because a plaintiff’s expert witness had changed his epidemiological report after the trial starte...   read more

Immigrants looking to speed up the process of becoming American citizens can now turn to the military. Although military service has long been a path to citizenship, because of a need for specialists and those with language skills, the U.S. Army...   read more

Recy Taylor may soon receive her apology. The 91-year-old African-American woman was raped in Alabama by a gang of Caucasian men in 1944, but never saw justice served as two all-white, all-male grand juries refused to indict the suspects.   Th...   read more

On April 6, President Barack Obama nominated D. Brent Hardt to be the U.S. ambassador to the South American nation of Guyana.   Hardt earned a Bachelor’s degree in History from Yale University, and Master’s and Doctorate degrees from the Fletche...   read more