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

Accused of bribery and providing kickbacks, Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay the U.S. government $70 million to settle charges brought over its illegal activities in Europe and Iraq.   From 1998 to 2006, Johnson & Johnson, the world’s secon...   read more

A physicist and longtime member of the nation’s premier research laboratory, Peter B. Lyons was nominated to be the Department of Energy’s assistant secretary for nuclear energy in December 2010. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee i...   read more

The U.S. Coast Guard was not prepared and struggled with its crisis communications during last year’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to an internal review of the agency’s performance.   The report concluded that Coast Guard...   read more

Rather than being a quiet facilitator for the media, the Food and Drug Administration’s press office has been the subject of unflattering news because of its hiring and firing practices and its attempts to control FDA employees’ interactions wit...   read more

A member of the Senior Foreign Service, Ronald Lewis Schlicher serves as the Principal Deputy Assistant Coordinator of Counterterrorism in the State Department, a position he assumed on September 2, 2008.   The son of a boilermaker with the Te...   read more

Prior to becoming South Africa’s ambassador to the United States in July 2010, Ebrahim Rasool was in the thick of his country’s politics. The Muslim leader spent years fighting the apartheid government and eventually rose to become a regional go...   read more

Elkanah Odembo began serving as Kenya’s Ambassador to the United States in June 2010.   Odembo earned his Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Sociology at Bowdoin College in 1980 and was a member of the soccer team. He went on to add a Master’s d...   read more

The federal agency charged with ensuring the nation’s security against disasters admitted last year in a confidential report that the United States is ill-prepared to deal with a significant release of radiation.   Coming on the heels of Japan...   read more

Apparently even the best American soldiers need to be guarded in the dangerous realm of Afghanistan.   The Department of Defense’s Special Operations Command is seeking local security contractors to guard commando encampments, with arrangement...   read more

Farmingdale, New York, is being sued by Latino residents who claim the Long Island village has been trying to kick them out of the community.   The predominantly white town allegedly had developers tear down an apartment building largely occup...   read more

Nominated by President George W. Bush, Democrat Cynthia L. Bauerly has served on the Federal Election Commission since May 2008. She was elected vice-chair in December 2009, and took over as chair in January 2011. Her term expires April 30, 2011...   read more

A career diplomat, Kittiphong na Ranong was appointed ambassador of Thailand to the United States in October 2010 and assumed his post the following December.   Kittiphong is a native of Bangkok, with family roots in the southern province of R...   read more

Critics of President Barack Obama’s decision to intervene militarily in Libya have complained about the financial cost, citing the figure of $1 billion.   Yes, a billion dollars is a considerable sum of money. However, compared to the Iraq and...   read more

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is not as confident as its public declarations would indicate about the survival of U.S. nuclear reactors against disasters like the kind happening in Japan.   This conclusion was reached by the Union of...   read more

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) may soon be virtually leaderless due to a lack of nominees put forth by President Barack Obama and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.   By the end of April, five of the FEC’s six commiss...   read more

Peace is in short supply in many Southern states, while the Northeast is brimming with it.   The Institute for Economics & Peace, producer of the Global Peace Index, has published its first United States Peace Index to demonstrate which areas ...   read more