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

On Tuesday, Libya’s ambassador to the United States announced that he was resigning his post. As recently as the day before, he had said that he would not do so because he was part of the “good side” of the Libyan government. He now joins a grow...   read more

In the wake of last month’s shooting in Tucson, Arizona, in which U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was the primary target, Congress’s research arm found that more than 20 attacks have been made on lawmakers and their staff since the establ...   read more

Potato growers belonging to the nation’s largest cooperative are facing a massive lawsuit challenging the organization’s antitrust exemption, which has been in effect since the 1920s. A class action case brought by potato purchasers alleges the ...   read more

Pamela Ann White is no stranger to Africa. The new ambassador to Gambia has more than 35 years of experience on the continent, most of it with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). She was confirmed as ambassador by the Senate o...   read more

This was not the best of years for foreign language entries. There were a lot of good films, but so many of them were bleak and depressing, a reflection no doubt of the downturn in the global economy. As for the nominees, the group is tainted by t...   read more

Al-Qaeda was no fan of former President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, but the terrorist organization is not thrilled with what might replace the dictator: democracy.   A new video by al-Qaeda’s No. 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has criticized Egypt’s de...   read more

University of Utah economics student Tim DeCristopher delayed the selling of oil and gas leases on thousands of acres of public land more than two years ago, but now his actions have him facing felony charges in a Utah federal court.   On Decemb...   read more

This year’s documentary shorts nominees are, well, earnest. All five of them center on uplifting responses to difficult situations.   Killing in the Name (USA) You might recall the 2005 terrorist attack in Amman, Jordan, in which an Iraqi terro...   read more

This year’s animated shorts nominees include two children’s cartoons, two non-U.S. entries noteworthy for their skillful and creative animation, and one political satire.   Day and Night (USA) If you’ve seen Toy Story 3, you’ve probably seen Da...   read more

The Confession (United Kingdom) In The Confession, nine-year-old Sam, the son of a farmer, and his best friend are preparing for their first confession. The problem is that they have nothing worth confessing. Sam is concerned because he thinks th...   read more

A federal program designed to locate and remove violent illegal immigrants from the U.S. has been more effective in deporting undocumented immigrants with no criminal backgrounds.   A review of federal records by the Florida Center for Investi...   read more

A $3 billion highway project in Indiana threatens to destroy thousands of acres of forests, farmlands, caves and aquatic ecosystems, according to environmentalists suing the federal government to halt construction.   The Hoosier Environmental ...   read more

A State Department cable released by WikiLeaks has bolstered the contention that former FBI agent Robert Levinson has been held in Iran after vanishing on March 9, 2007, while working as a private investigator on Kish Island, a popular tourist r...   read more

John Walsh was appointed Acting Comptroller of the Currency on August 15, 2010. In this position he serves as director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and chief executive of the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), ov...   read more

Mitar Kujundžić has served as ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United States since February 2009.   Born on May 15, 1967, in Sarajevo, Kujundžić studied mechanical engineering in college.   His additional schooling consisted of dipl...   read more

The Thomas B. Fordham Institute has issued a report card on the teaching of history to K-12 students, and a lot of states won’t want to see their grades.   In producing its first study since 2003 on the quality of U.S. history standards, the F...   read more