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

Daniel M. Ashe was nominated as the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Dec. 3, 2010. However, Louisiana’s two senators, Republican David Vitter and Democrat Mary Landrieu, have placed a hold on his confirmation to try to force the...   read more

Citizens of Belgium have no trouble poking fun at themselves or their government, which gave them plenty of reason to celebrate this week as the country broke the world record for longest time without forming a government.   As of February 17,...   read more

About 20,000 children are abducted every year in China. Most are never recovered, which makes the story of Peng Gaofeng all the more astounding.   Three years ago, Peng’s son, Peng Wenle, nicknamed “Le Le,” was kidnapped outside his father’s m...   read more

Gerald M. Feierstein, who has counterterrorism experience, assumed the position of U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, one of the centers of the U.S. counterterror effort, on September 17, 2010.   Born in Philadelphia, Feierstein earned his B.A. in Phil...   read more

The Department of Defense’s top leadership is being sued by a group of current and former military personnel over the failure to punish those who sexually assault servicemembers.   Seventeen veterans, including two men, claim Defense Secretary...   read more

Just as oil, gas and coal companies pay a royalty for extracting natural resources from public lands, mining companies also should have to pay the government for removing gold, silver and other minerals, argues the Obama administration.   Unti...   read more

Stepping into the middle of a political fight between conservationists and ranchers, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer has blocked the impending slaughter of hundreds of Yellowstone National Park bison. The Democratic governor said he took actio...   read more

One-fifth of all U.S. states currently have no native son or daughter representing them in the Senate, according to Smart Politics at the University of Minnesota. The ten states and their Senators are:   Arizona: John Kyl-Nebraska; John McCain...   read more

What one Democrat created to further the American dream, another Democrat is trying to destroy, says political journalist Robert Scheer.   Scheer is maddened by a new policy issued by President Barack Obama that would eliminate public support fo...   read more

In addition to receiving national attention, the eventual trial of Jared Loughner could become an important test case for prosecutors who use a defendant’s online search history to gain a conviction and specific sentencing.   U.S. attorneys pl...   read more

Conservative lawmakers in the South Dakota legislature want to expand the definition of “justifiable homicide” to include killings that seek to protect the life of a fetus. Abortion rights advocates claim the legislation has been crafted to make...   read more

Defector Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi has admitted he lied when he told European intelligence agents in 2000 that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction. Janabi’s lie proved monumental as the false information was used by the Bush admini...   read more

Much to the dismay of green energy supporters, President Barack Obama’s new budget plan includes $36 billion in spending to provide loan guarantees for the nuclear power industry to establish new reactors.   The $36 billion follows on $18.5 bill...   read more

With the U.S. military more than able to fill its ranks with volunteers and everyone looking for places to cut federal spending, a Republican congressman wants to officially do away with the requirement that 18-year-old males register for a draf...   read more

Still smarting from President Barack Obama’s decision to skip the country during his upcoming tour of Latin America, Argentina has accused the United States of trying to smuggle weapons, satellite phones and drugs into the country after official...   read more

Led by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Obama administration announced this week that it wants to facilitate Internet freedom, especially in situations where authoritarian regimes have tried to cut off its populations from the outs...   read more