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

One of the key agencies regulating the banking industry has had an acting director since March 2009. John E. Bowman became Acting Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) after his predecessor, Scott Polakoff, left the position having ...   read more

Cambodia’s ambassador to the United States is Heng Hem, a diplomat with more than 30 years of experience working in foreign affairs.   Hem was born in Kampong Cham province on November 8, 1951. He graduated from the Agricultural School of Prek...   read more

Several former enforcement officials at the Securities and Exchange Commission—who were in a position to stop the fraudulent schemes of Bernard Madoff and others but failed to do so—are doing quite well for themselves since leaving federal servi...   read more

At the urging of a leading animal rights organization, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has decided to ban the slaughter of disabled calves for veal production. The Humane Society of the United States called for the new regulation in light of it...   read more

Taking over for humans is nothing new for robots, which long have been developed to perform dangerous work, or to save money by replacing skilled labor. Nowadays, however, robots are replacing low-wage workers. They’re also getting involved in c...   read more

A career diplomat whose career has stretched over five decades, Sameh Hassan Shoukry has served as Egypt’s ambassador to the United States since September 24, 2008.   Born in 1952 in Cairo, Shoukry was educated at Ein Shams University, earning...   read more

Mark C. Storella, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, was sworn in as ambassador to Zambia on August 30, 2010.  Zambia has one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS in the world, and Storella has substantial experience in global public hea...   read more

The disparity between money coming in and money going out in Washington has gotten so bad that the federal government now must borrow 40% of everything it spends.   With a tepid recovery following on the heels of a severe recession, tax revenu...   read more

Lawmakers on the House Veterans Affairs Committee excoriated JPMorgan Chase for charging soldiers more interest on their mortgages than allowed under federal law, causing many families to lose their homes, and perhaps even their lives.   As fa...   read more

While the national unemployment rate has gone down, the jobless rate among veterans has climbed higher.   The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that more than 15% of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans were unemployed in January, the highest l...   read more

In what would have been his first European trip since leaving office, former President George W. Bush has cancelled his visit to Switzerland after human rights groups threatened to picket a fundraiser he planned to attend and file a torture comp...   read more

Fed up with the lack of a national government to rule the country, a senator in Belgium has called upon the spouses of politicians to withhold sex until the political parties agree to work together.   Belgium has gone more than 240 days withou...   read more

In a speech to his nation, Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak announced that he would transfer power to his recently-appointed vice-president, Omar Suleiman. So who is Suleiman?   “Mubarak and Suleiman are the same person,” Emile Nakhleh, a forme...   read more

Pakistan’s populace is enraged over the killing of two citizens by an American whose real purpose for being in the country has come into question.   On January 27, Raymond Davis, 36, was arrested by Pakistani police after he shot two men who all...   read more

In the post-September 11 world of the CIA, numerous agents who made critical mistakes or violated the law have received little in the way of punishment. Indeed, some have been promoted despite their reckless decision-making.   An investigation...   read more

The price of sugar has reached its highest peak in 30 years, thanks to “parasitic” computer traders whose micro-fraction buying and selling has manipulated the cost of the commodity.   Fed up with the situation, the World Sugar Committee lashed ...   read more