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

The World Trade Organization has ruled that Boeing benefited from $5 billion in improper subsidies from American government agencies for its 787 Dreamliner and other jets.   Boeing’s European rival, Airbus, was quick to seize on the news, and ...   read more

Jon M. Huntsman Jr., the U.S. ambassador to China, submitted his resignation on January 31 in order to clear the way for a presidential bid against the man who appointed him, Barack Obama.   Huntsman never fit the typical profile of a U.S. ambas...   read more

Contrary to previous denials by the British government, the decision to release convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi was influenced by senior officials in London. In fact, the United Kingdom provided Libya with legal instr...   read more

Although the future looks bright for the industry, cattle ranchers have reduced the size of their stocks in order to make up for recent losses and cover rising feed costs. The situation has left the nation with the smallest cattle population in ...   read more

Cutting ties with President Hosni Mubarak, as President Barack Obama finally did in calling for immediate political change in Egypt, has come after years of cooperation between the two governments in torturing suspected terrorists.   From the 19...   read more

The next time an authoritarian regime cuts off all news and Internet communications with the outside world, the United States can do something about it.   At the request of the federal Broadcasting Board of Governors, the U.S. government now h...   read more

Residents of Peoria, Arizona, will have to submit to fingerprinting and videotaping at their local pharmacy if they buy certain prescription painkillers, under a proposed city ordinance. Peoria is a suburb of Phoenix with a population of about 1...   read more

David W. “Junior” Franco decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a U.S. Marine. Both men wound up serving in Iraq and, in an unfortunate case of symmetry, suffering the same serious medical problems.   Franco’s father, David R. ...   read more

Rather than conduct one very large conference call, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has ordered all U.S. ambassadors home to Washington for a first-of-its-kind, face-to-face policy meeting that began on January 31.   The week-long Global Ch...   read more

In their efforts to curb federal funding for abortions, pro-life Republicans in the U.S. House have introduced legislation that would create a new definition of rape.   Since the mid-1970s, the government has been prevented from funding aborti...   read more

Whatever becomes of Egypt’s president, Hosni Mubarak, the last 30 years of his reign have been good for American defense contractors. With more than $1 billion a year in military assistance from Washington, Mubarak’s government has purchased a l...   read more

After more than a dozen inmates filed lawsuits over abusive treatment, Hawaii’s new governor, Democrat Neil Abercrombie, has ordered the return of 243 Hawaiian convicts from private prisons in Arizona.   The state had contracted with Correctio...   read more

The FBI may have exceeded its legal authority as many as 40,000 times during the Bush administration while collecting intelligence on Americans, according to a report by the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF), a government watchdog organization...   read more

Memo to China: If you’re going to pirate footage from a Hollywood film for propaganda purposes, make sure you borrow from something few have seen.   China Central Television, a government-sponsored broadcaster, recently aired footage purported...   read more

In a recent report, the Office of Special Counsel accused Mike Johanns, then Secretary of Agriculture and now a senator from Nebraska, of attending a November 1, 2006, Arizona Republican Party Photo Opportunity and Reception with Senator John Kyl ...   read more

The program that was supposed to help millions of Americans gain relief from their mortgage payments has turned out to assist considerably fewer in number—while causing many to lose their homes altogether.   The Home Affordable Modification Prog...   read more