Donald Trump has a mental health condition known as narcissistic personality disorder. Here are some of the symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder. React with rage or contempt and try to belittle other people to make themselves appear superior. Have an unreasonably high sense of self-importance and require constant, excessive admiration. Make achievements and talents seem bigger than they are. Behave in an arrogant way, brag a lot and come across as conceited.   read more

As expensive as health care is for America as a whole, things are even worse for the military and for wounded veterans in particular. Spending on medical and mental health services for soldiers is increasing twice as fast as the rest of the countr...   read more

Unhappy over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC, which eliminated campaign spending limits for corporations and labor unions, Democrats in Congress have introduced legislation that seeks to place some restrictions on big-m...   read more

Relatives of Donald Tolfree, an employee of KBR, a subsidiary of Halliburton, who was killed by friendly fire in Iraq, have been allowed to move forward with their lawsuit against the defense contractor. Tolfree’s daughter contends Halliburton ass...   read more

Traditionally, Americans have gone out of their way to hire combat veterans, but the mood has shifted when it comes to veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Unable to find work due to public concerns over what they’ve brought back from the wa...   read more

The nation’s largest health insurance company has targeted women diagnosed with breast cancer and sought excuses to cancel their policies, federal investigators told Reuters. Subsidiaries of WellPoint, with more than 33 million customers, have dro...   read more

Inflammatory accusations involving sexual orientation have been tossed around in a contentious Pennsylvania legislative race, but not the kind that usually are leveled. In the contest to win the Democratic primary for the gay-friendly 182nd state ...   read more

Legislation that proponents claim will reform the financial industry will fall far short of this goal, writes Zach Carter, economics editor for AlterNet and fellow at the Campaign for America’s Future. Instead, Carter has highlighted five amendmen...   read more

Life has mirrored art when it comes to declines in cigarette smoking, according to a research study of Hollywood films since 1950. Patrick Jamieson and Dan Romer examined a sampling of the top 30 grossing U.S. movies each year from 1950 to 2006, 8...   read more

When it comes to investing in Goldman Sachs, two members of Congress stand far above the rest: Representatives Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) and Jim Himes (D-Connecticut). These are the only two lawmakers, according to OpenSecrets.org, whose Goldman ...   read more

Arizona State University (ASU), which prides itself on being an academic leader for American Indian studies, has agreed to pay $700,000 to the Havasupai Tribe for misusing their DNA in research studies.   The tribe, which has 650 members, also w...   read more

Molycorp Minerals wants to get back into rare earth minerals to challenge China, which now controls 97% of the market.. But reopening its open-pit mine in Mountain Pass, California, could be challenging economically due to the costs and because ra...   read more

After four years of not having a permanent replacement, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid is getting Donald M. Berwick, a renowned health expert who has championed improvements and safety in medical care as its administrator. When it comes to ...   read more

Former U.S. Senator Fritz Hollings of South Carolina has taken exception with the Senate’s recent decision to reject the imposition of a valued added tax (VAT). Hollings, a conservative Democrat, believes a VAT should be used to replace the corp...   read more

Upset over the military’s unwillingness to punish higher-ranking officers for alleged mistakes, the families of 22 U.S. personnel killed in action in Afghanistan are demanding the U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps provide more accountability for th...   read more

U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Robin Chaurasiya will not become a symbol for a more tolerant military, as she had hoped. The openly-gay officer is being discharged (honorably) following a superior’s earlier pronouncement that Chaurasiya would not be ki...   read more

Schools should be doing a better job of feeding America’s youth in order to cut down on their growing rates of obesity, according to a coalition of retired military commanders. Mission: Readiness, a non-profit formed by 130 retired generals, admir...   read more