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 “Death Master File” is once again causing troubles for the Social Security Administration (SSA).   A database listing Americans who have died since the 1960s, the Death Master File is used by the SSA and other federal agencies to determine...   read more

Reports produced by Congress’ think tank would become available to the public under bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.   The Public Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Resolution of 2012 (H. Re...   read more

While nothing in its policy guidelines say it’s supposed to be this way, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has distributed the vast majority of its nonprofit security grants to Jewish organizations.   During one three-year period (2007...   read more

Mayor Chris Doherty of Scranton, Pennsylvania (population: 76,000), is not a popular man with public employee unions, not after slashing the salaries of 398 police, firefighters and other city workers down to minimum wage ($7.25/hr) starting with ...   read more

An often overlooked, but nonetheless important aspect of the foreclosure crisis has involved property tax lien foreclosures.   When a property owner falls behind on mortgage payments, local governments can impose a tax lien that, if not paid...   read more

No wonder states like California and others experienced a boom in prison construction beginning in the 1980s.   According to statistics compiled by The Sentencing Project, a nonprofit dedicated to prison reform, the total number of people in j...   read more

In what could become an important legal precedent, a Colorado judge has ruled that the spraying of agricultural pesticides can be considered a form of trespassing if it impacts neighbors.   Delta County District Court Judge Charles Greenacre r...   read more

Canines used by police to sniff out drugs and explosives may not be as reliable as their law enforcement masters claim.   Two Nevada Highway Patrol K-9 troopers and a consultant are suing Las Vegas’ police department, arguing that the dogs’ ha...   read more

An obscure panel of judges who rule over copyright matters has had their powers curtailed by a federal appellate court.   After hearing a lawsuit from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting Systems Inc., which complained about a decision by the Copy...   read more

The more a state needs help with its uninsured, the more likely its (Republican) leader opposes the federal healthcare reform law.   According to the Brookings Institution, a liberal-leaning think tank, 14 of the 19 states with the highest rat...   read more

Despite its “strong” efforts to counter money laundering, Bank of America allowed the largest drug cartel in Mexico to use its accounts to invest in U.S. horse racing.   José Treviño Morales, the older brother of the No. 2 man in the notorious...   read more

Genetically-modified seeds could become more prevalent in American fields if legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law allowing farmers to bypass federal environmental protections.   Contained within a large agricultural app...   read more

In between routing calls and text messages, telecom companies spend considerable time each day handling demands from law enforcement seeking phone and other records of customers.   In fact, businesses like AT&T and Sprint collectively received...   read more

If the United States’ war on drugs was succeeding, the prices of narcotics should be going up. After all, a reduction in the supply of drugs—the main objective of the government’s efforts—should result in less availability and thus a higher price ...   read more

More than 40 years since organic foods began as mom-and-pop operations, the multi-billion dollar movement that has transformed into Big Organic has lost much of its “organic” quality.   The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), which, as a pr...   read more

Officials in Florida concealed a federal health report warning of a serious tuberculosis outbreak, while at the same time Governor Rick Scott approved the closure of a hospital that specialized in caring for TB cases.   The Centers for Disease C...   read more