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

When Grammy and Emmy award winning songwriter Christopher Cerf composed songs for Sesame Street, little did he know that the very same music would be used decades later for dark purposes by the U.S. government.   As part of its torture program d...   read more

The Obama administration was supposed to begin declassifying key rulings of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) two years ago. But to date nothing has been made available.   The court is responsible for hearing requests by federal...   read more

Less than four years after it was rescued with nearly $50 billion in taxpayer money, Bank of America has decided to add offshore call-center jobs in the Philippines.   BofA follows other major banks—JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo—that...   read more

The head of the National Weather Service (NWS) has stepped down following revelations that his agency spent years redirecting funds without approval from Congress.   Jack Hayes ran the NWS for six years before his abrupt retirement last week. Hi...   read more

Executives at Ikea are probably looking forward to the start of June, given how bad the month of May was for the Swedish furniture giant.   The latest piece of bad news for Ikea involved accusations that the company has been cutting down old-gro...   read more

A storm of controversy has surrounded the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for accusing people in Greece of not paying their taxes, while she’s avoided taxation on her own lucrative salary.   IMF chief Christine Lagarde said in an i...   read more

When it comes to authorizing the killing of terrorists, including American citizens by U.S. forces, the buck really does stop with President Barack Obama.   John Brennan, Obama’s counter-terrorism chief, has been portrayed recently as the one-ma...   read more

Congress giveth and Congress taketh away when it comes to extending unemployment benefits for those hit hardest by the Great Recession.   Lawmakers in February approved another extension for states’ unemployment programs drained by the long-term...   read more

Two homeowners in Arizona are suing the state for trying to divert money from the nationwide foreclosure settlement for uses other than helping struggling mortgage holders.   Forty-eight states and the federal government sued five national banks...   read more

With America’s prison population getting grayer by the year, the question arises: Should the U.S. continue to incarcerate inmates in their sixties, seventies and older?   Over the past two decades, the percentage of older prisoners has increased...   read more

Using the latest in acoustic and computer technology, city police departments can now be alerted to shootings in their communities within minutes, thanks to a service provided by a company located thousands of miles away.   Based in Mountain Vie...   read more

For the second consecutive election, the Obama administration has touted efforts to arrest illegal immigrants with criminal records.   Six months before voters decide whether to grant President Barack Obama a second term, the Immigration and Cus...   read more

While conducting an arraignment recently for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the federal government willingly published the court’s transcript for the public to review. Such openness h...   read more

America’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have produced a record number of veterans seeking disability benefits from the federal government.   About 45% of the 1.6 million men and women who served in the two wars have filed claims with the Departme...   read more

After only four months on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Republican appointee Terence F. Flynn resigned over the weekend after an internal investigation found he had leaked documents to GOP colleagues. The NLRB is supposed to ensure th...   read more

With no parents around and two siblings to support, 17-year-old high school student Diane Tran of Houston, Texas, has had to work two jobs while taking college prep classes. For all her work and dedication Tran recently found herself spending a ni...   read more