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

Democrats in the U.S. Senate have so far been unable to overcome Republican opposition to campaign disclosure legislation designed to address unlimited spending by corporations and unions on elections since a key court decision was handed down e...   read more

The United States intends to retain partial control of its largest prison in Afghanistan, not only to detain Afghans suspected of fighting the American military, but also to possibly hold detainees from Guantánamo Bay.   The plan calls for the...   read more

From hiding evidence to lying in court, federal judges accused prosecutors in more than 200 criminal cases of bending or breaking laws designed to ensure a fair trial for defendants, according to an investigation by USA Today.   “Federal prose...   read more

A former U.S. Attorney who was involved in a controversial clemency decision during the Clinton years, Alejandro “Ali” Mayorkas has served as director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services since August 2009.   Born on November 24, 1...   read more

Michael A. Pearson has served as the Federal Detention Trustee since July 5, 2010. He earned a bachelor’s of science degree in criminal justice at Michigan State University and a master’s degree in forensic sciences at George Washington University...   read more

The U.S. government still controls General Motors, meaning it’s really owned by American taxpayers. But the executives running GM don’t see a problem with them contributing nearly $100,000 in campaign contributions in an effort to influence cong...   read more

The biggest sacrifice the U.S. can make in Afghanistan is no longer being borne by the military. With contractors by the thousands operating in the war effort, private security are now dying in greater numbers than soldiers in the fight against ...   read more

Americans really want to live like they’re in Sweden, even if they don’t realize it.   Researchers from Harvard and Duke Universities surveyed a group of Americans on the subject of income inequality and found people’s preferred model of wealt...   read more

Daniel Daley Jr., 84, of Orlando, Florida, was in critical condition at a local hospital with a broken neck following a recent confrontation with a police officer. Two witnesses say Officer Travis Lamont, 26, overreacted when Daley, a World War ...   read more

America’s struggle with obesity is costing the nation and individuals considerable money.   Nationally, about 10% of all medical expenses, or $147 billion, are produced by people who are overweight. That rate could climb to 18% by 2030, accord...   read more

With a recovery like this, who needs a recession?   According to The National Bureau of Economic Research, the U.S. economy has officially been out of the Great Recession for 15 months, since things bottomed out in June 2009. But regardless of...   read more

Unhappy with a provision of the federal healthcare reform law banning the practice of denying coverage to children with pre-existing medical conditions, large insurance companies have decided to stop offering child-only policies in certain state...   read more

Small businesses throughout the United States aren’t expanding their payrolls, in large part because banks continue to subject them to tighter lending standards than those imposed on big business.   A congressional report stated that hiring by s...   read more

Meridian Industries walked away in June 2003 from its textiles mill in Belmont, North Carolina, and then sold the property to another owner in 2006. Meridian left behind 300 containers filled with unidentified hazardous waste, a big no-no accord...   read more

In an effort to remove what’s not really there, the Texas Board of Education wants to rid “pro-Islamic bias” from school textbooks that don’t contain such material.   “There’s a lot of people that think that, and I think rightfully so, that th...   read more

Monica Castro thought she had a deal. In exchange for telling the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) service about the whereabouts of her daughter’s father, Omar Gallardo, an illegal immigrant whose violent behavior caused Castro to flee her ho...   read more