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

At least one piece of history survived the CIA’s attempt to erase evidence of its secret prison program during the Bush administration when suspected terrorists were confined throughout the world at hidden locations, interrogated and in some cases...   read more

In an effort to save one piece of landscape from the destruction of surface coal mining, environmentalists in West Virginia are fighting to establish a wind farm atop Coal River Mountain. Proponents claim the wind energy project would save the mou...   read more

Even the one of the world’s most reclusive, anti-Western governments can’t stay away from popular social networking websites. In recent weeks North Korea has established YouTube and Twitter accounts as part of its propaganda campaigns against Sout...   read more

Seeking notification that would warn customers of popular restaurant chains about the dangers of eating grilled chicken, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine won a partial victory in a California appellate court. The group filed a law...   read more

While much of the public attention continues to focus on Afghanistan, the U.S. has been quietly ramping up its attacks on al-Qaeda in Yemen, one of the many countries into which the war on terror has expanded under President Barack Obama.   Acco...   read more

Next time the White House appears to back down from a confrontation with China or Japan, keep in mind the following: these two Asian powerhouses control more than $1.6 trillion of the United States’ debt.   China possesses more Treasury securiti...   read more

U.S. Senator Christopher “Kit” Bond (R-Missouri) has launched his own inquiry to determine how many veterans have been discharged for “adjustment disorders,” which can have the same symptoms as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But unlike sol...   read more

For the first time in consumer history, Americans are buying more wheat bread than white bread. From July 2009 to July 2010, sales of wheat bread increased 0.6%, totaling $2.6 Billion, while white bread sales declined 7%, to $2.5 billion.   Amer...   read more

An environmental group has accused the National Park Service (NPS) of violating its own rules when it comes to the illegal removal of native plants from national parks. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) claims park managers,...   read more

When the White House and Congress decided last year to stimulate the economy, they relied on existing federal spending formulas for distributing the $862 billion. The problem with that strategy was that it resulted in too much money going to state...   read more

Women will now have up to five days to keep from getting pregnant after having unprotected sex, with the approval of the pill ella (ulipristal acetate) by the Food and Drug Administration. Manufactured by the French firm HRA-Pharma and soon to be ...   read more

Disturbing behavior is on the rise in the U.S. Army, which is struggling to keep its troops in place and from committing sex crimes. An Army report shows AWOL and desertion case have skyrocketed 234% since 2004. An even bigger jump has occurred wi...   read more

On May 25, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Matthew J. Bryza to serve as U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan. Bryza is a veteran Foreign Service officer well-versed in the politics of the Caspian region, whose previous assignment put him in charge...   read more

The mother of invention is currently stuck in traffic, waiting for the long line ahead to clear up. That about sums up the patent system today in the U.S., where an inventor can wait up to three years to hear back from the U.S. Patent and Tradem...   read more

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has decided to issue permits to humanitarian groups seeking to establish water stations on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in southern Arizona so that illegal immigrants crossing the border don’t ...   read more

A business executive from the publishing and timber industries, Theodore “Tod” Sedgwick has no experience as a foreign diplomat. But the chosen ambassador to Slovakia has donated substantially to Democratic candidates, especially to President Bara...   read more