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

Nobody likes taxes. The problem is that the United States government needs money—lots of it—to do all the things we want it to do. So we tend to think of taxes as unpleasant necessities. I believe we can eliminate taxes completely. We just need to...   read more

Known as the “BP squad,” a group of federal investigators charged with examining the Deepwater Horizon accident have begun looking into what roles BP, Transocean and Halliburton played in the disaster.   Officials with the Department of Justice...   read more

James R. Clapper, Jr. has extensive experience in intelligence matters, having worked in the field during his four-decade career in the U.S. Air Force and in the administration of President George W. Bush. However, his nomination by President Bara...   read more

Unhappy with a plan by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to level the playing field between big agricultural companies and smaller farmers and ranchers, agribusiness is lobbying hard for Democrats and Republicans on the House Agriculture C...   read more

Naval commanders were delighted to see the arrival of the U.S. Navy’s latest version of the E-2 surveillance plane. Dubbed the Advanced Hawkeye, the plane looks similar to other E-2s with twin propellers and a “dinner-plate-shaped radar dome” that...   read more

Transparency is all well and good when it comes to Wall Street, but not the government agency charged with regulating it. As part of the financial reform bill approved by Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission won’t have to turn over man...   read more

A group of Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House have chosen jobs over the potential health hazards posed by coal ash.   Nine Democrats and 22 Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee voiced opposition in a letter to the U.S....   read more

Already under scrutiny for its response to the gulf oil accident, the U.S. Coast Guard is now reportedly years behind schedule and $3.8 billion over budget in its effort to modernize its fleet of ships and aircraft, according to an investigation b...   read more

It’s taken more than 60 years, but finally the U.S. government is sending a representative to the Hiroshima memorial service on August 6 in Japan. U.S. Ambassador John Roos will attend the event, along with diplomats from the United Kingdom and Fr...   read more

A former Air Force translator, Peter A. Prahar, is the latest ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), a country of tiny, scattered islands in the Western Pacific. In 1983, the US and FSM governments entered into a status of Free As...   read more

Edward J. DeMarco has served since September 1, 2009, as acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which regulates Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks.    DeMarco attended college at the University of N...   read more

The United States is already the biggest supplier of weapons in the world, but President Barack Obama is not satisfied. As part of his plan to double the amount of U.S. exports by 2015, Obama wants to ease certain restrictions on military hardware...   read more

Getting a paper receipt with your next purchase may be wise fiscal management, but dangerous for your health. Laboratory testing commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found high levels of bisphenol A (BPA) on 40% of receipts sampled from...   read more

Unlike most Obama administration appointees, Michael R. Bromwich won’t merely be asked to run his new agency—but completely reshape it while resurrecting the federal government’s reputation for regulating oil and gas leases. Bromwich also is unlik...   read more

The current U.S. ambassador to Serbia enjoys an unusually close relationship to the U.S. ambassador to neighboring Bulgaria, not because of any quesstionable dealings, but because the two diplomats in question are married to one another. Mary Burc...   read more

The current U.S. ambassador to Bulgaria enjoys unusually close access to the new U.S. ambassador to neighboring Serbia, not because of any nefarious dealings, but because the two diplomats in question are married to one another. James B. Warlick, ...   read more