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

Looking for an advantage in dealing with federal regulatory agencies, hedge funds are hiring former top officials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Ex-SEC chairman Harvey Pitt and former commissioner Roel Campos now work for hedge...   read more

Government subsidies for ethanol benefit not only the producers of the corn-based fuel additive, but also major oil companies. For every gallon of ethanol used in gasoline, an oil company receives 45 cents, and those credits have added up to more ...   read more

A former powerbroker on Wall Street, Philip D. Murphy was confirmed as the U.S. ambassador to Germany August 7, 2009, after spending several years during the mid-1990s as head of Goldman Sachs’ Frankfurt office. His familiarity with the German eco...   read more

If there’s one thing the new head of the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor knows, it is human rights. Sworn in as Assistant Secretary October 19, 2009, Michael L. Posner has spent the past 30 years dedicating himself t...   read more

The assistant secretary for the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Patricia A. Hoffman, was nominated for the position December 9, 2009, and finally confirmed June 22, 2010. Hoffman is no stranger to the office, having held num...   read more

Patrick M. Gallagher has spent virtually his entire career at the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which is best known for setting America’s clock by providing the nation’s standard time service. Gall...   read more

With 40 years of experience as a scientist and engineer in the field of radiation effects science, technology, and hardness assurance in support of military and space systems, Peter S. Winokur took over the chairmanship of the Defense Nuclear Faci...   read more

Female members of the armed services currently don’t have access to abortion procedures at military hospitals, including facilities overseas that provide the only source of medical care for soldiers. But legislation passed 15-12 by the Senate Arme...   read more

Despite the addition of 100,000 new jobs to the federal workforce by the end of last year, representation of Hispanics in U.S. government jobs did not increase, says the Coalition for Fairness for Hispanics in Government. This development upset th...   read more

Millions of gallons of spilled oil aren’t the only danger to whales living in the Gulf of Mexico. The use of powerful sound waves by the oil industry to perform seismic surveys of the ocean floor has endangered the well-being of whales and dolphi...   read more

Public schools in Fort Wayne, Indiana, have been accused of allowing Christian churches to bring trailers onto campuses in order to provide “religious release time” to students—instead of attending their regular classes. The parents of one third g...   read more

America’s honey industry is pleading with the Food and Drug Administration to create national standards for the sweet product in order to curb China’s efforts to dominate the U.S. market. Lobbyists and members of Congress believe China has been sn...   read more

They’re back, and they're as smelly as ever. The portable trailers used in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to house thousands of people who lost their homes—and that were discovered to contain unhealthy levels of formaldehyde—have returned to the Gu...   read more

About 40% of all unemployed workers had been jobless for six months or longer by the end of 2009—the highest rate ever recorded by the federal government going back to 1948. This percentage of long-term unemployed represented 6.1 million Americans...   read more

America’s major daily newspapers were happy to call waterboarding torture last decade if the interrogation technique was used by a country other than the United States. But the newspapers “almost never” referred to the method of simulated drowning...   read more

It has been nearly four decades since a soldier performed actions that the Department of Defense deemed worthy of being awarded the Medal of Honor, while still alive. But that could change soon if the White House goes along with the Pentagon’s rec...   read more