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 members of Congress travel overseas at the expense of the Department of Defense, they are treated to thousands of dollars worth of alcohol and other amenities. A review by The Wall Street Journal of congressional disclosure documents for 43 t...   read more

If President Barack Obama is looking for evidence to show moderates and conservatives that he’s not the knee-jerk liberal they claim, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has just provided some. The pro-gun-control organization has reviewed ...   read more

Photographer José Luis Rodríguez has been stripped of his award as Wildlife Photographer of the Year, presented by the Natural History Museum of London and BBC Wildlife Magazine, after judges concluded Rodríguez used a trained wolf for his winning...   read more

Congressional delays of President Barack Obama’s appointments to federal posts are considerably worse than they were during the beginning of former President George W. Bush’s first term. After one year in office, Bush was still waiting for 70 appo...   read more

Twenty-five states have run out of money to pay for unemployment insurance, forcing them to borrow at least $25 billion in order to keep sending out benefits checks. Those in the red, according to ProPublica, include the nation’s largest and most ...   read more

Written off by the military as not only “suicides” but also deliberate attempts to make the U.S. look bad, the deaths of three detainees at Guantánamo Bay in 2006 may have been in fact the result of torture by interrogators at a secret location wh...   read more

Some good may have come out of the devastation that hit New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Although the city’s health care system took a beating from the storm and subsequent flooding, a new network of clinics has sprung up—and is now providing ...   read more

Sometimes a deal is not only too good to be true, but it also will get you sued. In 2007, Tammie Townsend of Hopkins, Minnesota, leased a Chrysler Pacifica, before later asking the dealership, Walser Chrysler, if she could buy it. A salesman told ...   read more

On Wednesday morning, January 20, 2010, the White House announced that Erroll Sothers, President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) had withdrawn his name from consideration.   A former police officer...   read more

Rekindling arguments that the United States is waging a Christian war against the Islamic world, a weapons manufacturer has been caught producing rifle sights for the U.S. military that have codes referencing Bible passages. The New Testament-insc...   read more

Everything has got to go! The great space shuttle fire sale has begun, and NASA is slashing prices to move its inventory. For only $28.8 million, the space shuttle Atlantis or Endeavor can be yours. Marked down from an original MSRP of $42 million...   read more

In the post-Sept. 11 fear that gripped Washington early last decade, the FBI broke the law by collecting phone records without first obtaining warrants or even approval from senior officials. When superiors did learn of the illegal communications ...   read more

Corruption is a way of life in Afghanistan, and Afghans are not happy about it. A survey conducted by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime found that more than half of the population had to pay bribes to a public official last year, and ne...   read more

Beginning a year ago, CrossRoads United Methodist Church in Phoenix, Arizona, began feeding the homeless on Saturdays as part of a new outreach program. Local officials complained about CrossRoads’ efforts, saying the Prodigal’s Home program viola...   read more

Critics of American foreign policy towards Haiti have had a hard time swallowing the selection of former President George W. Bush as co-chair of the United States’ relief efforts. They point out that it was during the Bush administration, in Feb...   read more

The FBI continues to keep secret hundreds of thousands of pages of documents stemming from the Civil Rights Era, including information related to the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Records not released include details about a Ku ...   read more