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

Two Blackwater security guards involved in the fatal shootings that took place in Baghdad on September 16, 2007, are trying to prevent their nicknames from being discussed during their murder trial. Dustin “Extreme” Heard and Paul “Savage Viking” ...   read more

After receiving complaints for decades, the federal government is finally doing something about noisy commercials that are louder than the regular programming that they interrupt. On Tuesday, the House approved by voice vote legislation seeking to...   read more

Long Island’s Shinnecock tribe is close to receiving federal recognition from the Department of the Interior, and thus, the green light to open a lucrative gambling casino. But slot machines may not be coming to the affluent region known as the Ha...   read more

Sure, Wall Street is getting paid too much—but what about the bloated federal bureaucracy? Conservative columnist and radio host Michael Medved wonders where the outrage is over “the shocking salary increases” for government workers in charge of a...   read more

And Americans think their system of justice is slow. Earlier this week, a court in Turkey concluded a trial that first began in March 1982, when more than 1,200 leftists were tried for attempting to overthrow the country’s military government. Th...   read more

To help get Citigroup out from under government control, the IRS has decided the bank can keep $38 billion in tax breaks—an amount that is likely to turn the government’s bailout investment into a financial loss. When Washington made the decision ...   read more

Even with the expected surge of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, contractors will continue to outnumber military personnel in the war effort. According to a new report by the Congressional Research Service, the U.S. will expand its contractor force wit...   read more

For all the talk about how Hollywood is a progressive, liberal town, women continue to be underemployed in many key filmmaking jobs. After reviewing the top 250 U.S. movies of 2008, it was found that women comprised only 16% of all directors, exec...   read more

The IRS has filed suit against Refunds Now, a Rhode Island-based tax preparation firm, for allegedly filing returns on behalf of taxpayers that were riddled with inaccuracies or fraudulent claims. According to the IRS’s legal complaint, the agency...   read more

Prostitution has been legal in rural Nevada since 1971, but only for customers seeking female companionship. But now Shady Lady Ranch, a brothel located about two hours outside Las Vegas, is preparing to offer the first male prostitutes in state h...   read more

Dr. Frankenstein would be proud.   When it comes to bringing the dead back to life, Congress is dogged in reviving defense programs that the Pentagon wants to kill. The 2010 defense budget, like others before it, was submitted to lawmakers witho...   read more

Travis County, Texas, (population about 100,000) is struggling to find ways to keep Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans out of trouble. A local report found that 25-30% of veterans suffer from mental illness, and more than 450 ex-soldiers were in ja...   read more

To help Hispanics overcome fears of participating in next year’s census, the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) distributed to more than 7,000 churches posters depicting Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem … to take part i...   read more

Public health trumped free speech and artistic expression in Colorado on Monday when the state Supreme Court upheld a ban on all smoking in theaters…actors included. Colorado approved its Clean Indoor Air Act in 2006, setting off a legal challenge...   read more

In an attempt to redefine the history of the American West, the Autry National Center in Los Angeles is presenting a first-of-its-kind exhibit examining the roles of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in the old frontier. Consisting of ...   read more

Efforts to improve the human rights situation in Arab countries have amounted to little more than broken promises since Sept. 11, according to the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies. Arab and Western governments pledged beginning in 2004 to ...   read more