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

On the 65th anniversary of Belgium’s liberation from the Nazis by American GIs, Mathilde and Marcel Schmetz decided to unveil a memorial to the animals who “served” in World War II. A monument, sculpted by Frédéric Thomson, depicting a horse, a do...   read more

ATM muggings and murders have long been a problem that, for some reason, banks and lawmakers have been reluctant to address. But according to Robin Sax, a former deputy district attorney, the solution is too simple to not implement. The emergency ...   read more

Is corruption within the halls of Congress going down? A quick glance at the latest report by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) would indicate so, given that only 15 members of Congress made CREW’s corruption list, co...   read more

Victims of domestic violence can be denied health coverage in seven states and the District of Columbia because of unwillingness on the part of insurance companies to cover such individuals. Getting beaten up by a spouse is considered a pre-existi...   read more

For the first time ever, the nation’s top intelligence official has publicly admitted just how much America’s spy operation costs: $75 billion. This amount is considerably more than what Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said the nati...   read more

Five months into the Obama administration’s loan modification program, only 12% of eligible homeowners have actually seen their mortgages modified. That’s because the lenders will only modify if they think it will bring them greater profits than f...   read more

Taking into account repeated concerns expressed by combat troops, the U.S. Army is preparing to send a new camouflaged uniform for use by regular soldiers in Afghanistan. Ground forces have complained that the standard issue camo, known as the mul...   read more

It ain’t the man who knows how to bring home the bacon when it comes to pork barrel spending. According to Erika Lovley of Politico, researchers at Stanford University and the University of Chicago have concluded that women lawmakers, on average, ...   read more

Opening testimony presented this week in the civil trial over toxic trailers provided to victims of Hurricane Katrina was marked by tearful testimony from a former government expert and a rather questionable response from the head of the trailers’...   read more

The U.S. government is working hard to keep up with cultural trends by developing a presence on Facebook. Numerous agencies and military branches have pages on the popular social media website, with their popularity ranging from the hundreds of th...   read more

The power of the National Football League to punish players caught taking performance-enhancing drugs has at least temporarily been blocked by a federal court which ruled in favor of two players suspended for failing drug tests earlier this year. ...   read more

Officials with the Department of Veterans Affairs had better gear up for significant number of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) cases over the coming years, say researchers at Stanford University. Using survey data based on current cases and a...   read more

Third time was not the charm for Bank of America and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Twice before, the two parties had tried to convince a federal district judge, Jed Rakoff, to sign off on a $33 million settlement over BofA’s attemp...   read more

Despite federal environmental hallmarks like the Clean Water Act, America’s water supply is increasingly becoming polluted with dangerous substances as a result of repeated dumping by companies, most of whom have gone unpunished.   An investigat...   read more

Yet again the Minerals Management Service (MMS) has been criticized for improperly collecting what is owed to the federal government by oil and gas companies that drill on federal lands. The Government Accountability Office investigated the MMS’ R...   read more

Guiding Light, the longest-running program in broadcast history, is going off the air after more than 70 years. The soap opera will air its last episode on September 18, concluding a run that began before television. It first aired on NBC radio on...   read more