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

A familiar, but deadly nemesis has reappeared for the American combat soldier, helping make July the worst month for U.S. military fatalities in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion. Thirty American soldiers have perished so far this month, partly ...   read more

A small town in Maine has used an unusual tactic to stop exploitation of its natural water source: residents voted to declare that nature has legal rights. Poland Spring, a bottled water subsidiary of Nestlé, has tried in recent years to gain acce...   read more

Is it possible the country is so wracked by the recession it just can’t afford violent crime these days? Experts are stumped over the latest figures showing murders down significantly across the country—from New York to Los Angeles, and from San F...   read more

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) buried a research study in 2003 showing the dangers of talking on cell phones while driving. After researchers compiled data indicating the growing threat to highway safety from mul...   read more

Alarmed by escalating rates of suicide among veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) has introduced legislation requiring mental health screening for all soldiers and reservists. Therapists would examine combat personn...   read more

When the federal government created the bank bailout program last year, the objective was not only to stabilize institutions, but also to thaw the freeze on lending to individuals and businesses that occurred during the financial crisis. And while...   read more

American military commanders are finding their jobs a lot tougher these days since the U.S. pullout from all of Iraq’s cities and the sudden assertiveness by Iraqi security forces to protect urban areas. Immediately following the June 30 deadline ...   read more

In another sign of improving, if not incremental change in relations between the United States and Cuba, the U.S. military formally acknowledged a joint disaster-preparedness exercise last week between American and Cuban soldiers. Troops stationed...   read more

Local officials in Ohio say Cuyahoga County may be at the forefront of dealing with a growing national problem of banks walking away from foreclosed homes, leaving them to decay and become nightmares for former owners or local neighborhoods. The s...   read more

Former Pennsylvania Senator Vincent Fumo (D) had quite the laundry list of guilty counts against him. Obstruction of justice for destroying evidence. Stealing from a nonprofit. Using taxpayer funds to hire a private investigator to snoop on politi...   read more

President Obama has nominated an injured veteran to head the Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS), which provides resources and services to help veterans locate grants, training and employment opportunities, and t...   read more

Jerry Patterson, commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, is going after ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company, for sabotaging a hundred oil wells almost 20 years ago. The wells are located on land owned by the O’Connor family, which l...   read more

California’s ongoing budget debacle has produced a new kind of profiteer: IOU buyers. Once the state government began its new fiscal year on July 1 without a budget, officials offered IOUs for everything from tax refunds to payments for vendors. A...   read more

President Obama has nominated a Republican, Jim Leach, to serve as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. If confirmed by the Senate, former Congressman Leach will become the fifth Republican to serve in the Obama administration, j...   read more

On July 24 the federal minimum wage will increase to $7.25 an hour, but this will be no cause for celebration, writes Jonathan Tasini, executive director of the Labor Research Association. For Tasini, the minimum wage is a “scandal” that “masks po...   read more

Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) are being accused of exploiting loopholes in federal contracting rules to receive billions of dollars from the federal government, according to lawmakers and federal inspectors. Current regulations allow ANCs to r...   read more