The White House is watching rising gas prices “very carefully,” as President Joe Biden’s top advisers are briefing him regularly on the situation, a senior administration official told CNN. At present, top advisers to Biden believe the situation is steady, the official said, considering it’s the height of air conditioning and driving season and given […]
Category: Domestic
US National Parks are crowded this summer
Outdoor recreation is on track for another record-setting year. In 2022, US national parks logged more than 300 million visits – and that means a lot more people on roads and trails. While research shows that spending time outside is good for physical and mental health, long lines and gridlocked roads can make the experience […]
FARA could make Hunter’s situation even stickier
Hunter Biden worked closely with multiple people who disclosed their lobbying for foreign companies under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, raising questions about whether he broke the law by not registering himself for doing the same work. He also lobbied U.S. officials, alongside many others who did not register under FARA, for work that, emails […]
Naked woman opens fire on Bay Bridge
A naked woman in California got out of her car on one of the nation’s busiest bridges and began firing a gun Tuesday. The bizarre scene unfolded during rush hour on the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, according to the California Highway Patrol. A driver called 911 to report that another driver had brandished a gun […]
Hunter’s ‘sweetheart deal’ null and void
Legal experts have spoken out after a plea deal negotiated by Hunter Biden’s lawyers with the Department of Justice collapsed on Wednesday in a Delaware courtroom. Hunter Biden’s attorney declared the agreement “null and void” after learning it wouldn’t offer sweeping immunity for other possible offenses. The president’s son had agreed to plead guilty to […]
Ukraine counteroffensive curbed by new weapon
Russia is deploying “brand new” variants of one of its prized attack helicopters in southern Ukraine as Kyiv cranks up its counteroffensive efforts in the region, according to a new assessment. Moscow has “augmented” its forces in southern Ukraine “with at least a small number of brand new, Ka-52M variants,” the British Defense Ministry said […]
Secret Service Agents being bitten by Biden dog
President Biden’s dog Commander has found himself in the doghouse after a series of incidents where he bit Secret Service officers on duty at the White House. The German shepherd bit several Secret Service agents a total of 10 times during the four-month period between October 2022 and January 2023, records show. One incident resulted […]
Hunter Biden’s day of reckoning is drawing nigh
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden will appear in a Delaware federal court Wednesday to formally agree to the plea deal his counsel negotiated last month with prosecutors that could conclude a nearly five-year investigation. Hunter Biden, in June, agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and enter into a pretrial diversion program […]
‘Queen of chaos’ celebrates 11+ arrests online
This former Kentucky coed was summa cum rowdy. A Bluegrass State bad girl has gone viral for a wild medley of 11 mugshots and the crimes that accompanied them after the images were posted on Instagram. Rayanna Belle Brock, 23, has been busted for everything from shoplifting to terrorism — and appears to have enjoyed […]
IRS to stop making visits to taxpayers’ homes
The Internal Revenue Service will largely diminish the amount of unannounced visits it makes to homes and businesses, citing safety concerns for its officers and the risk of scammers posing as agency employees, it announced Monday. Typically, IRS officers had done these door visits to collect unpaid taxes and unfiled tax returns. But effective immediately, […]
Woman dead after Yellowstone bear encounter
A woman was found dead on a trail in Montana near Yellowstone National Park after an “apparent bear encounter” on Sunday, according to state wildlife officials. The woman’s body was discovered on the Buttermilk Trail west of West Yellowstone — a small town in the Custer Gallatin National Forest just west of the national park, […]
Beware; Biden is coming for your water heater
Water heaters could soon be subject to much more stringent efficiency requirements if a recent Department of Energy proposal that has been criticized by Republican lawmakers goes into effect. In a draft rule unveiled Friday, the Biden administration is seeking to compel most electric water heaters to deploy heat pump technology and gas-fired ones to […]