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House Passes Fuel Price-Gouging Bill

The House of Representatives passed the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, by a vote of 217-207 on May 19, taking the country closer to greater government involvement in energy markets as gasoline prices soar to new heights. The bill, H.R. 7688, would let President Joe Biden declare an “energy emergency.” Such an emergency would…


House Passes Fuel Price-Gouging Measure

The House of Representatives passed the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act by a vote of 217–207 on May 19, moving the country closer to greater government involvement in energy markets as gasoline prices soar to new heights. The legislation, H.R. 7688, would allow President Joe Biden to declare an “energy emergency.” Such an emergency…


House Passes Bill on Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crimes

The House has passed a bill to authorize dedicated offices within U.S. federal government departments to monitor domestic terrorism and hate crimes. H.R. 350 requires the departments of Homeland Security (DHS), Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to monitor, analyze, investigate, and prosecute domestic terrorism, including hate crimes such as “white supremacist-related incidents.”…


Man Builds Teahouse From Natural and Reclaimed Materials to Share His ‘Aromatic Plant Cocktails’

A Greek botanist has found a unique way to share his passion for medicinal plants by building a teahouse from natural materials, all from scratch, in the midst of nature. There, he invites visitors to taste tea from the aromatic garden plants as well as get natural therapies. Zalidas Ioannis, 51, built the House of…


WWI Nurse Restored 900-Year-Old Norman House; Her War-Time Music Room Is Still Unchanged

The owner and resident of one of the two oldest, continually inhabited houses in Britain tells the story of her mother-in-law’s epic restoration of the 900-year-old home to its original Norman state. The home is now a beautiful, tangible record of times past, and a tourist attraction in eastern England. Diana Boston’s mother-in-law, Lucy Boston,…


Olana House: A Look Inside 19th Century Painter Frederic Edwin Church’s Treasure on the Hudson River

On a ridge overlooking the Hudson River, artist Frederic Church composed his last, and perhaps grandest, work: a home and grounds for his family. He purchased the land above his first home, “Cosy Cottage,” before his trip to the Middle East and Europe. “I have just purchased the woodlot on the top of the hill….


‘Treasure Trove’: GOP Investigator Says House Republicans Have Hunter Biden’s Laptop

A longtime House Republican confirmed that Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings are currently being investigated in Congress and now apparently have possession of the infamous laptop that is believed to have belonged to the president’s son. Speaking to Fox News on Sunday, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said that “we have the laptop,” and “in the meantime,…


US Home Builder Sentiment Hits Seven-Month Low in April: NAHB

WASHINGTON—Confidence among U.S. single-family homebuilders fell to a seven-month low in April as surging mortgage rates and snarled supply chains boosted housing costs, shutting out some first-time buyers from the market, a survey showed on Monday. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market index dropped two points to 77 this month. The fourth…


Former Democrat Congressional Staffer Pleads Guilty to Stealing $80,000 in Public Funds

A former Capitol Hill staffer who served under Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) has pled guilty for fraudulently stealing around $80,000 from the federal government. The staffer, 24-year-old Sterling Carter, “pleaded guilty today to theft of public funds in connection with his scheme to fraudulently inflate his salary and bonus payments, thereby paying himself more than…


Democrat Congressional Staffer Pleads Guilty to Stealing $80,000 in Public Funds

A former Capitol Hill staffer who served under Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) has pled guilty for fraudulently stealing around $80,000 from the federal government. The staffer, 24-year-old Sterling Carter, “pleaded guilty today to theft of public funds in connection with his scheme to fraudulently inflate his salary and bonus payments, thereby paying himself more than…