PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — Call it a wicked sense of humor, or an act of exasperation after spending nearly a decade in bureaucracy hell trying to get a permit. If you look close enough at the base of the newly erected Maibaum (maypole) towering over the beer garden here at the Teutonia Mannerchor club, there is a 3-inch etching of a house with the number 849 over its tiny front door.
President Joe Biden continued to tout so-called “Bidenomics” today after new numbers were released showing inflation has fallen dramatically in recent months. He wrote: "Today we learned that annual inflation has fallen each of the last twelve months and is now down to 3%. We’ve made this progress while unemployment remains near record lows. That’s Bidenomics in action."
THE PEE TAPE VS. THE BRIBE TAPE. Yesterday's newsletter discussed the growing frustration among Capitol Hill Republicans about the FBI's apparent reluctance to investigate an allegation, from a trusted bureau confidential source, that Joe Biden accepted a multimillion-dollar bribe when he was vice president.
Though Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-Ohio) and Rep. Mike Carey (R-Ohio) may cast opposing votes on the House floor, they do agree on at least one thing: popularity pays. Aside from being friends and colleagues, Sykes and Carey came together for a conversation Tuesday as part of StoryCorps’s One Small Step initiative. The purpose is to...
Story at a glance The area in Florida surrounding Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater has the highest inflation rates in the country, according to a new WalletHub analysis. While the U.S. has seen high inflation since last year, inflation rates are not the same across the country. In a new WalletHub analysis, the personal finance website...
CNN apologized Wednesday for misgendering transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney in a segment aired this week touching on Mulvaney’s role in a right-wing boycott against Bud Light and its parent company, Anheuser-Busch. Bud Light has faced months of conservative backlash over a brief partnership with Mulvaney in March that involved a sponsored Instagram post. Sales of...
The House Oversight Committee will hear from two IRS whistleblowers next Wednesday, including one whose identity has yet to be revealed, after the duo alleged an investigation into Hunter Biden was slow-walked by prosecutors. Testimony from IRS investigator Gary Shapley and another individual identified only as Whistleblower X was shared by the House Ways and...