Month: June 2023

White House Unveils $42 Billion Investment Plan to Expand Internet Access

The Biden administration has detailed how the government will divvy up $42 billion among the nation’s 50 states in an effort to expand high-speed broadband to every household and small business throughout the United States by 2030. In a fact sheet released on June 26, the White House said access to high-speed internet is no longer…


Repair Wallboard

Most walls in a house are made of wallboard, also called drywall. It’s compressed gypsum covered with a paper facing that is vulnerable because the material appears solid on the outside, but it’s really quite fragile if it’s struck with a blow. Two vulnerable areas are the wall behind a door where there’s no doorstop…


7 Ways to Use Borax

A recent letter from a reader who used borax to solve her dishwasher woes got me thinking about all the ways I use this handy product to clean and fix problems around the house. What Is Borax? Borax is actually a salt that is found naturally in evaporation lakes. It is used as an ingredient…


LIVE NOW: White House Briefing With Karine Jean-Pierre, John Kirby

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, joined by National Security Council (NSC) Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby, holds the daily briefing at 2:00 p.m. ET on June 26. …


LIVE 2 PM ET: White House Briefing With Karine Jean-Pierre, John Kirby

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, joined by National Security Council (NSC) Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby, holds the daily briefing at 2:00 p.m. ET on June 26. …


White House Briefing With Karine Jean-Pierre, John Kirby

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, joined by National Security Council (NSC) Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby, holds the daily briefing at 2:00 p.m. ET on June 26. …


Pelosi: There ‘Certainly Should Be Term Limits’ for Supreme Court Justices

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday expressed support for putting an end to the lifelong terms of members of the U.S. Supreme Court. Pelosi, in an interview on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki,” said U.S. Supreme Court justices should have term limits. “Here we have a body, chosen for life, never have to run for office, nominated,…


Will Vivek’s Plan for the Fed Work?

Commentary The existence of the Federal Reserve is a serious national problem. It’s funding uncontrolled debt expansion. It enables the global military empire and war. It tempts every politician and bureaucrat to believe that there are no limits. It creates the illusion that anything else is possible for both government and the big corporate empires…


The Traditional Dragon Craft Parade by Islanders of Hong Kong, Has a Significant Underlying Meaning

June 22 brought this year’s Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Double Fifth Festival, as it falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar. Apart from those delicious “rice dumplings” wrapped in lotus leaves, the dragon boat parade is another feature that makes the festival exciting. Yet you might not…


2 Passengers Arrested for Unruly, Drunken Behavior After Their Flight Is Diverted to Greece

THESSALONIKI, Greece—An easyJet flight from the United Kingdom to Turkey was diverted to Greece early Sunday after two passengers became drunk, unruly, and started shouting at fellow passengers and crew, authorities said. The two Russian passengers, both men aged 48 and 39, respectively, were arrested after the plane, on a scheduled flight from Manchester to…