The Financial Services and Markets Bill, which sweeps parts of crypto into financial regulation, came under scrutiny in the UK Parliament, where members of the House of Lords called for greater regula...
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McCarthy’s Controversial Deal With House GOP Hardliners Includes These Seven Bills
Topline The House is set to vote Monday on a rules package Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) negotiated with his opponents last week that lays out seven pieces of legislation on immigration, abortion,...
House Sale Profits Exceeded £100,000 For The First Time In 2022
Photo by Cate Gillon/Getty Images Getty Images The average long-term homeowner in England and Wales made a gross profit north of £100,000 for the first time when they sold up in 2022. The average sell...
Most Americans Disapprove Of Chaotic House Speaker Race—But Most Republicans Are Happy With Process, Poll Finds
Topline The majority of Americans disapprove of Republicans’ handling of the history-making House speaker election that ended just after midnight Saturday following 15 rounds of votes and high drama o...
Here’s What He Gave Up To Win House Speakership
Topline Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) agreed to a series of concessions that have been criticized by both centrist Republicans and Democrats in order to win over hard-line Republican dissenters in hi...
Trump Seeks Credit For McCarthy’s Speakership After Former MAGA Leaders Ignored Him
Topline After a historic and painstaking 15 rounds of voting, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) thanked former President Donald Trump for helping him “get those final votes” to win his bid for House spea...
Kevin McCarthy Elected House Speaker—Ending Historic Deadlock
Topline House Republicans elected Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as the next speaker of the House in a vote that went past midnight Saturday morning, ending days of holdout from a group of hardliners ...
This House Speaker Race Is Not Nearly As Chaotic As The Two-Month, 133-Ballot Epic In 1856—When Slavery Was A Core Issue
Topline The House Speaker election is dragging on to a fourteenth vote, but it’s still a far cry from the chaos and violence that plagued 19th Century speaker races, especially one in 1856 that just p...
McCarthy Makes Progress—Flips 15 Republican Votes As House Adjourns Until 10 P.M.
Topline Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made his first tangible progress toward becoming House speaker since voting started Tuesday, flipping the votes Friday of 15 Republicans who opposed him in earli...
McCarthy Falls Short Again In Chaotic House Speaker Race—As Voting Stretches Past 11 Rounds For First Time In 163 Years
Topline Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) failed to win the House speaker election in an eleventh round of voting on Thursday, as a group of hard-right holdouts continued to prevent any candidate from se...
Trump Gets One Vote For House Speaker In Apparent Hard-Right Stunt—And He’s Technically Eligible For The Job
Topline Former President Donald Trump received one vote to be the next speaker of the House on the seventh and eighth ballots Thursday afternoon, in what appears to be a stunt as a protest against Rep...
US Congress investigations into FTX are in limbo without a House Speaker
At the time of publication, the United States House of Representatives was at a historic standstill in its process of choosing a Speaker for the 118th Congress — a quagmire that could lead to lawmaker...
White House Claims Meetings Between SBF and Senior Biden Officials Were About Pandemic
White House records recently made public have revealed that disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried met with senior Biden administration officials in the White House on four occasions over the course ...
Without A Speaker, House Business Remains At A Standstill—Here’s What’s At Stake
Topline House Republicans’ refusal to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker after multiple rounds of voting on Tuesday has left the lower chamber in a state of paralysis: new members have no...
Cable News Hosts Call GOP Chaos ‘A Total Clown Show’ As Trump Urges ‘Vote For Kevin, Close The Deal’
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 03: U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) waits as the House of … [+] Representatives holds the election for Speaker of the House, on the first day of t...
White House says SBF meetings concerned pandemic prevention, not just crypto
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried visited the White House to discuss pandemic prevention and cryptocurrency, according to a statement on Jan. 3. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said: “Th...
House Adjourns After He Fails To Win Speaker Vote After 3 Rounds
Topline The House of Representatives adjourned Tuesday evening without a speaker and no clear timeline for when one might be chosen after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) failed to secure the votes need...
Should You Buy A House In A Recession? Pros And Cons
| Getty Images Key Takeaways We may not currently be in a recession, but we are experiencing some atypical circumstances in our economy, especially the housing market. There are several reasons to con...
My wife and I live ‘an average life’ in the Bay Area making $320K. Last year, we bought a house for $200K over asking — now we don’t want to live in it. Should we get professional help?
Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I was a victim of FOMO during the housing market craziness and bought a house for $200,000 over the asking price. Now house prices are coming back to reality, and I ...
Here’s What Republicans Plan To Do As They Retake The House — Including Investigating The DOJ And Gutting The Ethics Office
Topline House Republicans unveiled a new rules package Sunday that outlines the proposed changes GOP lawmakers plan to make as they regain control of the House, which could be taken up this week as th...
Kevin McCarthy Gives Into Key Demand Ahead Of House Speaker Vote — But Still Faces Tough Election Bid
Topline Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) could fail in his bid for House Speaker when Congress votes on Tuesday, as the GOP congressman faces strong opposition from some of the party’s more right-wing m...
Media Draws Attention to Sam Bankman-Fried’s 2 Visits While on House Arrest – Bitcoin News
After FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was released on bail and traveled to his parent’s home in California, it has been reported that SBF was visited by the crypto advocate Tiffany Fong, and al...
House Conservatives Reportedly Urge McCarthy To Form Biden-Focused Investigative Panel—Another Demand As McCarthy Vies For Speaker
Topline A coalition of House conservatives are ramping up calls for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to form a new committee to take up the various probes the GOP plans to launch into the Biden Administ...
Sam Bankman-Fried withdraws $684k while under house arrest?
On-chain data released by blockchain analyst BowTiedIguana via Twitter on Dec.30 shows embattled FTX exchange founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, may have flouted one of his release conditions by withdrawing ...
Did FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Just Violate House Arrest By Cashing Out $648,000 In ETH? ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Recent reports by on-chain analyst, BowTiedIguana, now suggest that Sam Bankman Fried, the embattled FTX co-founder, may have pulled out 570ETH worth...
Disgraced FTX Co-Founder Accused of Moving $684K in Crypto Assets While Under House Arrest – Bitcoin News
According to an analyst on Dec. 29, 2022, the disgraced co-founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), may have cashed out $684,000 in crypto assets while under house arrest. If the funds were spent by S...
SBF Frequently Visited White House; Met with Biden’s Senior Advisors.
SBF frequently visited White House to meet important people including the President’s Counselor. His visits were to discuss crypto; he tried to deviate authorities towards DeFi. SBF met Steve Ricche...
House Releases Trump’s Tax Returns
Topline The House Ways and Means Committee released six years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns on Friday, after years of legal battles, days before Republicans are set to take control of...
SBF white house meetings 2 months before FTX collapse exposed
At least four times in 2022, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried visited with government representatives at the White House, including one meeting that apparently took place only two months before his cr...
‘Our kids say our small house is embarrassing’: My husband and I earn $160K, have $1 million in retirement savings, cook at home and drive an old Honda. Are we missing out?
I’m a pretty fortunate person who lives a pretty fortunate life, and our annual household income at $160,000 is high compared to the rest of the world. However, we are still pretty frugal — we cook at...