by Michael Patrick Leahy | May 20, 2024
Scott J. Bloch, Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) under former President George W. Bush from 2003 to 2008, told The Tennessee Star on Saturday that a a provision of the 1939 Hatch Act, now codified as 18 U.S.C. 595, could be used to prosecute...
by Just the News | May 20, 2024
by Madeleine Hubbard No signs of life were detected at the site of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter crash, according to state media. His helicopter, which was carrying other top Islamic Republic officials, crashed during rough weather. Iranian news...
by Julie Kelly | May 20, 2024
FBI agents last week arrested a man from Maine for his involvement in the events of January 6. According to a Department of Justice press release, Lincoln Deming spent about 30 minutes inside the building after entering through an open door with Capitol Police...
by Just the News | May 20, 2024
by Steven Richards Key prosecution witness Michael Cohen in the Trump hush money trial testified Monday under cross-examination that he stole from the Trump Organization, for whom he worked for over a decade. Cohen, who was a Trump attorney and fixer before...
by Tom Pappert | May 20, 2024
Former President Donald Trump now holds a five-point lead over President Joe Biden in a head-to-head race in Arizona, a poll released Sunday revealed. The CBS News/YouGov poll found 52 percent of Arizonans would vote for Trump if the election were held today, compared...
by Tom Pappert | May 20, 2024
Drexel University President John Fry said in a Saturday statement that harassment, intimidation and other antisocial behavior will not be tolerated following the formation of an anti-Israel encampment on the university’s campus. An encampment was constructed on...
by Tom Pappert | May 20, 2024
Former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry on Sunday explained her decision to reenter politics with a challenge to U.S. Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07), asserting “now is the right time” for her foray into the public arena. Barry resigned as Nashville mayor...
by Debra McClure | May 20, 2024
After pressure from lawmakers, the United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy agreed to pause changes to mail processing operations until after January 1, 2025. The pause would put on hold the USPS’ 10-year “Delivering for...
by The Center Square | May 20, 2024
by Casey Harper As inflation continues to rise this year, small businesses are feeling the pain. The National Federation of Independent Businesses released a survey of small business owners Tuesday that found the nation’s job creators cite inflation as...
by Rachel Alexander | May 20, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from a former New Mexico county commissioner who was removed from office by a state court for his role in the January 6 protest. This left in place a lower court’s decision to remove and bar Otero County Commissioner...
by Debra McClure | May 20, 2024
A Cobb County School District (CCSD) spokesperson told The Georgia Star News on Friday that a complaint from the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) to the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) repeats “made-up narratives espoused and circulated by a small...
by Just the News | May 20, 2024
by Natalia Mittelstadt Democrats claim that non-citizen voting doesn’t occur while Republicans and most states are trying to ensure that only U.S. citizens vote in elections. As states are adopting constitutional amendments to prevent non-citizens from...
by The Center Square | May 20, 2024
by Casey Harper Lawmakers will grill President Joe Biden’s Energy Secretary at a newly announced oversight hearing scheduled for Thursday. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is expected to face lawmakers for questions amid elevated gas prices, a depleted...
by Debra McClure | May 20, 2024
A new campaign ad for District Attorney Fani Willis says that Fulton County is safer now than it was four years ago. However, year-end data from the Atlanta Police Department shows that crime rates have increased in southwest Atlanta and that car theft continues to...
by Kaitlin Housler | May 20, 2024
Todd Bensman, senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, said the Biden administration is desperately trying to escape the press coverage of migrants illegally crossing the southern border by ignoring congressional statutes to allow for the...
by Tom Pappert | May 20, 2024
Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30) claimed in a 2020 interview that she and other black students were the victim to multiple hate crimes in 2002, when she was attending Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. Crockett told Darling Society in September 2020 that...
by Kaitlin Housler | May 20, 2024
Tom Zawistowski, president of the We the People Convention, said he believes former President Donald Trump made a mistake in agreeing to a CNN debate against President Joe Biden. Both Trump and Biden announced Wednesday that they accepted an invitation to participate...
by RealClearWire | May 20, 2024
by Susan Crabtree For President Biden and congressional Democrats, the fierce party division over the campus protests and the war in Gaza is full of warning signs during the 2024 election year. The unrest is unlikely to stop when universities break for the...
by Star News Staff | May 20, 2024
Voter registration reveals Republicans continue to gain ground in Pennsylvania, with Democrats losing a number of registered voters to the opposing party, a Monday report citing Pennsylvania Department of State data. The Republican Party of Pennsylvania (PAGOP)...
