by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 27, 2021
by Eric Lendrum On Tuesday, the United States Senate confirmed one of Joe Biden’s most controversial federal nominees, Kristen Clarke, to a key leadership post in the Department of Justice, as reported by the Daily Caller. Clarke was confirmed as head of the...
by Casey Owens | May 27, 2021
Heading into Memorial Day weekend, Floridians can expect for gas prices to decrease for the first time in over three weeks after the attack on the Colonial Pipeline. While the majority of the state receives gas from multiple ports on the coast of Florida, the...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 27, 2021
Florida State University has settled a lawsuit filed by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) on behalf of Jack Denton, the former Student Senate President who was removed from his role for criticizing Black Lives Matter. After the death of George Floyd, Denton...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 26, 2021
Amid an ongoing labor shortage that has hit the service industry particularly hard, Florida has become the twenty-third state to reject the federal government’s supplemental $300 per week in COVID-19 unemployment benefits. “Florida will end its...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 26, 2021
by Vince Bielski The journey of Central American migrants to the U.S. border—a perilous trip across thousands of miles of mountains and deserts—starts in places like the dry corridor in western Honduras. Many of the region’s one million small farmers still live...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 26, 2021
by Debra Heine An apparent drive-by shooting at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis was caught live by news cameras Tuesday morning, as Black Lives Matter supporters gathered to observe the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s death in police hands. Gun fire in the...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 26, 2021
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by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 26, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan An “avalanche” of “expanding and accelerating” demographic forces is driving global birth rates down at alarming rates, demographers warned The New York Times. “A paradigm shift is necessary,” German demographer Frank Swiaczny, former...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 26, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration has rescinded the rule that Whitmer broke over the weekend. Whitmer apologized Sunday after photos posted over the weekend showed her dining with at least a dozen others at The...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 26, 2021
by Andrew Kerr The corporate press spent much of the pandemic dismissing the theory that COVID-19 could have accidentally leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology because former President Donald Trump talked about it, according to Washington Post senior...
by The Center Square | May 26, 2021
by Casey Harper As economic figures cast doubt on a post-COVID economic boom, the latest polling data show Americans lack confidence in the economy under President Joe Biden. New polling data released by Gallup Monday shows Americans are not confident in the...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 26, 2021
by Julie Kelly The body of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick wasn’t even cold before his employer leveraged his untimely death to stoke more outrage about the events in the nation’s capital on January 6. “At approximately 9:30 p.m. this evening . . ....
by Casey Owens | May 26, 2021
Democrat and U.S. Representative Stephanie Murphy announced Monday that she will not challenge current U.S. Senator Marco Rubio for his seat in the 2022 election. Murphy made her decision after U.S. House Representative Val Demings declared she would run for...
by Grant Holcomb | May 26, 2021
Earlier this week, Florida State University (FSU) announced the Board of Trustees unanimously voted for Richard McCullough to be the next president. The Florida Board of Governors still has to approve the selection. McCullough currently serves as Vice Provost...
by Grant Holcomb | May 25, 2021
On Monday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill, SB 7072, designed to limit the scope of Big Tech companies and their influence in Florida. The bill will fine companies $250,000 per day if they censor or suspend accounts for political candidates, with...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 25, 2021
by Victor Davis Hanson Americans mostly have given up on familiar institutions for entertainment, guidance, or reassurance. What now do Hollywood, network news, the media in general, Silicon Valley, the NBA, NFL, MLB, or higher education all have in common? A...
by Cooper Moran | May 25, 2021
Former President Donald Trump released a statement Monday that underscored his popularity, President Biden’s bad ratings, and his future social media platform. The statement comes in response to President Biden’s concerning policy decisions and...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 25, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci Economists expect inflation to “accelerate strongly” in the coming weeks and months, but said consumer prices would eventually moderate. The consumer price index (CPI), a common measure for inflation, is expected to rise 2.8% in 2021 and...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 25, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci Senate Banking Committee Republicans have expanded an investigation into regional Federal Reserve banks over their alleged “woke mission creep.” Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee sent letters to regional Federal Reserve banks in...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 25, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan Multiple men and women who have detransitioned described how easy it was for them to get transgender surgeries and hormones in a new CBS segment — and how the surgeries or treatment negatively impacted them. As lawmakers across the...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 25, 2021
by Debra Heine Two prominent medical professionals are raising red flags over the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines in children, in pregnant women, and in those who have previously caught the coronavirus and now have antibodies. There are alarming...