by Cooper Moran | Jul 2, 2021
J.D. Vance, bestselling author and investor, officially launched his campaign on Thursday for the U.S. Senate, joining an already crowded and growing field. “You have leaders of this country, in government and in business, who don’t think they owe...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jul 2, 2021
Tennessee’s weekly jobs report shows that while continuing unemployment claims dropped for the third week in a row, new unemployment claims jumped slightly. According to the Department of Labor & Workforce Development, during the week of June 26 there...
by Star News Staff | Jul 2, 2021
by Victor Davis Hanson Traditionalist and conservative America once was the U.S. military’s greatest defender. Bipartisan conservatives in Congress ensured generous Pentagon budgets. Statistics of those killed in action, in both Afghanistan and Iraq, reveal...
by Star News Staff | Jul 2, 2021
by Kaylee Greenlee The Biden administration solicited information that could help form a National Case Management Program to track up to 100,000 migrants released into the U.S. annually, documents uploaded Monday show. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
by Chris Butler | Jul 2, 2021
Officials with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) awarded a $3 million grant to a company that two men started by lying and committing fraud. This, according to an investigative report that Tennessee Comptrollers released this...
by Cooper Moran | Jul 2, 2021
In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court struck down a California requirement, pushed by Vice President Kamala Harris while she was attorney general, that would force the disclosure of donations to various non-profits. In an opinion siding with the Thomas More Law...
by Star News Staff | Jul 2, 2021
by Cole Crystal Federal law enforcement agencies covertly request thousands of Microsoft users’ information every year, a company executive told a congressional committee Wednesday. Vice President for Customer Security and Trust Tom Burt told the House...
by Star News Staff | Jul 2, 2021
by Eric Lendrum Recent satellite images appear to show the Chinese government constructing over 100 new silos designated for nuclear missiles, Fox News reports. The images, captured by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) in Monterey,...
by Star News Staff | Jul 2, 2021
by Kaylee Greenlee Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday the southern border is “more dangerous than it’s ever been” after the Biden administration reversed most of Trump’s immigration policies, Fox News reported. The Biden administration ended Trump’s...
by Star News Staff | Jul 2, 2021
by Andrew Trunsky The House approved a resolution Wednesday to create a select committee into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol weeks after Senate Republicans killed a bipartisan commission into it. The bill authorizes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to select eight...
by Star News Staff | Jul 2, 2021
by Deion A. Kathawa Happily, the spirit of American liberty seems to be awaking from its decades-long slumber. Unless you’ve been living in an underground bunker for the past two years (I wouldn’t blame you too much if you had), you know there’s quite a lot of...
by Zachery Schmidt | Jul 2, 2021
Thursday, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) upheld Arizona law prohibiting ballot harvesting and out-of-precinct voting. The three dissents in the case, Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee (DNC), came from Justices Elena Kagan, Stephen...
by Hayley Feland | Jul 2, 2021
Council members Steve Fletcher, Phillipe Cunningham and Jeremy Schroeder withdrew the proposal they had written to replace the police force with a new agency, a Department of Public Safety. The City Council members withdrew their proposal after a community...
by Hayley Feland | Jul 2, 2021
According to Minnesota State Senator Gene Dornik, the Senate Democrats asked Republicans to remove their Thin Blue Line lapel pins that symbolized their support for police officers. The Democrats made the request under the Senate rule that prohibits advocacy....
by Grant Holcomb | Jul 2, 2021
Earlier this week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill exempting Florida’s colleges and universities from COVID related lawsuits. The schools would be shielded from those seeking to sue the school based on decisions made to close campuses forcing...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jul 2, 2021
After an elementary school teacher in Loudoun County was suspended for voicing his opposition to using students’ preferred gender pronouns at a school board meeting, his case might be headed to the Virginia Supreme Court. Tyson Langhofer, an attorney for...
by Cooper Moran | Jul 2, 2021
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) signed the state’s budget into law in the early hours of Thursday morning — but not without vetoing several components of the bill. The budget, which will find the state’s operations for two years, including key...
by Rachel Alexander | Jul 2, 2021
The Arizona Supreme Court issued an opinion Wednesday dismissing part of a defamation lawsuit by expelled Arizona legislator Don Shooter against Sen. J.D. Mesnard (R-Chandler) on Wednesday, while allowing the remaining part of the case to proceed. Sen. Michelle...
by Cooper Moran | Jul 2, 2021
Judge Robert Hinkle sided with two groups that represented tech giants and blocked a Florida social media law that would have imposed penalties for social media companies that attempt to de-platform or “censor” individuals. The ruling, a preliminary...
by Cooper Moran | Jul 2, 2021
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger released a statement on Thursday praising the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold two key voting laws in the state of Arizona. The two provisions would prevent the use of third-party ballot harvesting and...
by Zachery Schmidt | Jul 2, 2021
The Arizona audit is wrapping up its operations and has moved out of its three-month home: the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. For about another week, audit workers will finish up in another building on the fairgrounds, the Wesley Bolin Building. Auditors will be...
