by Brian Ball | Jul 28, 2021
MEDINA, Ohio – Republican gubernatorial challenger Jim Renacci has asked for a full investigation of the flow of FirstEnergy Corp.’s political contributions into the 2018 campaign of Governor Mike DeWine (R-OH) in the wake of the Akron-based...
by Corinne Murdock | Jul 28, 2021
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs won’t impose any new restrictions or mask mandates, even with the rise of the Delta variant and regular cases. The mayor made this declaration in response to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAIH)...
by Star News Staff | Jul 28, 2021
by Jack Cashill In a CNN interview with Anderson Cooper that aired in June, Barack Obama weighed in on perceived GOP anxieties. Instead of worrying about the economy and climate change, worries he thought appropriate for Republicans, “Lo and behold,” he told...
by Star News Staff | Jul 28, 2021
by Brett Cooper When Davidson College senior Maya Pillai was asked about her greatest college memory, the first-generation immigrant answered, “I don’t have one.” In an August 2020 interview with the Charlotte Observer, Pillai, the president of Davidson’s...
by Star News Staff | Jul 28, 2021
by Eric Lendrum On Monday, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a far-left hate group, announced a new initiative in conjunction with the online payment processor PayPal, aimed at targeting so-called “extremist and hate movements” on the platform, the Daily...
by Star News Staff | Jul 28, 2021
by Ailan Evans Former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos offered to waive $2 billion in payments to secure his spaceflight company Blue Origin a NASA contract. Bezos asked NASA Administrator Bill Nelson in an open letter Monday to award Blue Origin a contract to construct a...
by Star News Staff | Jul 28, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan Leading Republican senators filed an amicus brief Monday urging the Supreme Court to overrule its decisions in two major abortion cases. Republican Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri, Mike Lee of Utah, and Ted Cruz of Texas filed the brief in...
by Star News Staff | Jul 28, 2021
by Peter Cordi Rider University is promoting a book in their online library that, according to the publication description, “Argues that homophobia will not be eradicated in the United States until religion is ended.” “Slouching Towards Gaytheism:...
by Cooper Moran | Jul 28, 2021
Nashville doctor and former Meharry Medical College professor Jason Martin is considering launching a campaign for the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Governor Bill Lee. Martin has centered himself as an outspoken critic against Lee and the...
by Star News Staff | Jul 28, 2021
by Conrad Black As the 50th anniversary of the 1972 election approaches, it is time to reconsider the Watergate controversy that preceded and ultimately partially undid it. I’ve just completed a review for the New Criterion of Michael Dobbs’ new book about...
by Chris Butler | Jul 28, 2021
Officials at the Thales Academy in Franklin have scheduled an open house next week to allow prospective parents to tour the campus, visit classrooms, meet teachers, acquaint themselves with the school’s curriculum, or ask questions. Franklin Academy officials...
by The Center Square | Jul 28, 2021
by Casey Harper The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed course Tuesday, reversing its previous COVID-19 guidance by urging Americans to wear masks, regardless of their vaccination status. Critics quickly denounced the reversal, saying it...
by Star News Staff | Jul 28, 2021
by Eric Lendrum The Biden Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last week that it was dropping charges against five members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) who had lied about their histories to obtain jobs at American...
by Cooper Moran | Jul 28, 2021
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) announced on Tuesday that the organization will expand its reach by establishing the Center for Election Integrity (CEI). “Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy, and I’m looking forward to...
by Star News Staff | Jul 28, 2021
by Steven Hall Judicial Watch announced Tuesday that it has amended its lawsuit against Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who claims to be “unapologetic” about her previous policy to only grant interviews to journalists of color. Lightfoot told the New...
by Star News Staff | Jul 28, 2021
by Ailan Evans The tech industry’s anti-terrorism alliance announced Monday it would begin tracking content from far-right organization in a shared counter-terrorism database used by major tech companies. The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT),...
by Cooper Moran | Jul 28, 2021
U.S. Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07) introduced new legislation on Monday aimed to improve housing for America’s military service members and their families. Green’s bill, which would serve as an amendment to the large appropriations bill H.R....
by Star News Staff | Jul 28, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan Studies on how COVID-19 vaccines affect fertility are “in the works,” but some are still in the planning stages, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Anxieties over whether the...
by Star News Staff | Jul 28, 2021
by Brett Cooper When Davidson College senior Maya Pillai was asked about her greatest college memory, the first-generation immigrant answered, “I don’t have one.” In an August 2020 interview with the Charlotte Observer, Pillai, the president of Davidson’s...
by Chris Butler | Jul 28, 2021
A Cobb County school counselor who advocates for Critical Race Theory (CRT) and intersectionality has resigned from her job. That woman, Jennifer Susko, said the school district’s ban on anti-racism curricula prompted her to leave. Susko announced her...
by Chris Butler | Jul 28, 2021
The president of an Alpharetta-based medical company whose CEO donated generously to Georgia’s top politicians and subsequently received a $434 million no-bid contract said Tuesday that politics “had absolutely nothing to do with it.” Rick Jackson, the CEO of...
