by Eric Burk | Sep 3, 2021
The Virginia Supreme Court dissolved injunctions blocking the removal of the Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond, according to an opinion and an order published by the court on Thursday. In June 2020, Governor Ralph Northam ordered the removal of the monument,...
by Chris Butler | Sep 3, 2021
A spokesman for Tennessee Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally (R-Oak Ridge) on Thursday shared McNally’s views on whether state legislators should still convene for a special session. “While Lt. Governor McNally is firmly against government vaccine passports, he...
by Star News Staff | Sep 3, 2021
by Victor Davis Hanson The fall of Kabul is not the end, as Joe Biden seems to think, of the Afghanistan nightmare. It is the beginning of a never-ending bad dream. Biden and the Pentagon have managed to birth a new terrorist haven, destroy much of U.S....
by Chris Butler | Sep 3, 2021
An attorney for a Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) nursing student said law enforcement officers on Thursday morning removed her client from class because she has not taken the COVID-19 vaccine. Nashville-based attorney Russell Newman spoke to The...
by Hayley Feland | Sep 3, 2021
Hennepin County Sheriff candidate Jai Hanson told Minneapolis residents to vote no on the Yes 4 Minneapolis police charter amendment. In a tweet, Hanson said, “Politicians like Keith Ellison and Ilhan Omar want to pass the amendment because they’re only...
by Chris Butler | Sep 3, 2021
U.S. Representative Rick Allen (R-GA-12) said his Republican colleagues are co-sponsoring legislation that would require the U.S. Secretary of Defense to submit daily reports to Congress about the evacuation of Americans from Afghanistan. Allen announced the...
by Chris Butler | Sep 3, 2021
Members of the Tennessee Democratic Party will reportedly pay a substantial fine due to a Federal Election Commission case alleging it misreported millions of dollars in campaign funds. This, according to a report that The Daily Wire published this week. “In...
by RealClearWire | Sep 3, 2021
by Sean Trende In 1880, Americans did something momentous: They all elected their congressional delegations in the same year. Prior to that, elections had been a hodgepodge affair. For example, the first elections for the 28th Congress, which ostensibly met...
by Brian Ball | Sep 3, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Four nonprofit development agencies in Ohio will share $215 million in New Markets Tax Credit allocations from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to support housing and economic development projects in distressed communities and...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Sep 3, 2021
There is no update as of Thursday on the 30 American schoolchildren who are stranded in Afghanistan. American troops packed up and left the Taliban-controlled nation at the end of last week, ending a nearly 20 year war in the country. “More than 30...
by Star News Staff | Sep 3, 2021
by Sebastian Hughes A spokesperson for the State Department said he did not “have data” on whether Americans have been rescued from Afghanistan since the last U.S. flight out of Kabul at a press briefing on Wednesday. “I don’t have data to provide on that...
by Star News Staff | Sep 3, 2021
by Andrew Trunsky Democratic Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson announced Thursday that he would tap Rep. Liz Cheney as the vice chair on the committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a day after some GOP lawmakers called for the Wyoming...
by Star News Staff | Sep 3, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan President Joe Biden condemned a ruling by the Supreme Court on Texas’ Heartbeat Act Thursday, saying the court’s decision “insults the rule of law.” The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 late Wednesday night to deny abortion providers’ requests...
by Star News Staff | Sep 3, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims decreased to 340,000 in the week ending Aug. 28, as the economy continues to slowly recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The Bureau of Labor Statistics figure released Thursday...
by Star News Staff | Sep 3, 2021
by Eric Lendrum A schoolteacher in California who voiced his support for the far-left domestic terrorist organization Antifa is set to be fired from his job after his support for terrorism was revealed by a Project Veritas video, as reported by Fox News....
by Star News Staff | Sep 3, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci The U.S. abandoned more than half of all interpreters and Afghans who applied for special immigrant visas (SIV), a senior State Department official told The Wall Street Journal. The official didn’t share specific information or figures, but...
by Julie Carr | Sep 3, 2021
In a special interview, Thursday on First Principles with Phill Kline – host Kline talked with Michael Patrick Leahy, CEO, and editor-in-chief of The Star News Network who uncovered partisan non-profit popups in swing states and the importance of election...
by Cooper Moran | Sep 3, 2021
Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05) and more than a dozen other GOP lawmakers penned a letter to Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-23), urging him to remove Representatives Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16) from the Republican conference....
by Star News Staff | Sep 3, 2021
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by Hayley Feland | Sep 3, 2021
Several Minnesota legislators responded to an upcoming visit from members of the “Squad” that will be taking place on Friday afternoon. According to a press release from Representative Ilhan Omar’s (D-05-MN) office, they are planning to speak out against...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Sep 3, 2021
After the Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of a law passed in Texas banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) once again finds herself on the hot seat, facing criticism from her own party. “Every Dem who ever...
