by Star News Staff | Sep 21, 2021
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by Chris Butler | Sep 21, 2021
U.S. Representative Austin Scott (R-GA-08) said a new Biden administration proposal would require financial institutions and other financial service providers to report all inflows and outflows on accounts that have more than $600. And this proposal, Scott told...
by Star News Staff | Sep 21, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci Major stock market indices plummeted Monday in a continuing sell-off tied to China’s declining property value, increasing COVID-19 cases and lack of progress in Congress on increasing the debt limit. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA),...
by Star News Staff | Sep 21, 2021
by Ailan Evans TikTok maker ByteDance announced Saturday it was limiting screen time for Chinese users under 14 years old. The Chinese version of video sharing platform TikTok, called “Douyin,” unveiled a new “youth mode” feature that limits the use of its app...
by Star News Staff | Sep 21, 2021
by Melanie Israel In response to pro-life policy victories like the Texas Heartbeat Act and an upcoming Supreme Court case asking the justices to provide a constitutional course correction to America’s arbitrary and unworkable abortion jurisprudence,...
by Star News Staff | Sep 21, 2021
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by Star News Staff | Sep 21, 2021
by Andrew Trunsky The Senate Parliamentarian blocked Democrats’ effort to include a pathway to citizenship in their $3.5 trillion spending package Sunday, a major setback in the party’s bid to reform the nation’s immigration system. Parliamentarian Elizabeth...
by The Center Square | Sep 21, 2021
by Benjamin Yount The latest update on Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ election investigation comes with a promise and a warning. Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Mike Gableman released a YouTube video on Monday, explaining his investigation into Election Day...
by Cooper Moran | Sep 21, 2021
A Democrat Michigan county executive is bucking his party leader’s vaccine mandate and said he will not be enforcing one. Mark Hackel, the elected Macomb County executive, told the Detroit News he would not go along with forced vaccinations or fire an...
by Brian Ball | Sep 21, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A suburban Cleveland state lawmaker has become the latest Republican to join the crowded GOP field seeking the nomination to replace retiring U.S. Senator Rob Portman. Ohio Senator Matt Dolan, R24-Chagrin Fall, a three-term Ohio House...
by Hayley Feland | Sep 21, 2021
Representative Betty McCollum (D-MN-04) responded to the revelation that a Biden Administration air strike killed 10 Afghan citizens. McCollum said, “The killing of Mr. Ahmadi and his family members was not an accident, it was deadly military malpractice.” The...
by The Center Square | Sep 21, 2021
by Christen Smith Pennsylvania Senate Democrats filed a legal challenge in Commonwealth Court against what they call an “overreaching” subpoena of election records containing personal information for nearly 7 million voters. The lawsuit filed late Friday...
by Casey Owens | Sep 21, 2021
Senate Minority leader Lauren Book will once again aim to remove Confederate legal holidays in the state of Florida, after filing SB 250 on Friday for the 2022 legislative session. SB 250 is a revised version of SB 1116 – which was denied in the 2021...
by The Center Square | Sep 21, 2021
by J.D. Davidson Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost called President Joe Biden’s requirement that private sector employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 unlawful and divisive, and he warned of legal action if it moves forward. Yost joined a group of attorneys...
by Cooper Moran | Sep 21, 2021
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) and President Joe Biden’s approval numbers continue to decline throughout the state, according to a poll commissioned by the Detroit Regional Chamber. After analyzing 600 registered voters, the results of the poll...
by Hayley Feland | Sep 21, 2021
Wisconsin Representative Thomas Tiffany (R-WI-07) filed an amendment to the annual Department of Defense bill to deploy armed forces to shut down the border. Tiffany said, “Americans are sick of Biden’s open borders. It’s time for Congress to act.”...
by Star News Staff | Sep 21, 2021
by Evan Stambaugh The state of Minnesota is expected to receive 275 Afghan refugees, according to a new Axios report. Senior Biden administration officials speaking to Axios said that governors and mayors across the United States have recently been notified on...
by Hayley Feland | Sep 21, 2021
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) will be running for re-election. Frey has been the mayor of Minneapolis since 2017, and was heavily criticized for his actions regarding the COVID pandemic and civil unrest of 2020. According to his campaign website, Frey has...
by Chris Butler | Sep 21, 2021
A seven-count indictment unsealed this month charged two Danville, California men with conspiracy to defraud the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) of more than $300,000. This, according to a press release that staff with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Middle...