by Neil W. McCabe | Feb 3, 2022
The author of “Red-Handed How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win” told The Star News Network that Sen. Dianne Feinstein, and her investor husband Richard C. Blum, have financially benefited from their ties to senior leaders in the Chinese Communist Party....
by Susan Berry, PhD | Feb 3, 2022
Though children are least likely to experience severe illness from COVID-19, the level of mental health distress many are exhibiting during the government response to the pandemic is “utterly devastating,” child psychiatrist Dr. Mark McDonald said in a recent...
by Eric Burk | Feb 3, 2022
RICHMOND, Virginia – The Senate Privileges and Elections Committee blocked Governor Glenn Youngkin’s nominee for Secretary of Natural Resources, former Trump EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. On Tuesday afternoon, State Senator Creigh Deeds (D-Bath)...
by Bradley Vasoli | Feb 3, 2022
As Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) appeals a court ruling against no-excuse absentee voting, a state representative hopes to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to decisively end the practice. A bill authored by State Rep. Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon), who is also...
by Rachel Alexander | Feb 3, 2022
Arizona legislators are busy dropping bills to address election fraud this session, due to concerns there was massive fraud in the 2020 presidential election. State Rep. John Fillmore (R-Apache Junction) is sponsoring one of the most sweeping bills, HB 2596,...
by Steve Stewart | Feb 3, 2022
Erika Donalds, a former school board member and the wife of Florida U.S. Congressman Byron Donalds, recently launched a virtual charter school called Optima Classical Academy. Erika and her husband have been active in the fight to expand the reach of charter...
by Star News Staff | Feb 3, 2022
by Bradley C.S. Watson Very odd things are happening in Canada, not the least of which is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fleeing the capital city for security reasons, or so officials say. Canadians are a notoriously compliant, unquestioning, deferential lot....
by Star News Staff | Feb 3, 2022
by Eric Lendrum On Monday, FBI Director Christopher Wray declared that the greatest foreign threat to the United States is the country of China, adding that the nation’s recent escalation of tensions regarding the country of Taiwan are “more brazen” and “more...
by The Center Square | Feb 3, 2022
by Bethany Blankley Record amounts of fentanyl and other drugs are being seized in Kansas after they’ve made their way north from Mexico and the state’s attorney general, Derek Schmidt, said he is trying to stop it. He joined a coalition of other...
by Chris Butler | Feb 3, 2022
Republican Vernon Jones commented Wednesday about his status as a Republican gubernatorial candidate for Georgia, but the messages he sent seemed unclear and came across as mixed. This, after media outlets speculated that Jones might suspend his campaign and...
by Star News Staff | Feb 3, 2022
by Eric Lendrum At least eight of Joe Biden’s nominations for the Department of Justice have been placed on hold by Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), due to the Department’s failure to answer Cotton’s questions about its inaction over the Antifa and Black Lives...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 3, 2022
In the high profile case against alleged plotters of a kidnapping of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), the state plans to introduce evidence that defendants use encrypted chat applications in the planning stages of their scheme. “The government...
by Star News Staff | Feb 3, 2022
by Thomas Catenacci The flow of natural gas through a key Russian-controlled pipeline suddenly stopped Wednesday as tensions continue to increase between Russia and the West. The Yamal-Europe pipeline’s liquified natural gas (LNG) flows, which are operated by...
by Neil W. McCabe | Feb 3, 2022
The Ohio investment banker endorsed Monday by Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul in his campaign for U.S. Senate just launched a new commercial with Paul in a $2 million ad buy across the state. In the ad, which is part of a $10 million ad push, the senator...
by Hayley Feland | Feb 3, 2022
Amelia Huffman, the interim chief of police with the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD), notified a local Black Lives Matter activist about an officer-involved shooting that left an African American man dead on Wednesday morning. “Friends, I got a call from...
by The Center Square | Feb 3, 2022
by Brett Rowland President Joe Biden plans to send another 3,000 troops to Europe amid continued tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Biden is sending about 2,000 troops from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Poland and Germany this week. The president is also...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 3, 2022
After Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) wrote a legal opinion last week saying that vaccine mandates for public university students are illegal, several of the state’s largest schools have backed off their COVID-19 vaccine requirements. “Absent...
by RealClearWire | Feb 3, 2022
by Adam Andrzejewski The federal government, like many private companies that have offices in different locations, has provisions to adjust employees’ pay based on their location. It’s called locality pay. For example, an employee in San Francisco, Calif. has a...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 3, 2022
After a Tuesday report in The Ohio Star about Columbus’ ongoing issues of mail carrier robberies, the Postal Police Officers Association (PPOA) tells The Star that the problem is an epidemic. “The Postal Inspection Service data revealed that mail...
by Chris Butler | Feb 3, 2022
Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey (R-Memphis) and State Representative John Gillespie (R-Memphis) on Wednesday filed legislation that they said would, if enacted into law, protect police officers’ best interests. Specifically, Kelsey and Gillespie said the...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Feb 3, 2022
The Tennessee State Senate voted on Wednesday to remove Democrat Senator Katrina Robinson from office by a vote of 27-5. Last month, Robinson was convicted of wire fraud charges. The Tennessee Star previously reported that jurors convicted Robinson on four of...
