by Michael Patrick Leahy | Sep 18, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL-01) told The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network at an event in Nashville on Saturday that Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s bold plan to reduce the number of non-military federal...
by Just the News | Sep 18, 2023
by John Solomon A retired FBI supervisor has revealed to Congress that the bureau’s Washington field office had a second “politically connected” informant providing information relevant to the Biden family investigation, but was asked to shut down the source in...
by The Center Square | Sep 18, 2023
by Sarah Roderick-Fitch Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10) said Monday she will not be seeking reelection, citing health concerns. The third-term Democrat previously announced she was battling Parkinson’s Disease and receiving treatments. After...
by Star News Staff | Sep 18, 2023
by Casey Harper The U.S. Congressional Budget Office reports that the federal government is borrowing far more this fiscal year than the year before even as inflation continues to rise. The CBO released its deficit estimate which said the U.S. deficit hit about...
by Star News Staff | Sep 18, 2023
by Lillian Tweten The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that federal bans on convicted felons owning firearms are still constitutional despite a recent Supreme Court decision. Melynda Vincent, who brought the case to court, is currently banned from...
by Star News Staff | Sep 18, 2023
by Dave Huber A professor of English at Vanderbilt University recently gave a talk about how the genre of climate fiction, or “cli-fi,” has a problem with “its intersection [of] race and genre.” Teresa Goddu (pictured above), whose advocacy led to the creation...
by Star News Staff | Sep 18, 2023
by Blake Mauro More students are asking for better grades than earned — and a vast majority of educators questioned in a recent survey admit they’ve given in to those demands in a trend now dubbed “grade grubbing.” Intelligent.com surveyed nearly 300 educators...
by The Center Square | Sep 18, 2023
by Morgan Sweeney Twenty-three attorneys general, most recently including Virginia’s Jason Miyares, have banded together to challenge the Net Zero Financial Service Providers Alliance’s (NZFSPA) commitment to a net-zero future by 2050, saying that the...
by Star News Staff | Sep 18, 2023
by Eric Lendrum In an effort to promote “inclusivity,” a Canadian school district has removed all books published before the year 2008 from all of its libraries. According to the Daily Caller, the actions taken by the Peel School District in Mississauga,...
by The Center Square | Sep 18, 2023
by Brett Rowland The U.S. government estimated unemployment fraud during the pandemic cost taxpayers up to $135 billion or about 11% to 15% of the total amount of unemployment insurance benefits paid during the pandemic. That’s according to the latest...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 18, 2023
A Tennessee man has been arrested on federal charges stemming from the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to the District of Columbia U.S. Attorney’s Office. Allan Jennings, 56, of Hillsboro was arrested on Tuesday, September 12 and charged in a...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 18, 2023
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed a motion to compel the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok to comply with an earlier court order requiring it to produce relevant evidence in response to a multi-state investigation. In March, 46 attorneys...
by Star News Staff | Sep 18, 2023
by Betsy McCaughey Democratic politicians and the liberal media made the first day of school all about welcoming migrant children. That’s sheer propaganda. Parents deserve the truth. The migrant surge is a disaster for their kids. The surge will worsen our...
by The Center Square | Sep 18, 2023
by T.A. DeFeo Georgia’s infant mortality rate may be improving, but it remains among the worst. “The infant mortality rate in Georgia is not good,” Seema Csukas, vice president & chief medical officer at CareSource Georgia, told The Center...
by Hannah Poling | Sep 18, 2023
A bipartisan group of Ohio lawmakers introduced a bill to the Ohio House of Representatives to freeze property taxes for eligible seniors. The legislation, known as the 70 Under 70 Plan, sponsored by State Representatives Thomas Hall (R-Madison Township) and Dani...
by Neil W. McCabe | Sep 18, 2023
The Memorial Day Weekend debt deal Speaker Kevin O. McCarthy negotiated with President Joseph R. Biden Jr. may turn out to be his political Katrina, as House Freedom Caucus member and Virginia Republican congressman told radio host John Fredericks McCarthy had driven...
by Tom Pappert | Sep 18, 2023
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is reportedly asking vendors to delay deliveries of major equipment to its facility in Arizona. This comes after TSMC delayed the opening of its Arizona chip facility until 2025, and amid reports the company will...
