Steve Scalise Bows Out of Speaker’s Race, Says ‘Conference Still Has to Come Together’

by Just the News | Oct 12, 2023

by Ben Whedon   House Majority Leader Steve Scalise on Thursday evening announced he was withdrawing from the race to become the next Speaker of the House. “Our conference still has to come together and we’re not there. There are still some people that have...

Steve Scalise Drops Out of Speaker’s Race

by Admin | Oct 12, 2023

The Hill House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Thursday dropped out of the race for Speaker, just one day after he won the Republican nomination for the role. Scalise narrowly prevailed in a secret ballot internal GOP election on Wednesday, but it was clear...

Biden’s VP Office Exchanged Emails with Hunter, His Brother Jim, and Both of Their Businesses over 29,000 Times

by Star News Staff | Oct 12, 2023

by Debra Heine   More evidence has come to light demolishing Joe Biden’s repeated denials that he ever discussed business with his son. New documents obtained by America First Legal (AFL) show that he emailed Hunter Biden, his brother James “Jim” Biden, and their...

Democrat Sen. Menendez Charged with Conspiracy to Act as a Foreign Agent: Indictment

by Just the News | Oct 12, 2023

by Madeleine Hubbard   Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., was charged with conspiracy to act as a foreign agent.  His wife, Nadine Menendez, as well as Egyptian American businessman Wael Hana were also charged with conspiracy to act as a foreign agent, according to...

Report: Hamas Co-Founder Abu Osama Killed in Gaza

by Admin | Oct 12, 2023

The Daily Beast A founding member of Hamas was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza on Tuesday, according to a report. Abd al-Fattah Dukhan, also known as “Abu Osama,” was killed in the Nuseirat neighborhood, according to Israel’s KAN public broadcaster, which cited...

Mainstream Progressives Abandon Democratic Socialists of America over Palestinian Support in the Wake of Hamas Attack

by Admin | Oct 12, 2023

Politico The Democratic Socialists of America is coming apart at the seams. Rep. Jamaal Bowman let his membership lapse. Colleague Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ripped the New York chapter over a pro-Palestinian rally Sunday. And others on the left are struggling to...

Center-Right National Party Set to Win Majority in New Zealand as Voters Reject Liberals’ Tyranny

by Admin | Oct 12, 2023

DNYUZ New Zealanders are exhausted. Their pocketbooks are threadbare, the dog years of the pandemic have dragged on, and there is a strong sense that the country has never been further off track. And so, when they head to the polls on Saturday, polls show, most will...

Fani Willis Wants Former Wisconsin GOP Chair, Ronna McDaniel, and Alex Jones to Testify in Georgia Election Trial

by Tom Pappert | Oct 12, 2023

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis revealed three new witnesses she intends to call in the trial of pro-Trump attorneys Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell in filings made on Tuesday. Willis’ office named Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman...

Freshly Minted Independent Presidential Candidate RFK Jr. Hits Campaign Trail

by M.D. Kittle | Oct 12, 2023

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Fresh from declaring his independence from the Democratic Party, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is hitting the campaign trail as an independent candidate for president. But don’t look for the Kennedy family scion to be laser-focused on the usual...

Poll Shows Trump Beating Biden in Michigan

by Star News Staff | Oct 12, 2023

by Mary Lou Masters   Former President Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden in the key battleground state of Michigan by 7 points, according to a poll reported by The Detroit News on Wednesday. In the state that Trump won in 2016 but lost to Biden in 2020,...

Trump Leading Biden by 12 Points in Ohio, Poll Shows

by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 12, 2023

An Emerson College Polling survey of 438 registered Ohio voters found former President Donald Trump leading President Joe Biden in a 2024 hypothetical presidential election matchup. Out of those polled, 45 percent support Trump while 33 percent support Biden. The...

Arizona Democrat Silent After CAIR Group Photo Resurfaces Following Hamas Attack on Israel

by Tom Pappert | Oct 12, 2023

Arizona State Senator Juan Mendez (D-Tempe) did not respond to a request by The Arizona Sun Times for comment on a photograph showing the legislator attending a meeting of the Arizona branch of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) that featured...

Virginia School Board Adopts GOP Gov’s Parental Rights Policy After Parents Slap It with Lawsuit

by Star News Staff | Oct 12, 2023

by Kate Anderson   The Virginia Beach School Board approved Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s gender transition notification policy Tuesday after being hit with a lawsuit from parents, according to The Virginia Pilot. In August, the board voted on the policy but...

DeSantis Announces Plan to Expand Sanctions on Iran

by The Center Square | Oct 12, 2023

by Bethany Blankley   Within days of Hamas attacking Israel, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state plans to increase sanctions against the Iranian regime. The new sanctions include expanding the industries on Florida’s scrutinized companies list and...

Wisconsin Public School Students Struggle with Reading, Math

by The Center Square | Oct 12, 2023

by Benjamin Yount   Nearly 60% of students in Wisconsin’s Public Schools continue to be unable to read, write or do math at grade level. The State’s Department of Public Instruction released the latest standardized test scores Tuesday, and they show...

Pennsylvania Policy Group Says $200 Million Rail Service Deal Picks Taxpayers’ Pockets

by The Center Square | Oct 12, 2023

by Anthony Hennen   Though many celebrated expanded Amtrak service for Pittsburgh, critics cry foul, pointing to long-term trends that work against train travel in western Pennsylvania. The Allegheny Institute for Public Policy warned the $200 million state...

Commentary: As Families Take to Charter Schools, Cities and Their Teacher Unions Throw Up Obstacles

by RealClearWire | Oct 12, 2023

by Vince Bielski   A vote by the Los Angeles board of education vote last month to ban charter schools from sharing space at 300 district campuses is the latest big-city attack against alternatives to struggling traditional public schools. With the strong support...

Charges: Minnesota Democrat Thought She Was in St. Paul but Was 50 Miles North During DWI

by Star News Staff | Oct 12, 2023

by Anthony Gockowski   DFL Rep. Brion Curran was charged with two gross misdemeanor DWI counts Tuesday after she was arrested in Chisago County for driving twice the legal limit. According to the charging document, a Chisago County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to a...

Tennessee AG Skrmetti Leads Letter Urging the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to Scrap Abortion Rule

by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 12, 2023

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led a coalition of 19 states in sending a letter to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) expressing opposition to a proposed rule regarding workplace abortion accommodations. Last year, President Joe Biden...

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell Offers Prayers for Israel, No Condemnation of Hamas in Canned Statement

by Peter D'Abrosca | Oct 12, 2023

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell did not attend a Monday evening solidarity event held by the Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville at the Gordon Jewish Community Center in Nashville after Hamas terrorists attacked Israel over the weekend. Governor Bill Lee...

American Colleges Are Partnered with Palestinian University That Praised Hamas as ‘Righteous Martyrs’

by Star News Staff | Oct 12, 2023

by Robert Schmad   Several American colleges are partnered with Al-Quds Open University, a Palestinian university that called the Hamas terrorists who attacked Israel “righteous martyrs,” according to a Daily Caller News Foundation review of university web pages....