by Star News Staff | Dec 14, 2023
by Katelynn Richardson A New York appeals court rejected President Donald Trump’s bid Thursday to toss the gag order imposed on him in his New York civil fraud trial, along with the fines imposed for violations. The court found that Trump had not used the right...
by Tom Pappert | Dec 14, 2023
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis asserted in a Tuesday interview that Georgia state senators investigating the conditions at the Fulton County Jail should instead investigate the state prison system, though she said she “is not responsible” for...
by Tom Pappert | Dec 14, 2023
Representative Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-03), who is running to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate, continues to hold his silence regarding Harvard University President Claudine Gay. The congressman’s campaign has not responded to multiple Arizona Sun Times press...
by Tom Pappert | Dec 14, 2023
Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09) formally endorsed former President Donald Trump and his 2024 campaign for the White House on Wednesday, becoming the first congressman from Virginia to endorse the former president’s bid. Griffith made his endorsement...
by Rachel Alexander | Dec 14, 2023
The Arizona Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in a case involving challenges to Arizona’s 1864 law that mostly banned abortion. The Arizona Legislature passed a law in 2022 banning abortions after 15 weeks, anticipating the U.S. Supreme Court reversing Roe...
by The Center Square | Dec 14, 2023
by J.D. Davidson The state of Ohio wants local governments to buy, rehabilitate, or build residential properties to improve affordable access. The state will give local landbanks $100 million over the next 16 months to create housing for income-eligible...
by Star News Staff | Dec 14, 2023
by Fred Lucas Georgia’s top election official is pointing to the Biden administration’s failure to secure the southern border as a reason the state Legislature must act to prevent voting by foreign nationals in state elections. “With open borders, citizenship...
by Tom Pappert | Dec 14, 2023
Representative Bob Good (R-VA-05) said the House Freedom Caucus will work to oppose the new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) supported by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA-04) crafted with leadership in Congress, which will reauthorize a controversial...
by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 14, 2023
The Nashville-based Beacon Center of Tennessee revealed federal pandemic funds meant for schools to “support students’ social-emotional well-being and academic achievement” were misused this year throughout the Volunteer State. A total of $3.5 billion in Elementary...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Dec 14, 2023
As Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Roger A. Page plans to retire at the end of August, six judges from around the state are vying to replace him. In the coming days, The Tennessee Star plans to profile each of the applicants. The first judge in the biography series is...
by Star News Staff | Dec 14, 2023
by Kate Anderson The Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it is taking on a case regarding the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the chemical abortion pill mifepristone. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the American Association of Pro-Life...
by Tom Pappert | Dec 14, 2023
Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) urged in a Wednesday letter to the United States Space Force for the military to prepare for “space warfare” after Israel reported intercepting a rocket from outside Earth’s orbit after it was launched by Iran-backed...
by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 14, 2023
All 11 members of the Tennessee congressional delegation sent a letter to President Joe Biden requesting the “swift approval” of Governor Bill Lee’s request for a major disaster declaration due to severe storms that devastated communities across Middle Tennessee over...
by RealClearWire | Dec 14, 2023
by Gary Lawkowski and Curtis Schube Anyone who lived through 2020 observed that some messages received treatment online that stood in stark contrast to other messages. Conservative voices and messages were censored and banned, while progressive voices and...
by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 14, 2023
Democrat presidential candidate Dean Phillips will officially be absent from Tennessee’s March 5, 2024 ballot, according to the Tennessee Secretary of State’s Office. Last week, Phillips filed a nominating petition to gain access to Tennessee’s...
by Just the News | Dec 14, 2023
by Steven Richards Videotape of a Capitol door being mistakenly unlocked. Photos of gallows being set up outside without any police interference. Officers exhorting protesters to storm the Capitol. Intelligence warnings of potential violence that went unheeded....
by Just the News | Dec 14, 2023
by Natalia Mittelstadt One in five voters who cast mail-in ballots during the November 2020 election admit to committing voter fraud, according to a new poll by The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports. The poll of 1,085 likely voters released on Tuesday,...
by Star News Staff | Dec 14, 2023
by Will Blakely An official rule permitting congregations to part ways with the United Methodist Church (UMC) while retaining church property is about to expire, but the effects of the split are far from over. Churches in Alabama continue to face divisions even...
