by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2023
by Arjun Singh California’s Secretary of State has decided to keep former President Donald Trump on the state’s presidential primary ballot as other states are disqualifying him based on the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment. For his actions in Washington,...
by Just the News | Dec 29, 2023
by Charlotte Hazard Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine went against his own party on Friday and vetoed a bill that would have banned gender-affirming treatments for minors and kept transgender athletes out of women’s sports. DeWine said he vetoed House Bill...
by Tom Pappert | Dec 29, 2023
Governor Brian Kemp appointed Georgia State Representative Barry Fleming (R-Harlem) to become a superior judge in the Columbia Judicial Circuit. Fleming drafted Georgia’s 2021 voting law and reportedly faced reprisal from government officials because of the...
by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 29, 2023
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Thursday his rejection of a proposed constitutional amendment that would amend Ohio’s constitution by rewriting election rules. The proposed constitutional amendment, titled “Secure and Fair Elections,” would have amended...
by Tom Pappert | Dec 29, 2023
U.S. Representative Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-08) endorsed former President Donald Trump in his 2024 bid for a second term in the White House on Thursday. In a statement posted to X, formerly Twitter, Lesko wrote that Trump “has a proven track record of success.”...
by Tom Pappert | Dec 29, 2023
Virginia Delegate Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), who was tapped by House Speaker-designee Don Scott Jr. (D-Portsmouth) to serve as the chair of the House Education Committee, predicted Democrats will find some “accord” with Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) in a...
by The Center Square | Dec 29, 2023
by Benjamin Yount Taxpayers in Milwaukee and Milwaukee County are going to start paying more for a lot of things in the New Year. The city and county’s sales tax increases begin Monday. That means a new 2% sales tax in the city of Milwaukee, and a 0.4% increase...
by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2023
by Luke Sprinkel In a letter from Dec. 19, every Democrat from Minnesota’s congressional delegation asked the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to prioritize aid to Somalia. Citing recent flooding and torrential rains in Somalia, the...
by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2023
by Brandon Poulter The Biden administration’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking aim at the largest Christian university in the U.S. in a new lawsuit. Grand Canyon University (GCU) is the largest Christian university in the U.S. with over 100,000 students...
by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2023
by Arjun Singh A man who allegedly stabbed two tourists at New York City’s Grand Central Terminal on Christmas Day was released by a judge weeks prior to the incident, according to a report by The New York Post. Steven Hutcherson, an African-American man aged...
by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2023
by Jake Smith The Houthi attacks against commercial vessels in the Red Sea are threatening to disrupt U.S. and global markets with delayed shipping times and increased good prices, The Washington Post reported. The Yemen-based Houthis have launched...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Dec 29, 2023
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is urging Tennessee businesses that suffered damages during the deadly tornadoes that ripped through the state earlier this month to apply for financial relief as soon as possible. “FEMA may refer survivors of the...
by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2023
by Victor Davis Hanson At the end of the year, we are on the razor’s edge of many things that soon may blow up. Americans are far beyond President Joe Biden’s serial untruths of some eight years that he never discussed Hunter Biden’s various get-rich-quick...
by Tom Pappert | Dec 29, 2023
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (R) confirmed he will not endorse in the race to secure the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in a Thursday interview, insisting his new role as the chair of the Republican Governor’s Association (RGA) precludes him...
by Tom Pappert | Dec 29, 2023
Shelby County Commissioner Mick Wright promised a formal complaint about County Clerk Wanda Halbert on Wednesday following a December 21 letter from Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp (R) stressing the need for a document formally notifying her office of the...
by The Center Square | Dec 29, 2023
by Scott McClallen A fifth and final audit of the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency found the agency “undercounted fraud penalties by at least 49.4%” because it didn’t fix programming issues with the Michigan Integrated Data Automated System....
by Just the News | Dec 29, 2023
by Kevin Killough With hundreds of thousands of veterans’ healthcare claims on backlog at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), top Republicans in the House and Senate are hoping to prevent VA resources from being used to process claims for medical care of...
by The Center Square | Dec 29, 2023
by Anthony Hennen Pennsylvania has had a significant year for energy development, with hundreds of millions of federal dollars coming into the commonwealth. Though the status of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the first mandatory market-based program to...
by The Center Square | Dec 29, 2023
by Cameron Arcand Former President Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden in a head-to-head matchup poll in several swing states, including Arizona. A Morning Consult poll among registered voters shows Trump with 46% and Biden with 42%. Their numbers are...
