by Star News Staff | Jan 8, 2024
by Terence P. Jeffrey The federal debt increased by $6,238,231,285,652.06 between Jan. 20, 2021, the day President Joe Biden was inaugurated, and Jan. 2, 2023, the last day for which the debt has been reported. That equals $47,462.84 for each of the 131,434,000...
by Admin | Jan 8, 2024
by Maggie Kelly Hedge fund founder Bill Ackman announced on Friday he would launch an AI plagiarism review of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s faculty and leaders with possible plans to extend the probe to other elite universities. Ackman (pictured...
by Star News Staff | Jan 8, 2024
by A.J. Rice Nearly two and a half centuries ago, the 18th-century American colonists were confronted with a choice: whether or not to continue living their lives as British subjects and supporting the crown or to sever their ties with Great Britain and declare...
by Just the News | Jan 8, 2024
by John Solomon It has become one of the enduring messages of the House Democrats’ final report on the Jan. 6 riot: Donald Trump had a plan and an intention to go directly to the U.S. Capitol to join those disrupting the certification of the 2020 election...
by Tom Pappert | Jan 8, 2024
The foundation created by Mexican-American “social entrepreneur” and billionaire Daniel Lubetzky is funding a group called the “Tennessee 11,” which seeks to pass a red flag law and other gun control legislation this year in Tennessee. The 2024...
by Just the News | Jan 8, 2024
by Madeleine Hubbard The conservative House Freedom Caucus slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposed top-line spending deal with Senate Democrats as a “total failure,” arguing the potential agreement costs about $68 billion more than the...
by Just the News | Jan 8, 2024
by Madeleine Hubbard Pope Francis on Monday slammed surrogacy as a “deplorable” practice comparable to human trafficking, and he called for a global ban on it. “The path to peace calls for respect for life, for every human life, starting with...
by Julie Kelly | Jan 8, 2024
In a brazen act of political theater worthy of an ethics investigation, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves gave an hourlong rehash of the events of January 6 to a handful of reporters last week. Graves, a Biden 2020 campaign advisor who was...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 8, 2024
An investigation conducted by the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force has resulted in six alleged members of a violent crime ring in south Columbus being indicted on a combined 124 felony charges, according to Attorney General Dave Yost’s office. Six members of...
by Just the News | Jan 8, 2024
by Madeleine Hubbard The National Parks Service says it is rehabilitating Philadelphia’s Welcome Park to ensure it is “more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive” for visitors, and part of that plan includes removing a statue of the city’s...
by Tom Pappert | Jan 8, 2024
Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly filed resolutions on Wednesday to amend the Virginia Constitution to allow same-sex marriage. State Senator Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria) and Delegate Mark Sickles (D-Fairfax) filed twin versions of SJ 11, which would repeal...
by Tom Pappert | Jan 8, 2024
A group of Republicans in the Georgia State House who were responsible to killing a 2023 effort to increase school choice in the state will reportedly work to stymie the education reforms again in 2024, according to a Friday report. In 2023, Republicans in the Georgia...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 8, 2024
The State of Ohio has been sued by a company representing multiple social media platforms in order to block the Social Media Parental Notification Act from taking effect. NetChoice, a “trade organization fighting to protect free expression and free enterprise online,”...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 8, 2024
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Tennessee Department of Revenue have extended the tax filing and payment deadlines for Tennesseans affected by the December 9 severe storms and tornadoes. The new deadline for individuals and families affected by the weather on...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 8, 2024
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led a group of 18 other state attorneys general in filing a public comment letter in opposition to the Department of Commerce’s “Business Diversity Principles” proposal. The proposal seeks to carry out President Joe Biden’s...
by Star News Staff | Jan 8, 2024
by Katelynn Richardson Issues involving the chemical abortion pill, former President Donald Trump, and the Biden administration’s encouragement of censorship online top the Supreme Court’s docket in the New Year. Though only one decision has been released so...
by The Center Square | Jan 8, 2024
by Bethany Blankley Three years into the border crisis, 50 Texas counties have now declared an invasion. The latest to do so are the judges and commissioners of Bandera, Schleicher and Uvalde counties. Officials in Bandera and Schleicher counties signed nearly...
by Star News Staff | Jan 8, 2024
by Kate Anderson Blue states and the District of Columbia dominated the top spots for homeless residents per capita, according to a December report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). New York and Vermont came in second and third with an...
by The Center Square | Jan 8, 2024
by Jon Styf The state of Tennessee spent 43% of the state sales tax on education last fiscal year and 56 cents of every dollar of state and local sales tax went to education in that same span. Sales tax accounts for most of both state and local tax collections...
by Star News Staff | Jan 8, 2024
by Jon Styf Tennessee was once again one of the top states to move to, ranking fifth in U-Haul’s annual rankings of growth states based on its data for one-way equipment rentals. Texas, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina topped the list as Tennessee...
by Star News Staff | Jan 8, 2024
by Terence P. Jeffrey Government employees in the United States topped 23 million for the first time in December, according to the employment numbers released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In November, according to BLS, there were 22,951,000 people...
