Three Workers at Cincinnati Nursing Home Claim Poll Workers Prompted Ballot Responses
by Brian Ball | Oct 22, 2021
CINCINNATI, Ohio – Two nurses and an activity aide at a Cincinnati nursing home claim poll workers employed by the Hamilton County Board of Elections prompted choices on absentee ballots for patients, including those in a dementia/Alzheimer's/memory...
Nashville Party Buses Facing New Legislation
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Oct 22, 2021
Downtown Nashville's popular party bus services are set to face new rules issued by the Metro Council and Mayor John Cooper. One of the main effects of the new regulations signed Tuesday is that alcohol will no longer be allowed on the buses, starting...
Senator Hagerty Defends Ambassador to Japan Nominee Following Leftists Attacks, Expresses Concern over Detained Tennessean
by Cooper Moran | Oct 22, 2021
Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) on Wednesday introduced President Joe Biden's nominee to be the ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting. Hagerty, who served in the same position from 2017 to 2019, described Emanuel...
Tennessee Representative Scott DesJarlais Sends Letter to President Biden Warning Him of Result of Vaccine Mandates for Tennessee Valley Authority Employees
by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 22, 2021
Tennessee Representative Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-04) announced in a press release that he sent a letter to President Joe Biden regarding his executive order mandating COVID-19 vaccines for federal workers and the effects it will have on Tennessee Valley...
Commentary: President Joe Biden Has America on a 'Left-Wing Roller Coaster' Careening to a 'Socialist Nirvana'
by Star News Staff | Oct 22, 2021
by Victor Davis Hanson Sheer chaos and anarchy on the border? Afghanistan—the most humiliating defeat in recent U.S. military history? A labor-starved supply chain in shambles and holiday shelves emptying out? The worst inflation in 30 years that seems soon...
Tennessee's GOP Congressional Delegation React, Discuss Next Steps After Learning Anthony Fauci Lied to Congress
by Chris Butler | Oct 22, 2021
News that the Bethesda, Maryland-based National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded Gain-of-Function research in Wuhan, China has prompted certain members of Tennessee's congressional delegation to condemn Anthony Fauci as a liar and to demand drastic changes....
Tennessee Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Designate Party Affiliation During School Board Elections
Tennessee State Representative Scott Cepicky (R-Culleoka) on Thursday introduced a bill that would allow party affiliation to be designated during a school board election. The legislation, if enacted, would alter the current election process, which allows...
Williamson County Parent Calls School System's COVID-19 Policies 'Evil and Wrong'
Williamson County School System Superintendent Jason Golden acknowledged this week that WCS students who will not wear face coverings or haven't received medical or religious exemptions currently attend classes in separate rooms. This, according to the...
Biden Ditches Alaska Oil Drilling Project That Would've Created Thousands of Jobs
by Thomas Catenacci The Biden administration abandoned an oil and gas drilling project in Alaska approved by former President Donald Trump, which it had previously defended. The Department of the Interior failed to file an appeal to a federal judge's...
DOJ Ends Case Quota for Immigration Judges Set by Trump Admin
by Kaylee Greenlee The Department of Justice ended a Trump-era case quota for immigration judges, CNN Politics reported on Wednesday. Judges said the Trump administration's quota policy prioritized moving through cases quickly rather than due process for all...
'Not Acceptable': Facebook's Oversight Board Says Company Hid Details on How It Privileges Popular Accounts
by Ailan Evans Facebook's Oversight Board issued a transparency report Thursday scolding the tech giant for concealing details of its content review process and demanding more transparency. The report criticized Facebook for failing to disclose the existence of...
GETTR CEO Jason Miller Welcomes Trump to Social Media World
by Peter D'Abrosca | Oct 22, 2021
Despite former President Donald J. Trump's Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) announcing plans to become a rival of newly-launched social media site GETTR, the CEO of the latter firm welcomed Trump into the social media space. "Congratulations to...
Cuba Signs on to China's Belt Road Initiative, Bringing Xi's Influence Closer to Home
by Sebastian Hughes Cuba officially signed on to a Chinese energy pact on Monday, strengthening President Xi Jinping's relationship with Latin America at a time when the U.S. has warned that China's influence is increasing in the region, Havana Live reported....
House Holds Steve Bannon in Criminal Contempt, Refers Matter to Justice Department
Photo "Steve Bannon" by Gage Skidmore. CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weekly Jobless Claims Drop to 290,000
by Harry Wilmerding The number of Americans who filed new unemployment claims decreased to 290,000 last week as employers attempt to hold onto workers amid struggles with inflation, supply chain disruptions and labor shortages. The Bureau of Labor Statistics...
Newt Gingrich Commentary: The Afghanistan Withdrawal Disaster Would Not Have Happened Under President Trump
by Newt Gingrich On Feb. 29, 2020, the U.S. and the Taliban signed the Doha Agreement, which set conditions for an American military withdrawal from Afghanistan. A few days later, then-President Donald Trump picked up the phone to call Taliban leader Abdul...
CDC Says Five-Year-Olds Will Still Need to Wear Masks After Vaccine Is Approved for Kids
by Laurel Duggan Students as young as five years old may still need to wear masks in school after the COVID-19 vaccine is approved for children ages 5-11, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said in a White House briefing...
CDC Says 5-Year-Olds Will Still Need to Wear Masks After Vaccine Is Approved for Kids
Commentary: Biden Moving Refugees Under Cover of Darkness Shows His True Character
by Brian Lonergan When Joe Biden conducted his campaign for president largely in absentia last year, his value proposition to voters went something like this: I'm Lunch Bucket Joe from Scranton and I'm for the little guy. I'm gonna fix all the mistakes of the...
Amazon Warehouse Workers in New York Set to File for Union Vote
by Ailan Evans Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York City, announced plans Thursday to file for a union election before the National Labor Relations Board next week. Amazon Labor Union, which represents 2,000 Amazon workers, signed union...
Agitators Tamper with High Pressure Gas Pipeline Following Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's Public Calls to Shut It Down
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) was silent after agitators tampered with an Enbridge pipeline following her public calls to shut it down. Anti-energy activists appeared to trespass on Enbridge property in Tuscola County to use a pipe wrench on an emergency...