Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesdayannouncedthat the United States and Ukraine have signed the long-anticipated minerals deal through the creation of a reconstruction investment fund. The post U.S. and Ukraine Sign Critical Minerals and Reconstruction Deal first appeared on The Ohio Star.

A Central Asian national has pleaded guilty to submitting more than 100 fraudulent voter registration applications in Florida in 2023. The post Central Asian National Pleads Guilty to Submitting over 100 Fake Voter Registration Apps in Florida first appeared on The Ohio Star.

The wife of recently deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia told a court in 2020 that while the couple lived in Maryland she faced physical and verbal abuse from her husband on multiple occasions, the earliest known petition for protection from domestic violence filed against the illegal immigrant shows. The post Court Docs Show Second Domestic Violence Petition ...

U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at a rate of 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on Wednesday. The first quarterdecreasefollows the U.S. economygrowingby 2.4% in the fourth quarter of 2024, after increasing 3.1% inthe third quarter,accordingto the BEA. The Federal ...

The Democrat-majority Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan on Tuesday, following her arrest by federal officials for allegedly helping an illegal migrant evade arrest. Dugan wasarrestedFriday by the FBI after the agency looked into the former judges background and found she allegedly helped an illegal migrant ...

Federal prosecutors have charged two Ukrainian nationals with unlawfully voting in an American presidential election, the latest case of non-citizens allegedly participating in federal elections. The Ukrainian women 53-year-old Svitlana Demydenko and her 22-year-old daughter, Yelyzaveta Demydenko are accused of voting in the 2024 presidential election in ...

Pro-life pregnancy centers are fighting Democratic attorneys general in court for theright to tell women they may be able to reversechemical abortions by taking supplemental progesterone, a natural pregnancy hormone, toprevent mifepristone from binding to pregnancy receptors. New York'sLetitia James is now trying to overturnan injunction against her. Texas ...

This week, the House Committee on Homeland Security will take a major step toward enacting legislation to implement President Trumps border security agenda. As part of the Houses broader reconciliation effort, the committee will be marking up legislation to fully fund one of the presidents top priorities securing our southwest border following four years ...

Americans confidence in the economy has been plummeting for the past five months, reaching its lowest level since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with many people reportedly being anxious about the impact of tariffs on their lives. On Tuesday, the Conference Board reported that its consumer confidence index declined 7.9 points in April, to 86, its ...

As President Trumps trade negotiations with China escalate into a full-blown trade war, the United States possesses a narrow but powerful tool to exact pressure on the Communist regime by targeting the capital-raising efforts of some of its largest corporations. Since 2013, Chinese firms have been able to access the most prestigious stock markets in the ...

The free trade brigade obsesses over economic minutiaethey cry that tariffs will raise the cost of plastic spatulas by 50 cents! What a disaster! Who cares? The reality is that trade with China isnotin Americas interests because it funds our greatest rival. Heres how America funded Chinas rise, and why tariffs will help keep America safe and free. The post ...

One in ten patients experience a serious adverse event after taking the abortion pill, according to a study released Monday by the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), aconservative think tank and advocacy group. Thestudyfound that 10.93% of women experienced sepsis, infection, hemorrhaging, or another serious adverse event within 45 days after a ...

More than 100 illegal migrants were arrested during a Sunday morning raid of a Colorado nightclub infested with gang activity, according to federal officials. The post Feds Arrest over 100 Illegal Migrants After Raiding Gang-Infested Nightclub first appeared on The Ohio Star.

Democratic Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly announced Monday that he will not seek reelection and will resign as the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee. Connolly, 74, explained his decision to retire in light of his esophageal cancer diagnosis, which he said had returned. The Virginia DemocratdefeatedNew York Democratic Rep. Alexandria ...

Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan has been temporarily replaced on her cases as she awaits her May 15 pre-trial hearing on a pair of charges. Dugan is charged with obstruction of a federal proceeding and concealing an individual to prevent discovery or arrest. The obstruction charge could lead to up to a $100,000 fine and a year in prison while the second ...

With the official funeral for Pope Francis having concluded, Catholic Church leaders now begin the process of addressing the Pope's unfinished business and deciding who will be the next Pope to carry out that process. Over his 12-year papacy, Francis who in some corners was referred to as The Woke Pope was a transformative but polarizing figure. He worked ...

Anew study published in the journalNatureconcludes that the world would be $28 trillion richer if we hadn't used fossil fuels. Were it not for the extreme heat fossil fuel companies are causing, the researchers from Dartmouth College explain, wed have a much wealthier planet. With such dramatic conclusions, multiple outlets in the legacy media breathlessly ...

Tucker Wetmore's rise to fame has been rapid and a little unexpected. Born and raised in the forest of Kalama, Washington, Wetmore grew up immersed in music. His grandfather was a pastor, and gospel songs soundtracked Wetmore's formative years, reggae played at large family barbecues, and the soft rock of the Eagles, Jim Croce, and Billy Joel. Wetmore is of ...

The right to opt out ones children from studying a sinister collection of sexually explicit storybooks in suburban Maryland, and the right to opt in to a Catholic Virtual charter school in Oklahoma, will be considered this month at the Supreme Court. That these two cases are under review by the high court is a strong indication that after decades of being ...

One of my favorite parts of my job is meeting rising artists and knowing that great things are in store for them. I was blown away when I first heard 13-year-old Josie Sal and was surprised to learn that she is relatively new to the music scene. Sal never aspired to be a singer. At just 10 years old, Sal took a dare from her father to sing in front of a ...

Anew studyby researchers at theUniversity of California at BerkeleySchool of Public Health and other major universities has put a damper on the claim that obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYNs) are systematically fleeing pro-life states or ones with more liberal abortion laws. To the contrary, the cohort study measured data collected from Jan. 1, 2018, to ...

The Michigan Secretary of States review of non-citizens on state voter rolls only included those with drivers licenses, excluding any who registered to vote without a drivers license or another form of identification, raising concerns about more non-citizens being on the voter rolls than previously disclosed. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) ...

Texas has passed Senate Bill 2, which establishes the largest Universal Education Savings Account (ESA) program in the country. The Texas Senatevoted19-12 to accept House revisions to Senate Bill 2, clearing the way for Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to sign into law the largest universal ESA program in the country. The $1 billion program would allow ...

Tren de Araguas alleged assassination of Venezuelan dissident Ronald Ojeda in Chile in 2024, using tactics linked to Venezuelas military counterintelligence, underscores the gangs growing transnational threat and highlights its ties to Nicolas Maduros regime and U.S. intelligence disputes. The post Tren de Araguas Global Reach: Assassinations and ...

Former Republican New York Rep. George Santos was sentenced to 87 months in prison Friday morning, according tomultiplereports. The post Former Rep. George Santos Gets over Seven-Year Prison Sentence first appeared on The Ohio Star.