A hundred years ago, roughly 10 percent of recent American high-school graduates attended college. Today that figure is61 percent. Are we better off? Hardly. The post Commentary: We Could Use Fewer College Graduates first appeared on The Ohio Star.

New documents obtained byThe Ohio Starreveal that Attorney General Dave Yost participated in an all-expense-paid trip to France that was organized by the nonprofit Attorney General Alliance (AGA), which received more than $3 million in donations from Pfizer's political action committee over less than a decade. These documents, including an event programming ...

Far-left Democratic New York State Rep. Zohran Mamdani, once a long-shot candidate, appears to have emerged as a top contender in the New York City mayoral race with disgraced former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo no longer viewed as the sole frontrunner. While several recentpollshave shownCuomoleading ahead of the June 24 the Democratic primary, ...

General Motors (GM) quietly backed away from its high-profile pledge to phase out gasoline-powered vehicles over the next decade, effectively abandoning the electric vehicle (EV) transition it once championed, E&E News reported Thursday. The post General Motors Quietly Backs Off Plans to Go All-Electric first appeared on The Ohio Star.

The masked man on the motorcycle, the one who waved a Mexican flag in front of a torched car as Los Angeles police stood by, will soon be famous. His identity remains unknown, his image iconic but for all the wrong reasons. The post Commentary: The Los Angeles Riots Hand Republicans a Script for Midterms first appeared on The Ohio Star.

Three Congressmen from Arizona, along with a Texas Congressman, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) on Wednesday urging Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick not to terminate the Tomato Suspension Agreement (TSA). The DOC announced its intent to withdraw from the 2019 Tomato Suspension Agreement with Mexico on April 14, 2025, with termination ...

The Senate confirmed former Missouri Republican Rep. Billy Long as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) commissioner on Thursday in a 53-44 vote. The post Former Rep. Billy Long Confirmed as IRS Commissioner first appeared on The Ohio Star.

Oral arguments were heard Thursday in a lawsuit for a case involving two Michigan brothers wearing Lets Go Brandon apparel to school. The post Lets Go Brandon Lawsuit in Court; FIRE Lawyer Optimistic first appeared on The Ohio Star.

Senator Alex Padilla, a California Democrat, was handcuffed and removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday after causing a disruption. The post California Democrat U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla Removed, Handcuffed, After Disrupting DHA Sec. Noem Press Conference first appeared on The Ohio Star.

Brevard County, Florida, Sheriff Wayne Ivey warned any left-wing rioters on Thursday that they will end up graveyard dead if they assault any law enforcement officers. The post Sheriff Warns Rioters Will End Up Graveyard Dead if They Flout Law Enforcement first appeared on The Ohio Star.

The ongoing riots in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement have taken on a decidedly nationalist character, with rioters and supporters invoking Mexicos past ownership of much of the western United States to claim a heritage and tie to the land that predates American ownership. The post Mexican Nationalism, Myth of Aztln Drives Support for L.A. Riots ...

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Thursday released 1,450 more pages of documents on the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y. The post CIA Releases Nearly 1,500 More Pages of Documents on RFK Assassination first appeared on The Ohio Star.

Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass and over 30 other mayors of nearby cities on Wednesday called for an end to federal immigration enforcement raids amid protests. Protests in Los Angeles turned violent over the weekend after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted raids last week, resulting in detentions and deportations of illegal ...

The State Department has authorized a partial evacuation of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq while allowing military dependents to leave various locations around the Middle East, U.S. and Iraqi sources told Reuters on Wednesday. The officialstoldReuters the move was made due to heightened security risks, but did not specify which threats prompted the ...

Formerly conservative heavyweights, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino are rapidly losing the confidence of the MAGA movement, with watchdog group Judicial Watch becoming the latest to blast their failure to deliver transparency this week. In an investigative bulletin from the organization, Judicial Watch reporters highlighted their ...

An avowedly Communist revolutionary group with ties to a China-linked Marxist funding network has been at the forefront of organizing nationwide protests opposing illegal immigration crackdowns by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) including protests which spiraled into violent riots in parts of Los Angeles. The Party for Socialism and ...

The rioting in Los Angeles may dominate the headlines this week, but progressives in Americaand their corporate allieshavetwocards to play. Along with fomenting racial strife in order to achieve equity, they are systematically shutting down production of affordable energy to cope with the climate emergency. Both of these cards are strategic, part of a ...

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is deploying National Guard troops across his state ahead of expected protests against immigration raids, seeking to prevent the violence that has swept Los Angeles in recent days. Abbott announced in an early WednesdayX postthat he will send the troops to ensure peace and order in the coming days. The governor had deployed ...

Google on Tuesday offered voluntary buyouts to U.S.-based employees across multiple divisions including its search, advertising, research and engineering teams as the tech giant continues trimming costs while simultaneously funding massive AI investments. The voluntary exit program affects workers in Googles Knowledge and Information division, which ...

U.S. small businesses owners optimism rose slightly in May, according to a survey released Tuesday from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). The NFIBs Small Business Optimism Index, a measure of owners outlook onthe future of their businesses and the economy in general,roseby three points in May to 98.8, slightly above the 51-year average ...

As parts of Los Angeles burn under the fury of riots, there are burning questions in Washington about who instigated the protests against immigration enforcement operations and whether any funding is coming from foreign sources. FBI Director Kash Patel toldJust the Newsthe bureau is investigating the money trail behind those organizing and promoting the ...

Singer/songwriter Vencent Hickerson, aka Bigg Vinny, releases his new song and video "Walmart Drip" exclusively with The Tennessee Star. The latest single describes what would happen if Toby Keith took Bruno Mars and Snoop Dogg on a trip to Walmart. The song came from a day of shopping at Walmart with his wife and kids. "She said she just needed one thing, ...

It has long been acknowledged that the United States energy infrastructure isnt particularly secure, a concern exacerbated by thelack of a central planning processfor our nations piecemeal electric grid. Presidential administrations and Congress have been slow to address the problem, apparently daunted by the mere size and scope of the challenges the needed ...

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Mondayannouncedthat he is replacing all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) independent advisory panel on vaccines. The move is the health secretary's latest in his efforts to reshape the department and restore transparency and faith in vaccines. The ...

Hundreds of U.S. Marines are reportedly being deployed to Los Angeles to help control the riots sparked by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in the city over the weekend, multiple outlets reported Monday. Several hundred Marines will arrive in the city over the next 24 hours, primarily to support the National Guard and Los Angeles Police ...