The Connecticut Star

December 3, 2023

Comer Rejects Hunter Biden’s Testimony Demands, Accuses Legal Team of Bullying, Intimidation

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer on Friday formally accused Hunter Biden's team of of trying to "bully and intimidate" impeachment investigators as he formally rejected the presidential son's demands...

December 3, 2023

New Home Sales in October Drop More than Expected

New home sales in the U.S. dropped last month as mortgage rates have soared. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, new home sales fell 5.6% in October, more than expected.

December 3, 2023

Charges: Derek Chauvin Stabbed 22 Times in Prison by Former FBI Informant, Gang Member

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was stabbed 22 times in a Tucson, Ariz., prison Nov. 24, according to federal charges filed Friday. John Turscak, 52, faces charges of attempted murder, assault...

December 3, 2023

Federal Censorship Machine Started Years Before COVID, Involved Military Contractors: Whistleblower

The public-private efforts to restrict and suppress purported "mis-, dis- and malinformation" across tech platforms started almost immediately after the surprise election of Donald Trump in 2016, ramped up a year before the COVID-19...

December 3, 2023

‘Drones for Ducks:’ Federal Grants Fund Research to Use AI to Count Birds

How should researchers measure the populations of migratory birds? Researchers developed an idea around a campfire that was put to the test for the first time in Bosque Del Apache earlier this...

December 3, 2023

Commentary: Where Are the J6 Committee Videos?

Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal case against Donald Trump for the events of January 6 is inextricably tied to the work of the special House committee that conducted an 18-month investigation into...

December 3, 2023

Pope Francis Punishes Another Conservative American Catholic Leader: Report

Pope Francis is reportedly planning to remove an American conservative cardinal, who has been critical of the Vatican in the past, from his apartment over issues of “disunity,” according to ABC News....

December 3, 2023

Commentary: Joe Biden’s Failures Are His Successes

If you were the owner of a professional football team, and you had just finished in last place for the third year in a row, one would expect management to implement serious...

December 3, 2023

Analysis: Democratic Retirements Could Help the House GOP Grow Its Majority in 2024

House Republicans appear to be in a better position to capitalize off of a wave of congressional retirements, as there are more Democratic-held open seats in swing districts that pose an opportunity...

December 3, 2023

Commentary: Teaching Your Child to Read Is the Gateway to All Learning

When my husband and I decided we were going to homeschool, we puzzled over what might be his contribution. Our division of labor as a married couple included me as a stay-at-home...

December 2, 2023

Major Automaker Says Union Deal Will Add Nearly a Thousand Dollars to Car Costs

Ford Motor Co. announced on Thursday that labor costs following a recent major union deal will cost the company around $900 per vehicle by 2028. Ford, along with other major U.S. automakers...

December 2, 2023

Judge Hands Major Defeat to Transgender Lawmaker Suing Montana over ‘Unconstitutional’ Censure

A Montana judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday by Democratic state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, who is transgender, against the state’s House of Representatives after Zephyr was censured in April, according to court documents....

December 2, 2023

Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues Pfizer for Misrepresenting Efficacy of the COVID-19 Jabs and Conspiring to Censor Public Discourse

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he is suing Pfizer for “unlawfully misrepresenting” Covid-19 vaccine efficacy and conspiring to censor public discourse. “Pfizer engaged in false, deceptive, and misleading acts...

December 2, 2023

Investors Pull Out Record Funds from China as Economy Falters

International investors have pulled billions out of China as the country’s economy continues to stumble and relations with the U.S. fail to ease, according to The Wall Street Journal. Since August, international...

December 2, 2023

Pro-Life Nonprofits Sue Washington AG for ‘Unconstitutional’ Investigation over Abortion Reversal Pill

Two pro-life nonprofits filed a lawsuit against Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson of Washington state Wednesday for conducting what they allege is an “unconstitutional” investigation over the group’s support of the abortion...

December 2, 2023

Federal Judge Blocks Montana’s TikTok Ban

A federal judge in Montana has blocked an upcoming state-wide ban on using the social media app TikTok, calling it unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy said Thursday the ban on the...

December 2, 2023

Biden Admin Investigates Wisconsin School After Man Identifying as Trans Allegedly Exposed Genitalia to Four Freshmen Girls

The Department of Education (ED) opened an investigation into a Wisconsin school Wednesday after an adult man identifying as transgender allegedly exposed himself to underaged girls, according to an ED letter. After...

December 2, 2023

Commentary: The Biden Family Grift and Hunter’s Fake Offer to Testify

Hunter Biden’s offer to testify before the House Oversight Committee is a clever evasion, nothing more. The president’s son says he will testify only if the hearing is publicly televised. Nice try....

December 2, 2023

Commentary: Forget the Media Doomsaying — the GOP Will Be Ok

If you follow politics and didn’t know that voters in Charleston, South Carolina, elected the city’s first Republican mayor in almost a century and a half, you can be forgiven. A lot...

December 2, 2023

House Passes Bill to Permanently Freeze $6 Billion in Iranian Funds from Hostage Deal

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation to permanently freeze $6 billion in Iranian funds that the Biden administration had agreed to release as part of a hostage exchange with...

December 1, 2023

Israeli Intelligence Had Hamas Plans a Year Prior to Attack: Report

Israeli intelligence services obtained plans for the deadly Oct. 7 attack more than a year before it was carried out, The New York Times reported.

December 1, 2023

Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Passes Away at Age 93

Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman ever to be appointed to the Supreme Court, dies at 93.

December 1, 2023

GOP-led House Expels Republican Rep. George Santos, Now Just Sixth House Member in U.S. History Ousted

The GOP-led House voted 311-114 to expel Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., on the House floor Friday, trimming the GOP's already slim majority.

December 1, 2023

China is Running an Operation to Get Americans Hooked on Illegal Drugs, Former DEA Boss Warns

Police operations from California to Maine have busted Chinese nationals operating illegal marijuana growing sites. U.S. officials have clear evidence China is providing Mexican drug cartels the precursor chemicals to make the...

December 1, 2023

U.S. Suicides Hit New Record in 2022

Suicides reached a record high last year. Nearly 50,000 people in the U.S. died by suicide in 2022, according to a provisional report from the National Center for Health Statistics. The final count could...

December 1, 2023

Consumer Spending Slows Down as Americans’ Savings Dry Up

Growth in consumer spending fell to the lowest point since March as Americans’ savings fall from the all-time highs seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Consumer...

December 1, 2023

Anthony Fauci to Testify Before Congress on U.S. Response to COVID-19

Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci is set to testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in early January, the subcommittee announced...

December 1, 2023

Commentary: It’s Time to Unite Behind Trump If We Want to Win in 2024

The 2024 Presidential election is rapidly approaching. In many ways it can’t come soon enough. Americans have now spent nearly three painful years waking up every day astonished to learn that the...

December 1, 2023

Appeals Court Reinstates Trump Gag Order

A New York appeals court reinstated Thursday the gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump by the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial. Trump asked the appeals court earlier this month...

December 1, 2023

Biden Admin Pledges Millions to International ‘Climate Reparations’ Fund

The Biden administration has pledged millions of dollars to a de facto international “climate reparations” fund at the United Nations (UN) climate summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The fund, referred...