The Pennsylvania Daily Star

September 20, 2025

RFK’s Top CDC Committee Approves Minor Change to Childhood Vaccine Schedule

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s reconstituted vaccine committee tweaked the vaccine schedule Friday to alter the preferred formulation of one childhood vaccine and delayed a vote to change the timing of another. After weeks of...

September 20, 2025

A First-of-Its-Kind Case Could Completely Change the Fight Against Immigration Fraud

An American woman seeking an annulment from her foreign-born husband could end up turbocharging the government’s crackdown on marriage fraud. For the first time in U.S. history, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) will decide if Americans can appeal previously-approved...

September 20, 2025

Commentary: The Deadly Cost of Political Slander Falls to Just One Side – Here are the Receipts

In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, many people are condemning “political violence,” including prominent Democrats like Chuck Schumer, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, Chris Murphy, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Gavin Newsom. However, these individuals and their colleagues have repeatedly spread falsehoods that can inspire...

September 19, 2025

Report Alleges George Soros Doled Out $80 Million to Leftist Groups Glorifying Terrorism, Violence

Billionaire megadonor George Soros has funneled more than $80 million to organizations that praised terrorists or urged protest violence in America, according to a new report by the Capital Research Center (CRC). The CRC report said Soros — through his Open Society Foundation —...

September 19, 2025

58 Democrats Vote Against Resolution to Honor Charlie Kirk’s Life

Nearly five dozen House Democrats voted against a resolution honoring the life and legacy of assassinated Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on Friday morning. Lawmakers voted 310 to 58 to approve the resolution introduced by House Speaker Mike Johnson and 165...

September 19, 2025

Trump Suggests Revoking Broadcast Network Licenses

President Trump is suggesting the Federal Communications Commission revoke broadcast network licenses over their coverage of him – following agency Commissioner Brendan Carr getting involved with Disney's ABC suspending Jimmy Kimmell's show after the late-night host made controversial comments related...

September 19, 2025

Trump Admin Asks SCOTUS to Stop Order Allowing Transgender People Choose Sex Markers on Passports

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to stop an order allowing transgender and nonbinary people to choose sex markers on passports. The lower court order lets transgender or nonbinary people request a male, female, or “X” identification...

September 19, 2025

Senate Rejects House Stopgap Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown

The House of Representatives passed a stopgap spending bill on Friday amid concerns over a possible government shutdown. The GOP-led bill is a short-term government spending package designed to prevent a shutdown at the end of the month. The bill...

September 19, 2025

Katherine Scarlett Emerges as Key Trump Nominee as Senate Confirms 48 in En Bloc Vote

Katherine Scarlett was confirmed Thursday as the next of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), a high-profile addition the White House said will speed permitting reviews and streamline federal environmental reviews.

September 19, 2025

Trans-Industrial Complex Trains New Wave of Radical Doctors Right Under Trump Admin’s Nose

President Trump’s crackdown on gender ideology hasn’t stopped a major medical organization from continuing to promote child sex changes through a multi-million dollar transgender affirming training program offered by its philanthropic arm, public records show.

September 19, 2025

Commentary: Once Again, Polling Shows Voters Trust the GOP More to Handle Crime, Inflation, the Economy and More

While prominent Democrats have become crime-apologists — arguing for defunding the police, allying with disruptive protestors, releasing criminals into American cities, and attempting to block President Trump’s deportations of illegals — Americans agree with the President’s characterization of major cities as “overtaken by violent gangs and...

September 18, 2025

Erika Kirk Named CEO of Turning Point USA as Student Chapter Requests Surge

Turning Point USA formally appointed Erika Kirk, widow of the organization’s late founder Charlie Kirk, as its new chief executive officer and chair of the board on Wednesday. The announcement came in a letter from board members posted on the...

September 18, 2025

Trump: Antifa Is a ‘Dangerous, Radical Left Disaster,’ Vows RICO Cases and Funding Probes

The first Trump Administration repeatedly sought to go after the amorphous far-left nationwide movement known as Antifa — even vowing to designate the militant group as a domestic terrorist organization — and now, in the wake of violent anti-ICE protests...

September 18, 2025

Trump Administration Unveils Changes to U.S. Citizenship Test

The Trump administration is making changes to the U.S. citizenship test and reimplementing updates made to the test during the president’s first term, but which the Biden administration scrapped. The changes “to naturalization civics test better assess applicants’ knowledge of U.S. history...

September 18, 2025

Commentary: Another Year, Another Depressing Report on the State of American Education

Another year has come and gone, and America’s educational death spiral continues. The most recent numbers from The Nation’s Report Card, put out by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, are depressing when it comes to the present state of American education and the...

September 18, 2025

Over 125 ‘Anti-Competitive’ Agency Regulations Put on Chopping Block to Advance Trump’s Economic Agenda

More than 125 “anti-competitive” agency regulations have been submitted to the White House to eliminate or narrow, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in April directing agency heads, along with the Federal Trade Commission...

September 18, 2025

Commentary: We Must Honor Charlie Kirk by Defending the First Amendment He Died For

On Sept. 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was assassinated for the political sin of showing up on college campuses across our country and taking and answering questions. These queries came from students and guests whether they were allies or adversaries –...

September 17, 2025

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air over Charlie Kirk Comments

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. announced Wednesday that its owned and partner ABC affiliates will pull Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show off the air indefinitely following his comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

September 17, 2025

Federal Reserve Announces First Rate Cut of Trump’s Second Term

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced a 0.25% interest rate cut, marking the first such move since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. Chairman Jerome Powell had been hesitant to make such a move, despite public urging from...

September 17, 2025

2 Million Illegals Out of the U.S. Since Trump Took Office, DHS Confirms

President Donald Trump is well on his way to removing the multitude of illegal aliens in the United States, with the total dropping by 2 million since he took office. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin confirmed to...

September 17, 2025

Former CDC Officials Seeking to Discredit RFK Jr. Are Awash in Special Interests

Several former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) directors who lambasted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have connections to special interests targeted by the Make America Healthy Again movement, according to a review of their...

September 17, 2025

Georgia GOP Secretary of State Raffensperger, Figure in 2020 Election Vote Count, Runs for Governor

Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday launched his campaign to run for governor. “I’m a conservative Republican, and I’m prepared to make the tough decisions. I follow the law and the Constitution, and I’ll always do the...

September 17, 2025

Tyler Robinson’s Mom Says Alleged Charlie Kirk Shooter ‘More Pro-Gay, Trans-Rights’ over Last Year

Tyler Robinson's mother said that her son, charged Tuesday with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, became "more pro-gay and trans-rights" over the last year, according to court documents. Robinson, 22, faces seven total...

September 17, 2025

Weaponized Scoops: New Russiagate Documents Expose Media/Government Collusion

Recently declassified documents indicate that people close to former FBI Director James Comey and Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff were connected to leaks of classified information to prominent reporters designed to portray Donald Trump and his allies as being in league...

September 17, 2025

Commentary: Mental Health Professionals Can’t Be the Last Line Against Murderers

A profound mental health crisis lies at the heart of violence in America. Decarlos Brown Jr., the man who brutally stabbed to death the Ukrainian woman in Charlotte, North Carolina, was in a mental hospital earlier this year, and diagnosed with schizophrenia....

September 17, 2025

Washington Surpasses California as State with Highest Gas Prices

Washington has surpassed California as the state with the highest gas prices. In Washington, a gallon of regular gas on Monday cost an average of $4.658, up from $4.459 a week earlier, $4.407 a month earlier, and $4.150 a year...

September 16, 2025

University Where Kirk Was Assassinated Unveils Tribute to Slain Conservative Leader

A massive American flag is now being displayed on Utah Valley University’s (UVU) campus where Charlie Kirk was fatally shot. The Turning Point USA founder was assassinated during an outdoor speaking event at UVU on Wednesday. The university confirmed to the Daily...

September 16, 2025

New Audio Undermines Biden Admin’s Justification for Peter Navarro Arrest

The Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) justified its decision to arrest Trump advisor Peter Navarro by claiming he was “combative,” but audio of his May 2022 encounter with FBI agents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation undermines their reasoning....

September 16, 2025

Powerful Public Figures Spread False Info About Charlie Kirk Assassination, Beliefs, Invent Quotes

Public employees across the U.S. are facing sanctions including firing for social media comments that celebrate or condone the assassination of Charlie Kirk, sometimes selectively paraphrasing his comments on the Second Amendment's tradeoffs as Kirk's admission that he could be hoisted by...

September 16, 2025

Trump Sues New York Times for $15 Billion over Alleged Defamation

President Trump filed a lawsuit against The New York Times for defamation and libel, citing the newspaper's coverage of him leading up to the 2024 election. Trump sued the newspaper on Monday in federal court in Florida, according to the...

September 16, 2025

Trump Announces TikTok Deal with U.S. Buyer

President Trump announced a deal with a U.S. buyer for the social media app TikTok on Tuesday. The divestment of TikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance and has 170 million U.S. users, has been part of months-long negotiations between...

September 16, 2025

Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect Reportedly Made Confession in Chat Room

The suspect in Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination made comments online to his online friends that suggested he killed the conservative activist, The Washington Post reported Monday, citing screenshots of the discussion and two sources familiar. “Hey guys,...

September 16, 2025

Commentary: Conservatives Are Reviving Traditional Education with a Modern Twist

The classroom subject of “civics” evokes antiquated images of Cold War-era conformity, but Andrew Hart describes a recent teacher workshop on civics with a schoolboy’s exuberance: “It was really refreshing. I was, like, wow.” The weeklong seminar at the Museum...

September 15, 2025

Music Spotlight: Romeo Vaughn

Romeo Vaughn's path from addiction to redemption was a long and rocky one, but his God-given talent is evident. Watch and listen to the video "Big Dream From A Small Town."

September 15, 2025

Chinese Communist Party Members Are Studying on Campuses Nationwide

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members enrolled in U.S. universities have established overseas party branches on American campuses supported by their Chinese alma maters, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered. Chinese academic announcements reveal CCP members connected to two universities...

September 15, 2025

Trump Threatens to Declare ‘National Emergency’ over D.C. Ending Cooperation with ICE

President Trump on Monday threatened to declare a national emergency and federalize Washington, D.C., over its Democrat mayor saying the city would end its cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Last month, Trump deployed the National Guard and federal...

September 15, 2025

Harvard Quietly Ends ‘Minority Recruitment Program’ amid Battle with Trump Admin

Harvard University has reportedly shuttered its “Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program” as the Trump administration continues its crackdown on discriminatory racial preferences. The university quietly shuttered the 50-year-old program in May, previously used to recruit minority students in middle and high...

September 15, 2025

Elise Stefanik Signals She Will Run for Governor

Republican New York Rep. Elise Stefanik signaled that she will run for governor in 2026 during an appearance on Fox News on Monday. “Are you going to run for governor?” Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade asked.

September 15, 2025

Trump Suggests ‘Shocking’ Mamdani Endorsement from Kathy Hochul Could Have Consequences

President Donald Trump blasted Democrat New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday morning for her endorsement of avowed socialist Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor. The most recent polling shows Mamdani is leading by a wide margin against disgraced former New...

September 13, 2025

Federal Appeals Court Rules Trump Admin Can Block Planned Parenthood from Receiving Medicaid Funding

A federal appeals court on Thursday night ruled that the Trump administration can stop Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood clinics, which was part of a provision in the "One Big Beautiful Bill." The appeals court reversed U.S. District...

September 13, 2025

Commentary: AI’s Demand for Resources Poses Promise and Peril to Rural America

More than three millennia ago, indigenous people built a massive ceremonial mound a few miles from here, an engineering marvel called Poverty Point and one of the oldest known building projects in North America. Today, this is ground zero for what may...

September 12, 2025

U.S. Truckers Plead for Help as Foreign Drivers Use Illegal Gimmick to Rake in Millions

The largest trucking association in the country is pleading with the Trump administration to stop foreign nationals from ripping off American truckers. The American Trucking Associations (ATA), which represents more than 37,000 motor carriers and suppliers throughout the U.S., is...

September 12, 2025

Texas GOP Sen Cornyn Holds Single-Digit Lead over Paxton in GOP Primary: Poll

Incumbent Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn holds a single-digit lead over primary challenger Ken Paxton, the state's attorney general, while the Democrats are split between potential candidates Rep. Jasmine Crockett and former Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke, according to a new poll....

September 12, 2025

South Carolina Supreme Court Allows State to Share Voter Data with Justice Department

The South Carolina Supreme Court is allowing the state to share voter data with the Justice Department after a lower court prevented it from doing so. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon posted on X on Thursday, "BIG WIN—SC Supreme Court reverses judge's...

September 12, 2025

Poll Finds Rooting Out Government Waste, Addressing Crime, Securing the Border and Returning America to Its Values Receive Huge Bipartisan Support

If you listen to the left, over half the country voted for President Donald Trump due to ‘misinformation’ — the left’s favorite term for dodging the mainstream news — or bigotry. Modern Democrats vilified Trump voters when President Trump won...