Skip to content
The Florida Capital Star
  • Home
  • About
  • News
    • National
    • World
    • Politics
  • Commentary
    • Letters to the Editor
      • Submit a Letter to the Editor
  • The Star News Network
    • The Tennessee Star
    • The Ohio Star
    • The Minnesota Sun
    • The Michigan Star
    • The Virginia Star
    • The Georgia Star News
    • The Arizona Sun Times
    • The Wisconsin Daily Star
    • The Pennsylvania Daily Star
    • The Connecticut Star
    • The Texas Lone Star
    • The Iowa Star
    • The Missouri Sun
    • The North Carolina Daily Star
  • Contact
    • Corrections
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    • Cookie Notification
    • DMCA Policy
  • Education Foundation
    • Constitution Bee Sign-up
  • Email Update
  • Advertise
  • Rays on Fourth Stadium Proposal in the Tampa Bay Area
    Rays on Fourth Stadium Proposal in the Tampa Bay Area
Top Story: Report: Average American Household Has More than $10,000 in Credit Card Debt
TOP: TNRwMPL
Top Commentary: Nearly Four Years Later, No Letup in Jan. 6 Prosecutions, Possible Pardons or Not
TSNN Featured: Accused UnitedHealth CEO Killer Luigi Mangione Reportedly Praised Unabomber, Left Anti-Corporation Manifesto

Honest Elections Project
American Refugees

Featured

Shopping for Clothes
December 11, 2024

Inflation Speeds Up in Latest Data

Annual inflation rates increased last month. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest Consumer Price Index, a key marker of inflation, which showed that consumer prices rose 0.3% in November, part of a 2.7% increase over the last year.
DACA Supporters
December 11, 2024

Another Federal Court Rules Against DACA, This Time Related to Health Care

Albertsons Store
December 11, 2024

Albertsons Sues Kroger After Judge Blocks Merger

ICE Arrest
December 11, 2024

California County Dems Move to Shield Migrants Charged with ‘Heinous Crimes’ from ICE

Wisconsin AG
December 11, 2024

Two Trump Lawyers Charged with 10 Additional Felonies in Connection with 2020 Fake Elector Case

December 11, 2024

FBI Director Christopher Wray Announces Resignation

December 11, 2024

House Judiciary Chair Jordan Says FBI, Others Are Weaponized to Spy on Americans’ Bank Accounts

December 11, 2024

Microsoft Promotes Media Literacy as ‘Inoculation’ Against ‘Disinformation’

December 10, 2024

Trump-Appointed Judge Temporarily Closes Door to Obamacare for DACA Recipients

December 10, 2024

‘EPIC!’: Matt Gaetz Lands New Primetime Gig on Conservative Network

December 10, 2024

Pressure Mounts for Support of Trump’s Cabinet Picks During Honeymoon as Fights Heat Up

December 10, 2024

Rasmussen: Ending Birthright Citizenship ‘Popular with Voters’

December 10, 2024

Bombshell Memo from 2021 Warned Unprepared DHS About Surge of Unaccompanied Migrant Children

Empty Wallet
December 10, 2024

Report: Average American Household Has More than $10,000 in Credit Card Debt

Biden and Garland
December 10, 2024

Commentary: Nearly Four Years Later, No Letup in Jan. 6 Prosecutions, Possible Pardons or Not

Mike Rogers
December 10, 2024

New Defense Spending Bill Puts Slew of Left-Wing Initiatives on Chopping Block

December 9, 2024

Luigi Mangione Charged with Murder in Death of UnitedHealthcare CEO

December 9, 2024

Person of Interest in UnitedHealthcare Killing Luigi Mangione Appears in Court, Faces Five Charges

David Gregory
December 9, 2024

New Missouri State Legislator Introduces Bill to Award $1,000 Bounty to Americans Who Report Illegal Aliens

Trump and Syria
December 9, 2024

Trump Signals Shift from Unnecessary Military Intervention with Reaction to Assad Ouster in Syria

LA Times
December 9, 2024

LA Times Owner Readies ‘Bias Meter’ to Appear on News Articles and Columns

Honest Elections Project
American Refugees

Commentary

Biden and Garland
December 10, 2024

Commentary: Nearly Four Years Later, No Letup in Jan. 6 Prosecutions, Possible Pardons or Not

by Julie Kelley   Even as President-elect Donald Trump promised on Sunday to act “very quickly” on pardons for many of the protesters involved in the events of January 6, the Biden administration’s Justice Department is continuing to arrest and try people for actions that occurred almost four years ago while opposing...
Trump Cabinet Members
December 7, 2024

Commentary: The Things Trump Nominees Have Not Done—And Will Not Do

NATO Headquarters
December 7, 2024

Commentary: Time to Dump Europe

December 7, 2024

Commentary: Misremembering Pearl Harbor

December 6, 2024

Commentary: Confidence That Trump’s Economy Is Returning Fueled the Latest Strong Jobs Report

Neighborhood street
December 6, 2024

Commentary: Change the Debate and Take Back Liberty Locally

Border Surge
December 5, 2024

Commentary: President Biden Needs to Find the Missing Unaccompanied Migrant Children


Entertainment and Lifestyle

Wendy Moten
December 7, 2024

Music Spotlight: Wendy Moten

Not long after I started writing my Music Spotlight column, I came across one of the greatest voices I’d ever heard in Nashville, Wendy Moten. I even gave her a shoutout when Heidi Newfield released her Barfly Sessions record in 2020. After Moten rose to fame as the...
December 3, 2024

2024 (Mostly) Country Christmas Roundup

Riley Roth
November 28, 2024

Music Spotlight: Riley Roth

Chapel Hart
November 21, 2024

Chapel Hart Releases Hartfelt Family Christmas

Christmas Less Traveled movie
November 15, 2024

Candace Cameron Bure Unwraps Two New Christmas Movies

November 13, 2024

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s Farewell Tour

Twinnie
November 12, 2024

Music Spotlight: Twinnie


Latest News

Shopping for Clothes
December 11, 2024

Inflation Speeds Up in Latest Data

Annual inflation rates increased last month. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest Consumer Price Index, a key marker of inflation, which showed that consumer prices rose 0.3% in November, part of a 2.7% increase over the last...
DACA Supporters
December 11, 2024

Another Federal Court Rules Against DACA, This Time Related to Health Care

Another federal court has ruled against the federal program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), arguing a Biden administration plan to provide free health care to DACA recipients is illegal.  It's the fourth time a federal judge has recently ruled against...
Albertsons Store
December 11, 2024

Albertsons Sues Kroger After Judge Blocks Merger

Grocery chain Albertsons ended its $25 billion merger with Kroger, first announced in 2022, after a judge blocked it from going through. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) argued that the merger would hurt consumers by limiting competition.
ICE Arrest
December 11, 2024

California County Dems Move to Shield Migrants Charged with ‘Heinous Crimes’ from ICE

San Diego County doubled down on its existing sanctuary policy by voting to further restrict local cooperation with federal immigration authorities, even in cases where migrants have been charged with “heinous crimes.” In a 3-1 vote on Tuesday, members of the...
Wisconsin AG
December 11, 2024

Two Trump Lawyers Charged with 10 Additional Felonies in Connection with 2020 Fake Elector Case

The Wisconsin Department of Justice has filed 10 additional felony charges against two lawyers and an aide to Donald Trump for allegedly alleged involvement in a plan to submit paperwork falsely claiming that Trump, who a president, won the state...
December 11, 2024

FBI Director Christopher Wray Announces Resignation

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday he is resigning as the leader of the agency, according to several news reports.
December 11, 2024

House Judiciary Chair Jordan Says FBI, Others Are Weaponized to Spy on Americans’ Bank Accounts

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said Tuesday that the federal government has been weaponized to spy on Americans' bank accounts and financial transactions.
December 11, 2024

Microsoft Promotes Media Literacy as ‘Inoculation’ Against ‘Disinformation’

Microsoft has staked a claim in the growing field of “media literacy” and “digital literacy,” which aims to instruct members of the public – especially schoolchildren – in what types of digital media they ought to trust and distrust. As FFO has previously...
December 10, 2024

Trump-Appointed Judge Temporarily Closes Door to Obamacare for DACA Recipients

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Joe Biden’s attempt to provide Obamacare coverage to illegal migrants enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, marking the latest courtroom loss for his immigration agenda.
December 10, 2024

‘EPIC!’: Matt Gaetz Lands New Primetime Gig on Conservative Network

Former Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz is set to join the primetime lineup One America News Network (OAN) in January, the network announced Tuesday.
December 10, 2024

Pressure Mounts for Support of Trump’s Cabinet Picks During Honeymoon as Fights Heat Up

President-elect Donald Trump seems to finally be enjoying the honeymoon period he didn’t get after his 2016 victory, with Democrats publicly expressing willingness to work with him on key initiatives and public polling showing broad approval of his plans.
December 10, 2024

Rasmussen: Ending Birthright Citizenship ‘Popular with Voters’

The results of a poll from early 2024 is receiving renewed attention after former President Trump considers ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants.
December 10, 2024

Bombshell Memo from 2021 Warned Unprepared DHS About Surge of Unaccompanied Migrant Children

Long before Congress became alarmed over as many as 320,000 unaccompanied minor children from the border crisis, the Department of Homeland Security prepared a briefing memo in summer 2021 starkly warning Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that federal authorities were ill-equipped to...
Empty Wallet
December 10, 2024

Report: Average American Household Has More than $10,000 in Credit Card Debt

The average American household credit card balance as of the third quarter of 2024 was about $10,757 after adjusting for inflation, according to a new study. The personal-finance website WalletHub on Friday released its new Credit Card Debt Study, which...
Biden and Garland
December 10, 2024

Commentary: Nearly Four Years Later, No Letup in Jan. 6 Prosecutions, Possible Pardons or Not

by Julie Kelley   Even as President-elect Donald Trump promised on Sunday to act “very quickly” on pardons for many of the protesters involved in the events of January 6, the Biden administration’s Justice Department is continuing to arrest and try people...
Mike Rogers
December 10, 2024

New Defense Spending Bill Puts Slew of Left-Wing Initiatives on Chopping Block

Congress’ latest defense spending bill unveiled Saturday would deal a major blow to a slew of left-wing policy initiatives that have been pushed by the Biden Pentagon. The National Defense Reauthorization Act of 2025 (NDAA) includes provisions that prohibit the...
December 9, 2024

Luigi Mangione Charged with Murder in Death of UnitedHealthcare CEO

Manhattan prosecutors charged Luigi Mangione with murder on Monday night in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, along with other charges, according to court documents reported by the Associated Press.
December 9, 2024

Person of Interest in UnitedHealthcare Killing Luigi Mangione Appears in Court, Faces Five Charges

Luigi Mangione, the person of interest who has been arrested on gun charges and held in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appeared in court in Pennsylvania on Monday night for a preliminary arraignment.
David Gregory
December 9, 2024

New Missouri State Legislator Introduces Bill to Award $1,000 Bounty to Americans Who Report Illegal Aliens

A newly-elected state lawmaker in Missouri has introduced a bill that will award a bounty of $1,000 to any citizen who reports an illegal alien to the authorities. As reported by Fox News, the bill introduced by State Senator-elect David Gregory...
Trump and Syria
December 9, 2024

Trump Signals Shift from Unnecessary Military Intervention with Reaction to Assad Ouster in Syria

The unexpected fall of the Assad regime in Syria to a ragtag team of Islamist insurgents plunged the Middle East into a new era of uncertainty and opportunity while putting the world on notice that Donald Trump’s return to power...
LA Times
December 9, 2024

LA Times Owner Readies ‘Bias Meter’ to Appear on News Articles and Columns

The Los Angeles Times is preparing to unveil a "bias meter" to appear on news articles and columns on the news outlet's website, according to the news outlet's owner. The bias meter, which could launch as early as January, will...
Biden and Ukraine
December 9, 2024

DOD Sends an Additional $988 Million Package to Ukraine

The U.S. Department of Defense announced a new round of nearly $1 billion in U.S. taxpayer money for Ukraine as the conflict with Russia continues. Total U.S. taxpayer funding for Ukraine now totals $62 billion since the war began. The latest...
Supreme Court
December 9, 2024

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to Racial Discrimination in Public School Admissions

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a case challenging Boston Public Schools using a student’s ZIP code as a factor for admission in an attempt to admit more nonwhite students. The case alleges white students were unfairly discriminated against after several prestigious...
Cal Berkeley
December 9, 2024

California’s Major University Accreditor Wants to Elimanate DEI Requirements

The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) is considering removing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) language from its accreditation standards. The accreditor is responsible for overseeing the entire University of California (UC) system, the California State University system and several religious institutions. The proposed...
Tampa Bay Rays
December 9, 2024

Rays on Fourth Stadium Proposal in the Tampa Bay Area

With the Tampa Bay Rays' $1.3 billion stadium plan in limbo, it's easy to forget that the team is now on the fourth iteration of a new home. The proposed stadium is to anchor a $6.5 billion development in St....
Trump Cabinet Members
December 7, 2024

Commentary: The Things Trump Nominees Have Not Done—And Will Not Do

Deflated by the resounding November defeat, the left now believes it can magically rebound by destroying Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees. Many of Trump’s picks are well outside the usual Washington, DC/New York political, media, and corporate nexus.
Job Interview
December 7, 2024

U.S. Economy Added 227K Jobs in November, Annual Jobless Rate Increased Slightly to 4.2 Percent: Feds

The Labor Department reported Friday the number of new jobs in the U.S. economy increased in November, compared to the previous month, while the unemployment rate increased slightly to the annualize rate of 4.2% The economy in November added 227,000...
Wendy Moten
December 7, 2024

Music Spotlight: Wendy Moten

Not long after I started writing my Music Spotlight column, I came across one of the greatest voices I’d ever heard in Nashville, Wendy Moten. I even gave her a shoutout when Heidi Newfield released her Barfly Sessions record in...
NATO Headquarters
December 7, 2024

Commentary: Time to Dump Europe

Events over the past months have exposed a very stark divide between the globalist, collectivist, “woke” authorities of Europe and the Make America Great Again (MAGA) patriot movement here in the United States. To be frank, it is almost as...
December 7, 2024

Commentary: Misremembering Pearl Harbor

Most Americans once were mostly in agreement about what happened on December 7, 1941, 80 years ago this year. But not so much now, given either the neglect of America’s past in the schools or woke revisionism at odds with...
Honest Elections Project
American Refugees

 

 MORE STORIES

 

Honest Elections Project

BREAKING HEADLINES

Time Magazine to Name Trump ‘Person of the Year’

Report: Cuba Running Multiple Espionage Facilities Potentially Used by China to Spy on U.S.

Bankruptcy Judge Rejects the Onion’s Bid for Infowars

Police Arrest Luigi Mangione as ‘Person of Interest’ in UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing

Zelensky Open to Western Troops Providing Security to End War in Ukraine


Sign up to The Florida Capital Star Weekend Review for updates, breaking news, and special offers

* indicates required

Story Calendar

December 2024
S M T W T F S
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031  
« Nov    

The Florida Capital Star © 2021