The Florida Capital Star

October 10, 2024

Inflation Ticks Down Less than Expected as Fears of Hot Economy Grow

Inflation fell slightly in September amid fears of a hotter-than-expected economy following strong job gains in the month prior, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) release Thursday. The consumer price index (CPI), a broad measure of the...

October 10, 2024

Neil W. McCabe Reporting Live from Florida: ‘There’s a Resilience Here’ to Recover from Hurricanes Milton and Helene

National political reporter Neil W. McCabe reported live from the beach in Destin, Florida on Thursday’s episode of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show where he discussed the destruction Hurricane Milton left in the state just hours after the storm officially...

October 10, 2024

New York City Reportedly Seeking 14,000 Hotel Rooms for Migrants, to Spend over $2 Billion as Crisis Rages On

New York City officials are reportedly looking to keep thousands of hotel rooms available for illegal migrants as the crisis in the Big Apple rages on, according to the New York Post. The city’s Department of Homeless Services is seeking...

October 10, 2024

Double-Barreled Hurricane Crisis Exposes FEMA’s Chronic Leadership, Staffing Problems

On the eve of Hurricane Milton’s landfall on a disaster-weary Florida, FEMA, the nation’s disaster relief agency reported a stark shortage of frontline workers available to be deployed: just 8% of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s vaunted Incident Management personnel...

October 10, 2024

Ethel Kennedy, Widow of Robert F. Kennedy, Dies at 96 After Suffering Stroke

Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert Kennedy, died Thursday after suffering a stroke. She was 96.

October 10, 2024

25 Governors Demand Answers on How Many Migrants Flown to States

Twenty-five Republican governors want to know how many illegal foreign nationals have been flown into their states by a Biden-Harris administration plan they argue is burdening their residents and creating an unsafe environment. Those being flown in have arrived through...

October 10, 2024

Commentary: America in the Age of Nero

Americans are like members of a quarrelsome family, so intent on arguing their petty grievances around the kitchen table that they don’t smell the rising smoke from the oven. As our nation fumes and the world burns, neither major party...

October 10, 2024

Overseas Voting Sparks Litigation in These Battleground States

Two major battleground states allow overseas citizens that don’t live—and in some cases never lived—in their states to vote, the Republican National Committee says. A group called Democrats Abroad, meanwhile, casts what it calls international voting as a “secret weapon” to win...

October 9, 2024

‘Remedying These Harms’: Federal Government Weighs Breakup of $2 Trillion Tech Giant

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering recommending a federal judge to force Google to sell parts of its business in a bid to eliminate its alleged monopoly on online search, according to a court filing Tuesday. A U.S....

October 9, 2024

Elon Musk’s X Reinstated in Brazil After Ban

Elon Musk’s X was reinstated Tuesday in Brazil after more than a month-long ban, which a judge issued after the platform refused to block certain accounts the country argued were disseminating false information. The platform, which has been suspended in Brazil since...

October 9, 2024

Poll: Left-leaning Quinnipiac Has Trump Ahead in Wisconsin, Michigan

In what can only be viewed as good news for former President Donald Trump, one of the more left-leaning polling outfits has found him carving out a material lead in two key battleground states.

October 9, 2024

DeSantis Says Hurricane Milton Mobilization Is Largest in State’s History

Mobilization for hurricane is larger for Milton than any previous in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis said from Lake City on Wednesday. State officials say 6,000 Florida National Guard soldiers and 3,000 from other states await storm rescue and recovery efforts,...

October 9, 2024

Probe into Whether Democrats use ActBlue Platform to Cheat at Fundraising Expands to 19 States

A sprawling investigation into the online fundraising platform ActBlue has expanded into 19 states, as attorneys general across the country press the company on its security practices and whether Democrats might be using the platform to cheat on election donations.

October 9, 2024

Millions of Christians Not Planning to Vote This November, Could Shape Election: Study

Millions of Christians in the United States indicated in a study released on Monday that they are not likely to vote in the upcoming election this November, signaling a potential problem for the Republican Party. Just over half of interviewees...

October 9, 2024

‘Zuckerbucks’ Hit Small Towns as Tech Group Finances More Election Offices

The Center for Tech and Civic Life—which four years ago doled out controversial election grants that became known as “Zuckerbucks”—recently notified White Pine County, Nevada, of a $20,000 grant. The county, in a major battleground state going into the Nov. 5...

October 9, 2024

Commentary: Foreign Censorship Threatens American Free Speech

On the eve of a highly-anticipated live X “Spaces” conversation between Elon Musk and former president Donald Trump, the powerful European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton warned in August that authorities would be “monitoring” the conversation for “content that may incite...

October 9, 2024

Music Spotlight: Connor Daly

Rising Americana artist, Connor Daly, released his new album, Colors Fade in July with twelve original tracks that showcase his storytelling prowess and musical versatility.

October 8, 2024

Afghan Refugee Waived into U.S. by Biden Charged with Plotting Election Day Terror Attack

An Afghan national let into the United States by the Biden administration immediately after the bungled withdrawal of American troops from his country was charged Tuesday in federal court with plotting an Election Day terror attack in support of the...

October 8, 2024

Catholic Healthcare System Plays Outsized Role in Transgender Surgery, Drugs for Kids: Database

America's fourth-largest Catholic healthcare system performed so-called gender affirming surgeries on 81 children and prescribed puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones to 113 over the past five years, according to a national database launched Tuesday by Do No Harm, which fights identity politics in...

October 8, 2024

U.S. Hospitals Raked in $120 Million Performing Sex Changes on Thousands of Kids, New Data Shows

U.S. hospitals charged nearly $120 million over five years for sex-change procedures performed on around 14,000 children, according to new data compiled by medical watchdog Do No Harm. The first-of-its-kind database, which logs sex-change procedures given to children nationwide between 2019 and...

October 8, 2024

FEMA Doled Out Millions Pushing ‘Equity,’ Prioritizing ‘Underserved Communities’ Leading Up to Hurricane Season

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in May 2023 launched a $12 million grant program designed to increase “equity” in disaster responses by making greater investments in communities with high concentrations of racial and sexual minorities, documents show. FEMA’s 2023...

October 8, 2024

Tampa Bay Area Braces from Strike from Major Hurricane Milton

Florida's Tampa Bay area could face record storm surge flooding from Hurricane Milton as officials try to clean up debris from Hurricane Helene before Milton makes landfall late Wednesday night. Gov. Ron DeSantis said crews will continue to work 24...

October 8, 2024

‘Suspect:’ Lawmakers Ratchet up Investigation into Soros Radio Station Deal

Republican lawmakers on Monday ratcheted up the investigation into billionaire George Soros’ purchase of a wide swath of U.S. radio stations. Soros is a major donor to Democratic and liberal causes whose purchase of American radio stations just before the...

October 8, 2024

Stadium and Arena Subsidies Not Worth It for Taxpayers: Report

Professional sports teams and government officials promise tax revenue benefits when taxpayer subsidies are used to build new or renovation stadiums and arenas. But those benefits consistently do not come to fruition, according to a report from the Tax Foundation.

October 8, 2024

Commentary: Modern Society Needs Its Renaissance Men (and Women) More Than Ever

The songwriter, actor, country/western singer, musician, U.S. Army veteran, helicopter pilot, accomplished rugby player and boxer, Rhodes scholar, Pomona College and University of Oxford degreed, and summa cum laude literature graduate, Kris Kristofferson, recently died at 88.

October 7, 2024

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