The Virginia Star

October 16, 2025

U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt: Virginia AG Candidate Jay Jones’ Remarks Reflect Broader Crisis on the Left

U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO), who formerly served as Missouri’s attorney general, said Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general, “has no business” running for office amid the surfacing of remarks he allegedly made calling for the killings...

October 16, 2025

Consumer Watchdog Slams ‘Climate Risk Scheme’ Undermining FEMA Flood Maps, Driving Insurance Premium Hikes

Consumers’ Research sent a letter to several members of the Trump administration Thursday, urging agencies to ditch any association with the company First Street over its allegedly inaccurate climate risk modeling.

October 16, 2025

Grand Jury Indicts Former National Security Advisor John Bolton over His Handling of Classified Docs

A grand jury delivered an indictment on Thursday against former national security advisor and Trump critic John Bolton, who has been accused of unlawfully handling classified documents.

October 16, 2025

ACLU Loses Last-Ditch Effort to Stop SCOTUS from Evaluating State Bans on Men in Women’s Sports

When the Supreme Court agreed to consider whether Idaho and West Virginia can ban males from girls' sports, two weeks after upholding Tennessee's ban on medicalized gender transitions for minors, the transgender track athlete who defeated Idaho at trial and appeals courts got cold feet and...

October 16, 2025

ACLU Loses Last-Ditch Effort to Stop SCOTUS from Evaluating State Bans on Men in Women’s Sports

October 16, 2025

Judge Blocks Trump from Firing Federal Workers During Shutdown

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from firing federal workers amid a government shutdown in yet another instance of a court blocking executive actions, despite a Supreme Court decision meant to limit such stays. U.S. District Judge...

October 16, 2025

Commentary: The U.S. Can Break Free From China’s Control of Rare Earth Minerals

President Donald Trump has recently signaled his intent to impose an additional 100% tariff on Chinese goods due to Beijing’s sweeping restrictions on rare earth minerals. This escalation highlights that the trade conflict between these two nations is far from settled. At the heart of the...

October 15, 2025

Right-to-Work Advocate Jace White: Voters Face Clear Choice on Worker Freedom in Virginia Election

Jace White, federal affairs director for the National Right to Work Committee, said that Right-to-Work laws have emerged as a defining issue in the Virginia gubernatorial race and may heavily influence the election's outcome. On Wednesday’s edition of The John...

October 15, 2025

Congress Collected 30 Million Lines of Phone Data in Trump J6 Probe, Raising Civil Liberty Concerns

Congressional investigators collected a stunning 30 million lines of phone data mapping contacts between conservatives and the Trump White House in the name of investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, a massive dragnet that raises civil liberty concerns about the...

October 15, 2025

ICE, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Arrest 120 Illegal Immigrants, 91 with a Commercial Driver’s License

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in a late-September operation arrested 120 illegal immigrants, including 91 who were operating a commercial vehicle with the required license. ICE and OHP carried out an operation from Sept. 22...

October 15, 2025

College Students Identifying as Trans And Non-Binary Decreases

The number of Gen Z Americans identifying as transgender or non-binary has rapidly declined since 2023, a new study has found. Survey data out this year from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) shows approximately 3.6% of undergraduate students in...

October 15, 2025

Labor Department Warns of Increasing Food Prices amid Drop in Illegal Immigrant Workforce

The Labor Department has issued a warning of an increase in food prices amid a drop in the illegal immigrant workforce. According to an interim rule released on the Federal Register by the Labor Department on Oct. 2, the decline in immigrant...

October 15, 2025

LA County Declares Emergency over ICE Raids

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of declaring an emergency over the Trump administration's immigration raids in the area. The 4-1 vote came as federal law enforcement continues to target illegal aliens in the Los Angeles...

October 15, 2025

Winsome Earle-Sears Gaining Ground in Gubernatorial Race Against Abigail Spanberger, New Poll Shows

A new poll from the Trafalgar Group shows Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears closing the gap in the gubernatorial race, now trailing Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger by just two points - within the margin of error.

October 15, 2025

Senate Fails to Advance Republican Continuing Resolution in Eighth Vote

The Senate on Tuesday night failed for the eighth time to make serious headway on passing a House-passed continuing resolution that would keep the government open through Nov. 21. The government entered a shutdown at the beginning of the month, after the...

October 15, 2025

Commentary: The Obamacare Sweeteners Poisoning Budget Negotiations

Halloween could come early this year. The Democrats have named their price to avoid a government shutdown come October – an additional $350 billion for healthcare over the next decade. Critics say a big chunk of that money may go to ghosts....

October 14, 2025

Trump’s Historic Israel-Hamas Deal Sets Stage for New Overtures to Iran and Russia, If They Want It

As he was being compared to Cyrus the Great and other legendary peacemakers in the limelight of the Israel-Hamas deal, President Donald Trump was already not so subtly working the margins on future deals with Russia or Iran. Trump has...

October 14, 2025

Jerome Powell Suggests Fed Is on Track to Cut Interest Rates Once Again

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested Tuesday that the central bank may be on track to lower its interest rate target range again in 2025. Powell said in a speech at an event hosted by the National Association for Business Economics that based...

October 14, 2025

Bessent Says Trump, Xi Jinping Will Meet for Trade Talks

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet for trade talks, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says. The two leaders will meet at the APEC summit in South Korea, which is set for Oct. 31-Nov. 1, The Epoch Times reported.

October 14, 2025

Maine Dem Gov Janet Mills Leans into Trump Rift in Announcing Bid to Unseat GOP Sen. Collins

Maine Democrat Gov. Janet Mills on Tuesday announced her expected bid to challenge incumbent GOP Sen. Susan Collins for her seat, mentioning President Trump by name and saying she's "never backed down from a bully." Mills' campaign-launch video includes a...

October 14, 2025

Instagram Revising Teen Account Settings amid Backlash

Instagram will place new safeguards to ensure content for younger, teen users is age appropriate, Meta, the social media platform's parent company, said Tuesday. The popular platform began rolling out teen accounts last year. In September 2024, Instagram defaulted to making...

October 14, 2025

Erika Kirk Accepts Husband’s Presidential Medal of Freedom Award: ‘Best Birthday Gift’

Erika Kirk, the widow of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, accepted her husband's posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom award on Tuesday, which was awarded on what would have been his 32nd birthday.

October 14, 2025

Finance Titans May Have Found Trojan Horse for ‘Climate Mandates’

Major global asset managers including BlackRock and Blackstone have been looking to buy power utilities across America in a move that some industry insiders warn could harm consumers, raise electricity costs and advance a climate-driven energy agenda. In recent months,...

October 14, 2025

Commentary: The Pieces of Trump’s Peace

What did Donald Trump do differently to obtain at least temporary calm in the Middle East compared to the failed efforts of past administrations, foreign powers, and the United Nations? Let us count ten different approaches.

October 14, 2025

Oregon Now Spends More on Program Offering Free Health Care for Illegal Immigrants than State Police

Oregon will spend more in its current budget period on free health care for immigrants regardless of legal status than on state police by $500 million or more, according to state officials and budget documents. Oregon officials expect to spend $1.5...

October 14, 2025

Jake and Shelby Release Debut Album, Learning to Love

I featured Jake Lawson and Shelby Haim in January 2024, when they released their Just Us EP. At that time, they were both teenagers who met while attending Cedarstone Music School in Hendersonville. Fast forward 20 months, and the pair...

October 13, 2025

Labor Expert Warns Senator Josh Hawley’s Union Contract Bill Expands Federal Control

A bill introduced by U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) aimed at speeding up the process of reaching a first contract between newly unionized workers and employers is being criticized by a national labor expert who warns the bill is a...

October 13, 2025

Top Immigration Official Warns Naturalization Fraudsters Could Be Stripped of Citizenship

After a joint operation by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) found “mass patterns” of marriage and other immigration fraud in Minneapolis, the agency’s director says denaturalization and prosecutions are on the table. Operation Twin Shield, which was conducted by...