The Wisconsin Daily Star

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 and practices by making unsupported claims regarding the...

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 investors trading in China’s top exchanges in Shanghai...

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 reversal pill, according to court documents. Progesterone, also...

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 app, whose ownership has ties to Communist-led China, ...

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 a swimming class in March at Sun Prairie...

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. Subpoenaed witnesses don’t get to set the terms....

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 of people missed it because, while it was...

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 Tehran earlier this year. The measure passed in...

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 fentanyl flowing into America. The Drug Enforcement Administration...

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 be higher.

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 spending, measured by the personal consumption expenditure (PCE),...

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 Thursday. Fauci will take part in a two-day...

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 Biden administration has outdone its previous act of...

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 to vacate Judge Arthur Engoron’s order, which blocks...

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 to by its proponents as a “loss and...

December 1, 2023

Commentary: One in Every 39 Americans Will Die of a Drug Overdose at Current Rate

Despite the passage of state and federal laws that were supposed to reduce fatal drug overdoses, the annual U.S. drug overdose death rate has quintupled over recent decades: Over the most current year of available data, more than 110,000 people...

December 1, 2023

George Santos Announces Effort to Expel Jamaal Bowman from Congress

Republican Rep. George Santos of New York announced on Thursday that he will file a resolution to expel Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York, even as Santos faces the threat of expulsion from the House of Representatives. Santos, who...

November 30, 2023

House Panel Chairman Says January 6 Videotapes of Witness Interviews Missing

Videotapes of witness interviews that the Democrat-led Jan. 6 congressional committee conducted have vanished, raising concerns for the chairman of the successor House panel that is now examining security failures related to the Capitol riot as well as possible implications...

November 30, 2023

Marjorie Taylor Greene Reveals What Made Her the ‘Biggest Threat to Republicans’ on Episode 43 of ‘Tucker on X’

In episode 43 of his newest production, “Tucker on X,” host Tucker Carlson interviewed U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14) about her outsider approach to handling her job in Congress.

November 30, 2023

Jordan Issues Subpoenas to Ex-Biden White House Officials in Probe into Government Censorship

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan issued subpoenas Thursday to two former Biden White House officials demanding information on any role they played in censoring American's opinions on social media. The subpoenas went to White House Senior Advisor for the...

November 30, 2023

Inflation Has Cost Average Americans over $11,000 per Year Under Biden

Just to maintain the same standard of living that Americans had at the beginning of President Joe Biden’s term, households have to spend an additional $11,434 per year, according to CBS News. Since January 2021, when Biden first took office,...

November 30, 2023

Trad Catholic Family Dragged Out of Home at Gunpoint, Locked in Van After FBI ‘Goaded’ Teen to Post Offensive Memes, Dad Says

A traditional Catholic family was allegedly “dragged out of their home at gunpoint, handcuffed and locked in a van” earlier this year after the FBI “goaded” their 15-year-old son to post “offensive memes” online. The teen, a volunteer firefighter and...

November 30, 2023

Biden Clocks in Biggest Regulatory Burden in Recent Memory, Report Says

The Biden administration has outpaced other recent presidents in issuing significant regulations that place a financial burden on taxpayers, according to a report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Under President Joe Biden, the federal government completed 89 economically significant rules...

November 30, 2023

Commentary: Hispanics Reject Biden’s Agenda

Joe Biden and the Democrats hemorrhage Latino support into 2024. In fact, the trend grows into perhaps the biggest single liability for the Left into next year’s election. The liberal site Axios sent up a warning flare, declaring the breakdown in Biden’s Hispanic...

November 30, 2023

Commentary: Outlaw Public Sector Unions

Money doesn’t guarantee victory in political campaigns. For proof, look no further than Meg Whitman, the California billionaire who in 2010 squandered $179 million in her futile campaign to beat Jerry Brown and become that state’s next governor. When money is married...

November 30, 2023

Judge Recuses Himself from X Suit Against Media Matters

U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman on Tuesday announced that he would recuse himself from a lawsuit against Media Matters for America (MMFA) filed by social media company X. Pittman did not state a reason for his recusal, The Hill reported. Elon...

November 30, 2023

Democrats Versus Muslims: Liberal States Back School District’s Ban on Opt-Outs for LGBTQ Lessons

A wealthy suburb of Washington, D.C., doesn't inherently object to shielding even older students from sexually mature material. It just doesn't want to give the choice to parents. Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools pulled a novel that celebrates a promiscuous...