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    Freddie O’Connell Lawyers Up: Claims Attorney Client Privilege for Refusal to Release Documents in $1.5 Million Payments to Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofits
TN Top Story: President Donald Trump Endorses Brent Taylor in TN-09 Race
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TSNN Featured: Freddie O’Connell Lawyers Up: Claims Attorney Client Privilege for Refusal to Release Documents in $1.5 Million Payments to Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofits
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Marsha Blackburn
July 14, 2026

Blackburn Internal Poll Rebuts Rose Campaign’s Narrowing Race Narrative

With early voting for the Tennessee gubernatorial primary elections beginning this week, the campaigns for candidates U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and U.S. Rep. John Rose (R-TN-06) have released internal polls offering sharply different pictures of the state of the Republican primary race.
Matt Van Epps
July 14, 2026

Rep. Matt Van Epps’ First-Ever Bill Gets Passed

Jack Johnson
July 14, 2026

TN Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson: ‘I Don’t Think Tennesseans Agree’ with CNBC’s Quality of Life Ranking

Brent Taylor and Donald Trump
July 13, 2026

President Donald Trump Endorses Brent Taylor in TN-09 Race

Tennessee Welcome Sign
July 13, 2026

Study Claiming Tennessee Is ‘Worst Place to Live’ Cites Category Previously Named ‘Inclusion’ to Make Determination

data center
July 13, 2026

Knoxville Bans Data Centers for One Year

Lindsey Graham
July 13, 2026

‘He Could Have Had Another 20 Years’: Dr. Omar Hamada Says Early Detection May Have Saved Lindsey Graham

Freddie O'Connell
July 13, 2026

Blackburn Turns Tables on Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell, Blasts His Support of Illegal Aliens over Tennesseans

Freddie O'Connell, Mayor of Metropolitan Nashville & Davidson County
July 13, 2026

Freddie O’Connell Lawyers Up: Claims Attorney Client Privilege for Refusal to Release Documents in $1.5 Million Payments to Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofits

Sen. Lindsey Graham
July 12, 2026

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham Dead at 71 from ‘Brief and Sudden Illness,’ Office Announces

Sanjeev Kumar
July 10, 2026

Federal Judge Sentences India-Educated, Mayo-Trained Doctor to 20 Years for 15,000 Procedures with Dirty Devices in Memphis

Sleep
July 10, 2026

Live to 100: Dr. Omar Hamada Shares the ’10-3-2-1′ Sleep Routine for Better Health

Scott Bessent
July 10, 2026

Exclusive: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Explains Trump’s Push to Expand Wealth, Reshore Industry, and Cut Deficits

National News

Marco Rubio
July 14, 2026

Rubio Launches Diplomatic Effort to Dismantle International Criminal Court amid Row over Sanctions

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday a diplomatic effort to dismantle the International Criminal Court amid a worsening row between the court and the United States regarding sanctions. The effort comes after three of the court’s judges filed a lawsuit last month against the Trump administration in New York, arguing the...
grocery shopping
July 14, 2026

Commentary: Don’t Let Washington Kill SNAP Accountability Before It Starts

Trump and SCOTUS
July 13, 2026

List of Possible Trump SCOTUS Nominees Has Some with No Bench Experience, Not Unusual for High Court

People Voting
July 13, 2026

Evidence Mounts of Noncitizens Reaching Voter Rolls, Casting Ballots as DOJ Speeds Crackdown

Darline Graham Nordone
July 13, 2026

McMaster Taps Lindsey Graham’s Sister to Finish His Term

Katie Wilson
July 13, 2026

Seattle Has Highest Office Vacancy Rate Nationwide

Warner Bros.
July 13, 2026

12 States File Lawsuit Seeking to Block Warner Bros.-Paramount Merger

Trump and Iran
July 13, 2026

Trump Reinstates Blockade of Strait of Hormuz

Reid Hoffman
July 13, 2026

Leftist Billionaire’s Bankrolling of E. Jean Carroll’s Case Against Trump Draws Ethics Complaint

Tyler Robinson
July 11, 2026

Judge in Charlie Kirk Shooting to Hear Final Arguments in September on Whether to Send Case to Trial

nuclear plant
July 11, 2026

Commentary: The New Critical National Security Fuel Is Electricity

Spencer Hatcher
July 11, 2026

Music Spotlight: Spencer Hatcher

office workers
July 10, 2026

More than 40,000 H-1B Visa Holders Work in Texas Amid Calls for Reform

Commentary

grocery shopping
July 14, 2026

Commentary: Don’t Let Washington Kill SNAP Accountability Before It Starts

For sixty years, the food stamp program has operated under an arrangement no family and no business would ever accept: one level of government runs the program, and another level of government pays for it. States sign people up, calculate benefits, and process the paperwork while federal taxpayers cover the...
July 13, 2026

Commentary: Dieselgate’s Legacy Is Still Suffocating A Decade Later

pregnant woman
July 13, 2026

Marsha Blackburn Commentary: Birth Tourism Undermines U.S. Citizenship

nuclear plant
July 11, 2026

Commentary: The New Critical National Security Fuel Is Electricity

Doctor and Physician Assistant
July 10, 2026

Commentary: Academic and Credential Fraud Has Made Its Way into American Healthcare

American barn
July 9, 2026

Commentary: We Must Have a Rebirth of Instinctive Patriotism

Microvast
July 8, 2026

Commentary: Tennessee Needs to Stop Supporting China-Linked Microvast

young people
July 8, 2026

Commentary: Don’t Lock Young Americans into Social Security

mamdani and sanders
July 7, 2026

Commentary: The New Socialists and What They Say About America

Weekend Spotlight

Midjourney Media Ultrasonic CT
June 18, 2026

Generative AI Imaging Company Midjourney Announces ‘Midjourney Medical’ Featuring New Full Body Scan Invention

Midjourney, the AI company best known for its generative image tools, announced Wednesday a major pivot into healthcare with the launch of Midjourney Medical, a new division developing a radiation-free, full-body imaging system it calls “Ultrasonic CT” or full-body ultrasound.
Proposed New Titans Stadium
May 19, 2026

Nashville to Host 2030 Super Bowl in New Titans Stadium

Chris Fenton
May 18, 2026

Hollywood Executive Chris Fenton Eyes Tennessee Expansion While Launching New Family Film ‘Bad Counselors’

Full body MRI scan
May 17, 2026

Preventive Healthcare Goes High-Tech with Specialized Whole-Body MRI Clinics

classroom discussion
May 15, 2026

Declining Literacy Rates Spark New Concerns About Civic Understanding Among Young Americans

Jack Daniels
April 28, 2026

French Company Vies with American Company to Acquire Iconic Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey

Dr. Omar Hamada
March 7, 2026

Dr. Omar Hamada Identifies the Five Medical Tests You Must Take for Early Detection of Deadly Illnesses


Entertainment and Lifestyle

Thomas Rhett
July 13, 2026

Country Superstar Thomas Rhett Receives Star on Music City Walk of Fame

Diamond-certified superstar Thomas Rhett, whose career has produced 25 Number One hits over the past decade, was inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame on Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee.
Spencer Hatcher
July 11, 2026

Music Spotlight: Spencer Hatcher

DEK of Hearts
July 4, 2026

Music Spotlight: DEK of Hearts

Devin Wright
July 1, 2026

Artist Spotlight: Devin Wright

Emily Hackett
June 27, 2026

Emily Hackett Releases New Album ‘Must Be Present to Win’

Dennis Quaid
June 23, 2026

Dennis Quaid Releases ‘On My Way to Heaven’ Featuring Tanya Tucker and Kris Kristofferson

Songwriting With: Soldiers
June 19, 2026

Songwriting With: Soldiers Releases ‘Daddy’s Son’ for Father’s Day

Carrie Brockwell
June 12, 2026

Music Spotlight: Carrie Brockwell

Texas Tech Brendan Sorsby
June 10, 2026

Leahy, Brewer Raise Concerns About Sports Betting’s Growing Influence on College Athletics Amid Sorsby Ruling


Latest News

Marsha Blackburn

Blackburn Internal Poll Rebuts Rose Campaign’s Narrowing Race Narrative

With early voting for the Tennessee gubernatorial primary elections beginning this week, the campaigns for candidates U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and U.S. Rep. John Rose (R-TN-06) have released internal polls offering sharply different pictures of the state of the Republican primary race.
Matt Van Epps

Rep. Matt Van Epps’ First-Ever Bill Gets Passed

Jack Johnson

TN Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson: ‘I Don’t Think Tennesseans Agree’ with CNBC’s Quality of Life Ranking

Marco Rubio

Rubio Launches Diplomatic Effort to Dismantle International Criminal Court amid Row over Sanctions

grocery shopping

Commentary: Don’t Let Washington Kill SNAP Accountability Before It Starts

Brent Taylor and Donald Trump

President Donald Trump Endorses Brent Taylor in TN-09 Race

Trump and SCOTUS

List of Possible Trump SCOTUS Nominees Has Some with No Bench Experience, Not Unusual for High Court

Marsha Blackburn for US Senate
Tennessee Leads
National Constitution Bee

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