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  • EXCLUSIVE: Blackburn Co-Sponsors Election Security Bill Offering Bonus Funding to States That Verify Voter Citizenship
    EXCLUSIVE: Blackburn Co-Sponsors Election Security Bill Offering Bonus Funding to States That Verify Voter Citizenship
TN Top Story: 2022 Proposal Shows Left-Wing Nonprofits Sought Nashville Grants for Work Permits, Asylum, Deportation Protections as Tennessee Star Seeks FY 27 Records
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Top Commentary: Democrats Moan About Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund, But Forget to Mention Their Side Did The Weaponizing
TSNN Featured: EXCLUSIVE: Blackburn Co-Sponsors Election Security Bill Offering Bonus Funding to States That Verify Voter Citizenship
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lawyers
June 16, 2026

2022 Proposal Shows Left-Wing Nonprofits Sought Nashville Grants for Work Permits, Asylum, Deportation Protections as Tennessee Star Seeks FY 27 Records

The 2022 proposal by the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) and Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors (TNJFON) confirms the pro-illegal alien nonprofits sought more than $3.5 million to provide immigration legal services in Davidson County. Attached as an exhibit to the June 2022 resolution appropriating Biden-era American Rescue Plan...
Voting booth
June 16, 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Blackburn Co-Sponsors Election Security Bill Offering Bonus Funding to States That Verify Voter Citizenship

Justin Pearson
June 16, 2026

Bernie Sanders Endorses Justin Pearson as Progressives Rally Behind Democrat in Redrawn GOP-Leaning Tennessee District

Chattanooga Courthouse Renderings
June 16, 2026

New Chattanooga Courthouse Project Reflects Trump’s Push for Classical Federal Architecture

Freddie O'Connell
June 16, 2026

Nashville Mayor Signs Executive Order to Review Data Centers

Sen. Joni Ernst
June 16, 2026

Report Reveals Uncle Sam Has No Idea If Feds Are Handing Out Taxpayer Dollars to Wrong People

License Plate Readers
June 16, 2026

Commentary: I Know What It Means to Be Unsafe, and Nashville Deserves Better

Freddie O'Connell
June 15, 2026

Four Metro Nashville Departments Confirm Tennessee Star Records Request on Proposed $1.5 Million Grants for Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofits

Tami Sawyer
June 15, 2026

Shelby County General Sessions Clerk Tami Sawyer Indicted by Grand Jury in ‘Significant’ Corruption Case, Faces Up to 20 Years in Prison

Eleanor Ross
June 15, 2026

Pulliam: Obama-Appointed Judge Ross Faces One of the Worst Judicial Scandals in Memory

President Donald Trump
June 15, 2026

Oil Prices Fall as Trump Announces Iran Accord and Reopening of Key Shipping Route

Emissions Test
June 15, 2026

Decade After Diesel-Gate, UK Court Considers Similar Accusations Against Auto Manufacturers with Operations in Tennessee

Supreme Court
June 12, 2026

Don Palmer: Pending Supreme Court Case May Require States to Overhaul Mail-in Ballot Laws

National News

MLB pitcher
June 17, 2026

MLB Warns Giants Players Who Wrote Bible Verses on Caps During ‘Pride Night’

Major League Baseball has told three San Francisco Giants pitchers that they violated the league's uniform policy by writing a biblical verse heading on their caps on Pride Night and issued a warning to each of them over the matter. Pitchers Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker, and Ryan Walker all wrote...
Merrick Garland
June 17, 2026

Commentary: Democrats Moan About Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund, But Forget to Mention Their Side Did The Weaponizing

Trump situation room
June 16, 2026

Senate Narrowly Votes Down Advancing Resolution to Rein in Trump’s War Powers Days After 60-Day Ceasefire Announced

Trump and Israel
June 16, 2026

Trump Criticizes Israel’s Plan to Keep Fighting in Lebanon, Argues Syria Can Better Handle Hezbollah

University of Texas
June 16, 2026

New Report Says Major School System Hid Admissions Data, Defying Supreme Court

Donald Trump
June 16, 2026

Trump to Send Iran Deal to Congress

Norm Eisen
June 16, 2026

House Oversight Committee Probes ‘Pay-to-Play’ Concerns at Anti-Trump Lawyer’s Nonprofit

UFC 250
June 16, 2026

FBI Stopped Alleged Terror Plot to Attack UFC 250 Event with Drones and Snipers, Officials Said

Attorney General James Uthmeier
June 16, 2026

‘No Tolerance:’ Florida AG Sues TikTok over Child Safety Concerns

Sen. Joni Ernst
June 16, 2026

Report Reveals Uncle Sam Has No Idea If Feds Are Handing Out Taxpayer Dollars to Wrong People

Oil Drilling
June 16, 2026

Commentary: U.S. Natural Gas in a Dominant Position for Decades to Come

Gun Show
June 15, 2026

Federal Court Eliminates Biden-Era Gun Rule

James McDonald
June 15, 2026

Trump Nominates Former Fed Prosecutor, Personal Attorney McDonald to Serve as U.S. Attorney for SDNY

Commentary

Merrick Garland
June 17, 2026

Commentary: Democrats Moan About Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund, But Forget to Mention Their Side Did The Weaponizing

Democrats are furious that President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) created a strategy for targeted Americans to more easily access the Judgment Fund, established by Congress in 1956 to settle cases of abuses of power and politically weaponized investigations. Never mind that the DOJ’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund” announced last month has been struck down by a left-wing judge and...
License Plate Readers
June 16, 2026

Commentary: I Know What It Means to Be Unsafe, and Nashville Deserves Better

Oil Drilling
June 16, 2026

Commentary: U.S. Natural Gas in a Dominant Position for Decades to Come

climate protest
June 13, 2026

Commentary: America’s Energy Future Is Being Decided in Obscure Utility Commission Races

House for Sale
June 12, 2026

Commentary: Is Director Bill Pulte of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Jeopardizing the U.S. Housing Market?

Christine Blasey Ford
June 12, 2026

Commentary: The Left’s Cycle of Manufactured Hysteria, Institutional Damage, and Quiet Retreat from the Smoking Wreckage

Fixing a tractor
June 11, 2026

Commentary: When You Buy It, You Should Be Able to Fix It

research lab
June 11, 2026

Commentary: Bill Gates’ Billions Shape U.S. Medical Research

students
June 10, 2026

Commentary: Public Schools Are in a Downward Spiral

Weekend Spotlight

Proposed New Titans Stadium
May 19, 2026

Nashville to Host 2030 Super Bowl in New Titans Stadium

National Football League (NFL) owners voted Tuesday at the Spring League Meeting to award Nashville as the 2030 host city for host Super Bowl LXIV, which will mark the first time Tennessee will host the NFL’s championship game
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

Professional nurse
February 21, 2026

Tennessee Nurses Are Logging in as Online Nurse Practitioner Programs are Booming Across the State


Entertainment and Lifestyle

Carrie Brockwell
June 12, 2026

Music Spotlight: Carrie Brockwell

Carrie Brockwell's latest album, That's Real, is a breezy country-infused Yacht Rock-inspired record that encourages listeners to embrace authenticity, let go of expectations, and simply groove.
Texas Tech Brendan Sorsby
June 10, 2026

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

Travis Bolt
June 2, 2026

Travis Bolt Makes Grand Ole Opry Debut

Paige King Johnson
May 30, 2026

Music Spotlight: Paige King Johnson

Jordan Ranier
May 23, 2026

Music Spotlight: Jordan Rainer

May 21, 2026

Ashley Anne Releases ‘Generational Heartbreak’ EP

Braxton Keith
May 19, 2026

Music Spotlight: Braxton Keith

Chris Fenton
May 18, 2026

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

Clint Black
May 14, 2026

Clint Black Releases New Memoir


Latest News

MLB pitcher

MLB Warns Giants Players Who Wrote Bible Verses on Caps During ‘Pride Night’

Major League Baseball has told three San Francisco Giants pitchers that they violated the league's uniform policy by writing a biblical verse heading on their caps on Pride Night and issued a warning to each of them over the matter. Pitchers Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker, and Ryan Walker...
Merrick Garland

Commentary: Democrats Moan About Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund, But Forget to Mention Their Side Did The Weaponizing

lawyers

2022 Proposal Shows Left-Wing Nonprofits Sought Nashville Grants for Work Permits, Asylum, Deportation Protections as Tennessee Star Seeks FY 27 Records

Voting booth

EXCLUSIVE: Blackburn Co-Sponsors Election Security Bill Offering Bonus Funding to States That Verify Voter Citizenship

Justin Pearson

Bernie Sanders Endorses Justin Pearson as Progressives Rally Behind Democrat in Redrawn GOP-Leaning Tennessee District

Trump situation room

Senate Narrowly Votes Down Advancing Resolution to Rein in Trump’s War Powers Days After 60-Day Ceasefire Announced

Chattanooga Courthouse Renderings

New Chattanooga Courthouse Project Reflects Trump’s Push for Classical Federal Architecture

Marsha Blackburn for US Senate
Tennessee Leads
National Constitution Bee

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