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  • Metro Nashville Budget Documents Contradict Mayor’s Claim that Proposed $735,000 ‘Grant’ for Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofit is ‘Not New’
    Metro Nashville Budget Documents Contradict Mayor’s Claim that Proposed $735,000 ‘Grant’ for Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofit is ‘Not New’
TN Top Story: Federal Lawsuit Challenges Tennessee Law Targeting Illegal Immigrants With Final Deportation Orders
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Top Commentary: Allegations of Corruption by Top Democrats and Reinvestigations
TSNN Featured: Nashville Metro Clerk Confirms Office Has No State-Required Records ‘At This Time’ for $718k Grant to A Second Pro-Immigrant Nonprofit
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Tennessee Star
June 6, 2026

The Deception, Sacrifice, and Courage Behind Operation Overlord

Eighty-two years ago on June 6, 1944, the United States, Great Britain, the Free French forces, Canada, and other Allies launched one of the most audacious military operations in history: the seaborne invasion of Normandy, France. Code-named Operation Overlord, the assault thrust 160,000 troops onto five beaches in a last-ditch...
Metro Council Meeting
June 5, 2026

Nashville Metro Clerk Confirms Office Has No State-Required Records ‘At This Time’ for $718k Grant to a Second Pro-Immigrant Nonprofit

College Classroom
June 5, 2026

Over Half of Teachers Surveyed Worry AI May Be Making Students ‘Dumber’

Mayor Freddie O'Connell, Davidson County Courthouse/Nashville City Hall
June 5, 2026

Metro Nashville Budget Documents Contradict Mayor’s Claim that Proposed $735,000 ‘Grant’ for Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofit is ‘Not New’

City Hall
June 5, 2026

Pappert: Nashville Either Lacks TIRRC Grant Records or Is Violating State Law by Failing to Make Nonprofit Funding Request Publicly Accessible

illegal immigrants
June 5, 2026

Federal Lawsuit Challenges Tennessee Law Targeting Illegal Immigrants With Final Deportation Orders

DHS Sec Markwayne Mullin
June 5, 2026

DHS Sec. Mullin’s Senate Hearing Remarks May Clear Path for Abrego Garcia’s Removal to Costa Rica, Reporter Details

Gabriel Maror Ayuel arrest
June 5, 2026

ICE Arrests Sudanese National with ‘Violent’ Criminal History, Including Attempted Murder Conviction, in Nashville

person working out
June 5, 2026

Commentary: Gray Market GLP-1 Medications Put Lives at Risk, Especially in the Latino Community

Broadband Installation
June 5, 2026

Commentary: FCC Decision Holds Monopoly Utilities Accountable

KAG Costa Rica
June 4, 2026

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Tells Congress He Will Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica

Freddie O'Connell
June 4, 2026

Nashville Metro Clerk Says No State-Required TIRRC Funding Filing Exists in His Office for Proposed $735,000 Grant

Eva Romero
June 4, 2026

Eva Romero Outlines Priorities in Bid for Tennessee House District 60

National News

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
June 6, 2026

Analysis: Democrat Hispanic Support Is Down 30 Points Since 2018

With President Donald Trump’s approval rating underwater by over seventeen points and the GOP facing criticism over inflation and the Iran war in a critical midterm election, we would expect swing voters to be flocking to Democrats. Despite inflation and the Iran war creating strong headwinds for Republicans leading into November, Latino...
DNI Tulsi Gabbard
June 6, 2026

U.S. Intelligence Community Faces Historic Restructuring Under Gabbard-Pulte Transition

US Capitol
June 6, 2026

Commentary: Allegations of Corruption by Top Democrats and Reinvestigations

Tennessee Star
June 6, 2026

The Deception, Sacrifice, and Courage Behind Operation Overlord

College Classroom
June 5, 2026

Over Half of Teachers Surveyed Worry AI May Be Making Students ‘Dumber’

Mail-In Ballot Processing
June 5, 2026

U.S. Attorney in California: ‘Multiple Fraud Investigations Underway’ Related to Elections

Acting AG Todd Blanche
June 5, 2026

SPLC Charged with Offering Would-Be KKK, Neo-Nazi Defectors Salaries to Stay in, Spy on Hate Groups

At the Office
June 5, 2026

Commentary: May Jobs Report Shows The Summer Hiring Season Started with a Bang

ICE
June 5, 2026

Senators Fail to Get Ban on ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund into Bill That Funds ICE, Border Patrol

second amendment
June 5, 2026

Commentary: Violent Crime Drops as More Americans Pack Heat

Irene Kao
June 4, 2026

Anti-ICE Protesters Who Disrupted Minnesota Church Service Avoid State Charges

family
June 4, 2026

Republican Governors Giving June Family-Focus Observances Instead of LGBT Pride Recognitions

Donald Trump
June 4, 2026

Trump Administration Invokes Human Rights in Latest Bid to Restore ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs

Commentary

US Capitol
June 6, 2026

Commentary: Allegations of Corruption by Top Democrats and Reinvestigations

As Democrat operatives have been rooted out in the Justice Department and FBI since January 2025, some very inconvenient facts have been discovered, leading to grand jury and congressional investigations into long-buried corrupt criminal activities of prominent Democrats.
At the Office
June 5, 2026

Commentary: May Jobs Report Shows The Summer Hiring Season Started with a Bang

second amendment
June 5, 2026

Commentary: Violent Crime Drops as More Americans Pack Heat

Broadband Installation
June 5, 2026

Commentary: FCC Decision Holds Monopoly Utilities Accountable

Gavin Newsom
June 4, 2026

Commentary: California’s ‘Wealth’ Tax is Coming for Everyone

Trump and shipyard
June 3, 2026

Commentary: It’s Time to Act Against China’s Maritime Tsunami and Rebuild America’s Shipyards

judge
June 2, 2026

Commentary: Congress Should Not Turn Away from Judges Behaving Badly

School drop-off
May 29, 2026

Commentary: State-Run Community Schools Weaken Families by Assuming Roles Traditionally Held by Parents

Jason Cardiff
May 28, 2026

Commentary: The Government Took Everything Before It Proved Anything

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

Travis Bolt
June 2, 2026

Travis Bolt Makes Grand Ole Opry Debut

Music Spotlight artist Travis Bolt made his Opry Debut on May 29th in Nashville.
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

Teletown
May 9, 2026

Fender Celebrates 75 Years of the Telecaster at the Ryman

May 2, 2026

Music Spotlight: Austin Snell


Latest News

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

Analysis: Democrat Hispanic Support Is Down 30 Points Since 2018

With President Donald Trump’s approval rating underwater by over seventeen points and the GOP facing criticism over inflation and the Iran war in a critical midterm election, we would expect swing voters to be flocking to Democrats. Despite inflation and the Iran war creating strong headwinds for Republicans leading into...
DNI Tulsi Gabbard

U.S. Intelligence Community Faces Historic Restructuring Under Gabbard-Pulte Transition

US Capitol

Commentary: Allegations of Corruption by Top Democrats and Reinvestigations

Tennessee Star

The Deception, Sacrifice, and Courage Behind Operation Overlord

Metro Council Meeting

Nashville Metro Clerk Confirms Office Has No State-Required Records ‘At This Time’ for $718k Grant to a Second Pro-Immigrant Nonprofit

College Classroom

Over Half of Teachers Surveyed Worry AI May Be Making Students ‘Dumber’

Mayor Freddie O'Connell, Davidson County Courthouse/Nashville City Hall

Metro Nashville Budget Documents Contradict Mayor’s Claim that Proposed $735,000 ‘Grant’ for Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofit is ‘Not New’

Marsha Blackburn for US Senate
Tennessee Leads
National Constitution Bee

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