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June 5, 2025

Arizona U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego Calls on EPA to Keep ‘Energy Star’ Program

U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, wants the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider any efforts to eliminate the Energy Star program. The Trump administration has proposed ending the program, but in a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, Gallego wrote Energy...

June 5, 2025

Tennessee’s Free Fishing Day This Saturday

Everyone can fish for free in Tennessee's public waters this Saturday, June 7, for the state’s annual Bobby Wilson Free Fishing Day.

June 5, 2025

Deputy Secretary of Education Nominee Penny Schwinn Says Foreign Students Boost U.S. Competitiveness in Confirmation Hearing

Former Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn, who was controversially nominated in January to serve as the Deputy Secretary of Education, told the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions that foreign students boost the competitiveness of the American...

June 5, 2025

Maricopa County Republican Committee EGC Votes Unanimously to Demand the DOJ Investigate the State Bar of Arizona

The Executive Guidance Committee (EGC) of the Maricopa County Republican Committee unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday night calling for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to “mmediately commence an nvestigation of the State Bar of...

June 5, 2025

Iowa U.S. Senator Joni Ernst Introduces Major DOGE Bill That Could Save Taxpayers $150 Million a Year

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa introduced legislation Thursday to codify policies implemented by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that could save over $150 billion a year.

June 5, 2025

Nashville, Beacon Center Agree to $1.4 Million Settlement

The Beacon Center and the city of Nashville have settled a class action lawsuit over stormwater capacity fees. Peyton Pratt sued the city after he was charged more than $6,000 in fees when he expanded his residence, according to a...

June 5, 2025

‘A Significant Impact’: Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill to Double Down on Border Security

President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” will bolster the security apparatus established along the U.S.-Mexico border, GOP supporters and law enforcement officials say.

June 5, 2025

Trump Will Slash Voice of America Staff to Just 18 People, Leaked Letter Reveals

The Trump administration moved to eliminate nearly all remaining employees at Voice of America on Wednesday, telling Congress it intends to cut the international broadcaster’s workforce from about 1,000 to just 18.

June 5, 2025

Federal Money Trail Leads to Chinese Scientists Charged in Shocking Pathogen Plot, Memos Show

Two Chinese scientists charged in a shocking plot to smuggle a toxic pathogen into the United States worked at an American laboratory led by more senior Chinese scientists funded by the U.S. government, according to federal spending records and the...

June 5, 2025

Commentary: Senate Fiscal Hawks Stall Tax and Border Deal Over Debt Ceiling

“I want to see the tax cuts made permanent, but I also want to see the $5 trillion in new debt removed from the bill. At least 4 of us in the Senate feel this way.” That was Sen. Rand Paul...

June 5, 2025

Culture, Sports, and Business Worlds Dial Back Support of ‘Pride Month’

After four years of failed social engineering, now it would appear that the United States is decidedly less "pride"-ful than in previous years, according to a look at currents in polling, politics, culture and business.

June 5, 2025

Rhetoric Among Leftists Against ICE Agents Threatening Rule of Law, Legal Expert Warns

Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and current law professor at Liberty University School of Law, warned that American society is experiencing a deep cultural and legal decline fueled by moral relativism - the idea that individuals can define their...

June 5, 2025

Commentary: Tennessee Leaders Stand Strong Against Illegal Immigration

As a proud Tennessean and a grassroots Republican leader with the Williamson County Conservatives, I am heartened by the bold leadership of Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, State Representative Lee Reeves, and Congressman Andy Ogles in their unwavering commitment to...

June 5, 2025

Trump Admin Cracks Down on Texas over In-State Tuition for Illegals

The Department of Justice (DOJ) moved Wednesday to block the enforcement of Texas law granting in-state tuition rates to illegal immigrants. The DOJ filed suit against the state of Texas to stop the enforcement of state law requiring colleges and universities to...

June 5, 2025

Marc Elias Moves to Thwart Trump DOJ’s Litigation over Alleged Voter Inaccuracies

Democrat election lawyer Marc Elias moved this week to intervene in a Trump Justice Department lawsuit filed last week against North Carolina for the state’s alleged inaccurate voter registration rolls. The Justice Department’s lawsuit alleges North Carolina’s Board of Elections used a state voter...

June 5, 2025

Commentary: A Big, Beautiful Win for America

The American Dream is back in reach and our nation is back on the path to prosperity, security, and sanity, thanks to the actions of the House of Representatives last week. With the House’s passage of President Trump’s “One Big...

June 5, 2025

George Jones Honored With Bronze Statue at the Ryman Auditorium

George Jones, one of the most influential and revered voices in country music history, was honored on Wednesday with a bronze statue alongside other country icons, including Jimmy Dickens, Bill Monroe, Loretta Lynn, and Charley Pride. The statue was sculpted...

June 4, 2025

Elon Works to ‘KILL the BILL’ amid Frustrations over Spending

Now-departed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk on Wednesday has launched an effort to block the "big, beautiful bill" over his frustrations about the level of spending cuts in the legislation. Musk left government in May after working...

June 4, 2025

Senator Marsha Blackburn Introduces Bill to Make Doxxing a Federal Law Enforcement Agent a Federal Crime

Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced a bill on Wednesday to make releasing the names of federal law enforcement officers with the intent to obstruct a criminal investigation or immigration enforcement operations a federal crime.

June 4, 2025

Trump Signs New Travel Ban That Limits Entry to U.S. from a Dozen Countries, Restricts Seven More

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a proclamation that bars citizens from a dozen countries from entering the United States, and restricted access to the U.S. for another seven countries.