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    Tennessee Now Sole U.S. Site Qualified to Produce ‘Specialized Material’ for American Nuclear Weapons After Trump Admin Restoration
TN Top Story: Blackburn Compares Alaska’s ‘Decoy Dan’ Strategy to AI Smear Ad Against Her Following Tight Tennessee Victory
Top Commentary: EPA Enhances Federalism, Takes Aim at Costly Oil and Natural Gas Regulations
TSNN Featured: Tennessee Now Sole U.S. Site Qualified to Produce ‘Specialized Material’ for American Nuclear Weapons After Trump Admin Restoration
TN Top Story: Democrat Who Narrowly Defeated DesJarlais Says Roe v. Wade Overturn Inspired Activism, Credits Two-Year Campaign for Win
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Marsha Blackburn
November 6, 2026

Blackburn Compares Alaska’s ‘Decoy Dan’ Strategy to AI Smear Ad Against Her Following Tight Tennessee Victory

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Friday said that the strategy Democrats allegedly used in Alaska, where they are accused of recruiting independent Senate candidate Daniel J. Sullivan to run against incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), is similar to the artificial intelligence (AI) advertisement a dark-money group ran against her...
Marsha Blackburn
November 6, 2026

Blackburn Names Campaign Veterans, Advisers to Gubernatorial Transition Team

Oak Ridge Facility
November 6, 2026

Tennessee Now Sole U.S. Site Qualified to Produce ‘Specialized Material’ for American Nuclear Weapons After Trump Admin Restoration

students questions
November 6, 2026

Williamson County Commission to Consider $87M Request to Build New School

Victoria Broderick
November 6, 2026

Pappert: Broderick’s Victory in Tennessee’s 4th District Could Become Democrats’ Campaign Template

Blackburn Wins
November 6, 2026

Blackburn Builds Transition Team with Former Lawmakers, Administration Officials, Business Leaders

Victoria Broderick
November 5, 2026

Democrat Who Narrowly Defeated DesJarlais Says Roe v. Wade Overturn Inspired Activism, Credits Two-Year Campaign for Win

Harmeet Dhillon
November 5, 2026

Harmeet Dhillon Resigns from DOJ, Blanche Confirms

CVS Pharmacy
November 5, 2026

CVS Announces Plan to Separate Pharmacies from PBM Business amid Federal Lawsuit Challenging Tennessee Law

People in Line to Vote
November 5, 2026

Williamson County Election Results Show Strong Republican Support Across Ballot

Election Day Polling Place
November 5, 2026

‘It’s Not Complicated’: Brewer on Why Republicans Lost Congress

November 4, 2026

Democrats Flip Six Republican-Held Tennessee House Seats

Hegseth and Blackburn
November 4, 2026

Trump Predicts Hegseth Would Be ‘Very Popular’ If Tapped by Blackburn for U.S. Senate, but Denies He’s Considering Replacing War Secretary

National News

Job Interview
November 7, 2026

U.S. Adds 156,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Steady at 4.1 Percent

The U.S. economy added 156,000 jobs in October and unemployment remained steady at 4.1%, according to a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday. The unemployment rate has remained in a narrow range between 4.1% and 4.3% since March. Employment in professional and business services shot up...
Lee Zeldin
November 7, 2026

Commentary: EPA Enhances Federalism, Takes Aim at Costly Oil and Natural Gas Regulations

heinz products
November 7, 2026

Big Name Brands Signal Americans Have More Price Pain to Endure

Jason Quiñones
November 7, 2026

Top Prosecutor in Office That Carried Out Trump’s ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Probe Resigns from DOJ

Thune Congress
November 6, 2026

GOP Sen Ron Johnson Seeks Delay in GOP Senate Leadership Elections, After Big Midterms Losses

Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos
November 6, 2026

Secret Service Arrests Armed Illegal Migrant near White House Who Threatened the President’s Life

Chris Hohn
November 6, 2026

British Climate Activist’s Hedge Fund Holds Major Stake in Firms Who Can Make or Break U.S. Communities, Businesses

Harriet Hageman
November 6, 2026

Key Lawmaker Suggests GOP Go Big in Lame-Duck Congress to Foil Democrat Defunding, Spending Plans

Gavin Newsom
November 6, 2026

Newsom Moves to Spare 548 Death Row Inmates, Including Child Killers and Notorious Serial Murderers

Stephen Miller
November 6, 2026

Trump Names Stephen Miller as Next Chief of Staff, Starting Monday

Harmeet Dhillon
November 6, 2026

Ex-Assistant AG Dhillon Returns to Law Firm She Founded to Fight Unlawful DEI Policies

November 6, 2026

Analysis: College-Aged Voters Key Demographic in Democrats’ Midterm Victories

President Donald Trump
November 6, 2026

Commentary: While Many Candidates Fell Short, Conservative Ideas Won Bigly in the Midterms

Commentary

Lee Zeldin
November 7, 2026

Commentary: EPA Enhances Federalism, Takes Aim at Costly Oil and Natural Gas Regulations

President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking another step toward restoring a more practical balance between environmental protection, economic opportunity, and the role of the states. Last week, on Oct. 27, the President and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced proposed revisions to federal oil and natural gas regulations under...
Ro Khanna
November 5, 2026

Commentary: The Left’s DEI Revolution Was Waiting for Its Comeback

kid phone
November 4, 2026

Commentary: Big Tech Needs to Follow Tennessee’s Lead on Kids’ Online Safety

Merrick Garland
November 4, 2026

Commentary: The Weaponization Ledger Comes Due

Donald Trump
November 3, 2026

Commentary: Midterm Election Incoherences, Misadventures, and Paradoxes

Senator Bill Hagerty
November 2, 2026

Commentary: Senator Bill Hagerty and Tennessee’s Federal Courts are on the Ballot Tuesday

October 31, 2026

Commentary: Daylight Saving Time’s Mixed Results

Person decorating with candles and pumpkins
October 31, 2026

Commentary: Halloween’s Roots in the Christian Tradition

French protest
October 31, 2026

Commentary: Europe’s Riots Are the Bill Coming Due for Socialism and Globalism

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

Trey Calloway
November 6, 2026

Trey Calloway Releases ‘Honky Tonk Generation’ EP

Music Spotlight artist Trey Calloway released his latest EP, Honky Tonk Generation, on November 6th. Calloway is unapologetically as country as the Carolina clay. He knows who he is as an artist and has the talent to bring his vision to fruition. While the title track, "Honky Tonk Generation," sets...
college basketball
November 2, 2026

Player Eligibility in Limbo as College Basketball Season Tips Off

basketball
October 30, 2026

Judge Clears Former NBA Player to Join LSU’s College Basketball Team

Valerie Ponzio
October 30, 2026

Music Spotlight: Valerie Ponzio

I Play Rocky
October 29, 2026

Review: ‘I Play Rocky’ Is More Than Just a Crowd Pleaser

FIA World Rally Championship
October 29, 2026

FIA World Rally Championship Coming to Tennessee in 2027

Final Four
October 28, 2026

NCAA Names Nashville as a Finalist to Host Men’s Final Four

football practice
October 26, 2026

Division III Athletes Sue NCAA over Scholarship Ban

PSG
October 23, 2026

French Protests Postpone Professional Soccer Game as NFL Presses Ahead


Latest News

Job Interview

U.S. Adds 156,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Steady at 4.1 Percent

The U.S. economy added 156,000 jobs in October and unemployment remained steady at 4.1%, according to a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday. The unemployment rate has remained in a narrow range between 4.1% and 4.3% since March. Employment in professional and business services...
Lee Zeldin

Commentary: EPA Enhances Federalism, Takes Aim at Costly Oil and Natural Gas Regulations

heinz products

Big Name Brands Signal Americans Have More Price Pain to Endure

Jason Quiñones

Top Prosecutor in Office That Carried Out Trump’s ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Probe Resigns from DOJ

Marsha Blackburn

Blackburn Compares Alaska’s ‘Decoy Dan’ Strategy to AI Smear Ad Against Her Following Tight Tennessee Victory

Marsha Blackburn

Blackburn Names Campaign Veterans, Advisers to Gubernatorial Transition Team

Thune Congress

GOP Sen Ron Johnson Seeks Delay in GOP Senate Leadership Elections, After Big Midterms Losses

Oak Ridge Facility

Tennessee Now Sole U.S. Site Qualified to Produce ‘Specialized Material’ for American Nuclear Weapons After Trump Admin Restoration

Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos

Secret Service Arrests Armed Illegal Migrant near White House Who Threatened the President’s Life

Chris Hohn

British Climate Activist’s Hedge Fund Holds Major Stake in Firms Who Can Make or Break U.S. Communities, Businesses

Dao Prize Winner
Tennessee Leads

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Hegseth Expands National Guard Presence in DC
Alaska Senate Race Unresolved as Candidates Expect Week-Long Ballot-Counting Process
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