British Prime Minister Theresa May seemed headed to re-election late Thursday but her Conservative Party was shaken to its core, losing seats in an election the party expected to dominate. Proving the British have not seen anything quite like the previous year in politics, the left-wing Labour Party picked up…
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Several times during his testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, former director of the FBI James Comey described himself as afraid, weak and even cowardly in his dealings with the president – likely the first FBI director in American history to describe himself this way. “It was kind…
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Former commissioner of the state Economic and Community Development turned gubernatorial candidate Randy Boyd, who has publicly described himself as a “moderate,” is now appealing to conservatives for support through a recent direct mail campaign. “I’m probably the most hated, disrespected, untolerated political entity in existence,” Boyd said, continuing,…
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The establishment media’s bias was on full display following James Comey’s congressional hearing Wednesday. Headlines focused on Comey’s testimony that President Donald Trump “lied,” concealing the more pertinent and shocking revelations exposed during the hearing. Comey’s testimony exonerated Trump from allegations of obstruction of justice, and vindicated his claims about…
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Russell Moore, head of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), criticized Bernie Sanders this week for opposing President Trump’s budget nominee because of his Christian religious beliefs. The Vermont senator attacked Russell Vought on Wednesday in questioning him about his theological convictions. Vought is Trump’s nominee for…
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One day of huffing, another day of puffing, and we’re just about where we were. Half of us want Donald Trump’s presidency to succeed, whether we like everything about the Donald or not, and the other half regards him as the anti-Christ. James Comey’s big day before the U.S. Senate…
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Tom Humphrey, dean of the Tennessee political press corps, wrote an article Thursday at “Humphrey on the Hill” contrasting the results of the recent Tennessee Star Poll with the Vanderbilt Poll, in an article titled, “A clash of polling perspectives on in-state tuition for children of illegal immigrants.” We reprint…
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COOKEVILLE, Tennessee–State Senator Mae Beavers (R-Mt. Juliet), who announced she is a candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination on Saturday, told the Tennessee District 6 Patriots meeting at the Southern Hills Golf and Country Club in Cookeville on Thursday that, unlike other candidates who label themselves as conservatives but don’t…
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ConservativeHQ.com Staff Fired FBI Director James Comey’s statement released yesterday was a devastating indictment of the central figure in the investigation of alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians. And there was one line in that testimony that summed up everything you need to know about James…
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State Rep. Andy Holt is considering running for Bob Corker’s U.S. Senate seat next year. Corker has not said yet whether he will seek a third term, but Holt believes that if Corker does run as expected, there should be “a more conservative option.” “Somebody’s got to do it,”…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who has championed some of the strictest voting laws in the nation, announced a campaign for governor Thursday in Lenexa. Kobach, the architect of controversial election and immigration laws, advised President Donald Trump on immigration policy throughout the 2016 campaign…
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Officials with the city of Murfreesboro and Middle Tennessee State University are working on ways to combat crime in areas around campus. Recent violent crimes at nearby apartments, including murder, have caused alarm. Drugs appear to be a factor, reports WKRN News 2. While the shootings and other crimes aren’t…
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President Donald Trump submitted a new slate of judicial nominees to the Senate Wednesday, naming nine appointees to federal courts across the country. The list is the second such slate that the president has submitted to the Senate. The White House also indicated that Trump will officially nominate three more…
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FBI Director before the Senate Intelligence Committee vindicated President Donald Trump on the most important part of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, the president’s private lawyer said Thursday. Appearing before reporters but not taking questions, attorney Marc Kasowitz noted that Comey confirmed that Trump never was…
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Mark this down as the week Donald Trump won re-election. The television split screen Wednesday captured it perfectly. On one side, U.S. senators – the same ones who have failed to fulfill key parts of the agenda that got Mr. Trump elected – were squabbling, interrupting, misleading and orating about…
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Despite being a Class D felony in Tennessee since 1996, and despite twenty-one cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the state being reported in 2011, there is no publicly available record of any prosecutions for this crime in Tennessee. This contrasts sharply with Michigan that has no state…
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