Authorities have indicted Hamblen County Trustee John Baskette this month on charges of misconduct in office, according to a new audit from Tennessee Comptrollers.
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Commentary: Spare the Angst Over the ‘Public Charge’ Rule
The Trump Administration is continuing to take steps to enforce existing immigration laws. And the response from the Left and the mainstream media (at this point, one and the same) has been what you’d expect.
Read the full story‘The Economy is Back, Jobs are Back, and America is Back,’ Vice President Pence Tells Detroit Economic Club
President Donald Trump has revived America’s economy, and warned against electing a Democrat in 2020, Vice President Mike Pence said Monday during an appearance in Detroit.
Read the full storyRunning for U.S. Senate, Manny Sethi Visits Clay County
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Manny Sethi spoke at the Clay County Reagan Day Dinner Sunday.
“You made me who I am,” Sethi told audience members.
Read the full storyTwitter Reveals a Large State-Backed Chinese Misinformation Campaign Targeting Hong Kong
Twitter disclosed more than 900 accounts originating from within China that deliberately attempted to promote disinformation in Hong Kong as activists engage in pro-democracy demonstrations in the region.
Read the full storyTrump Says Apple’s Tim Cook Makes a ‘Compelling’ Case Against Tariffs on Tech Products
President Donald Trump said Sunday that Apple CEO Tim Cook told him paying economic tariffs would make it difficult for his company to compete with the likes of Samsung.
Read the full storyLawyer Activist Group Files Federal Court Injunction to Block Tennessee’s New Law Seeking to Stop Illegal, Incompetent Voter Registration Drives
A lawyer activist organization in Washington, D.C., is trying to block Tennessee’s efforts to secure its elections from fraud and incompetence by filing an injunction in federal court, but one political observer isn’t buying it, saying the law combats illegal registration efforts.
Read the full storyLindsey Graham: FISA Abuse Report Will Be ‘Ugly And Damning’ For DOJ, FBI
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said he expects the inspector general’s report into FBI surveillance of the Trump campaign will be “ugly and damning” for the agency and the Department of Justice.
Read the full storyGingrich Calls the New York Times’ ‘1619 Project’ to Inform Americans of the Country’s ‘True’ Founding, ‘Embarrassing’
Some conservatives and journalists condemned The New York Times following its “1619 Project” that “aims to reframe the country’s history.”
Read the full storyCommentary: What Starts at the County Level Ends Up in D.C.
In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the Tea Party movement was born when NBC annalist Rick Santelli screamed that President Barack Obama’s mortgage relief plan would “subsidize losers” and Americans should revolt! This five-minute rant became the “Tea Party” rallying cry and created a whole new group of political activists.
Read the full storyAmid US-China Trade War, Dozens of Colleges Still Promote Chinese Propaganda Through ‘Confucius Institutes’
FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before Congress earlier this year that Confucius institutes on American university campuses are a threat to national security. In the wake of that testimony, more than 15 of them have closed their doors.
Read the full storyThe New York City Police Department Received 2,916 ICE Detainer Requests and Ignored All of Them
Newly-released information shows that the New York Police Department has denied thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer requests over a one-year timespan.
Read the full storyVanderbilt University Professor: ‘White Privilege’ A Reason Why People Oppose Gun Control
People in the United States refuse to pass more gun control laws because of white supremacy and “white privilege,” according to a Vanderbilt University professor out of Nashville.
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