The Trump campaign announced Wednesday it has filed a lawsuit claiming The New York Times knowingly libeled the president when the paper reported as fact a conspiracy to “collude” with Russia.
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Sumner County Passes Second Amendment Sanctuary County Resolution
GALLATIN, Tennessee – After nearly four hours of the regular monthly meeting of the Sumner County Board of County Commissioners, a Second Amendment Sanctuary County Resolution was passed Monday evening by a vote of 18 to 4.
Read the full storyCommentary: The Left Dumps NeverTrump
The love affair between the Left and NeverTrump Right appears to be over. For real, this time.
Read the full storyRepublican Senators Murkowski and Collins Join Democrats to Defeat the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted with Democrats Tuesday against protecting unborn babies after 20 weeks.
Read the full storyIllegal Alien Arrested in Montgomery County for Allegedly Raping 11-Year-Old Girl
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed that one of the men arrested in Montgomery County, Maryland, for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl is an illegal alien.
Read the full storyTrump Calls on Two Supreme Court Justices to Recuse Themselves from Cases Involving Him
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg should remove themselves from cases involving him or his administration.
Read the full storyTennessee State University Schedules Opportunity Zone Event
Officials at Tennessee State University have scheduled a one-day forum on Opportunity Zones for Tuesday, March 3.
Read the full storyLeahy and Roberts Discuss Governor Bill Lee’s Pattern of Non-Consultation with Legislative Branch
On Tuesday’s Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed Tennessee State Senator Kerry Roberts (R-Springfield) in the studio to discuss this week’s Tennessee General Assembly agenda. Towards the end of the second hour, Leahy and Roberts discussed Governor Lee’s recent executive order on state employee family leave which some statesmen raised eyebrows citing that it was not possible to do without going through legislation. Further on into the discussion Leahy brought up how this seemed to be a pattern with the governor noting that the specifics of the Heartbeat Bill are still up in the air. Leahy: In the studio with our good friend all-star panelist and state Senator Kerry Roberts. It’s time now for the inside scoop about what’s really going on in the Tennessee General Assembly. What were the big issues? The big news going on up there on Capitol Hill? Roberts: It’s been a pretty quiet week with President’s Day on Monday. So, we tried to compress it into a couple of days. But the biggest thing that happened wasn’t legislative. So the governor in his State of…
Read the full storyCommentary: The Democrats Invented Bernie Sanders by Toying With Socialism for a Generation
After another big win, this time in Nevada with 46 percent of the vote, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a self-described democratic socialist, is the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020 — and the Democratic establishment has no idea what to do about it.
Read the full storyOver 3,600 Law Enforcement Agencies Across the US Were Given ICE Detainers
More than 3,600 law enforcement agencies across the U.S. were handed detainers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the last fiscal year, indicating how necessary local and state cooperation is for federal immigration authorities.
Read the full storyDHS Deputy Chief Won’t Rule Out Theory That Coronavirus Was Created in a Chinese Lab
Ken Cuccinelli, the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), could not definitively rule out the theory that the coronavirus was created in a laboratory.
Read the full storyOmar Announces Release of New Book Called ‘This Is What America Looks Like’
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) announced Tuesday that her memoir, “This Is What America Looks Like,” goes on sale this week.
Read the full storyWhitmer Files Motion to Remove Medicaid Work Requirements in Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer filed a motion on Tuesday for a partial summary judgement in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia after work requirements for Medicaid in Arkansas, similar to Michigan’s program, were found to be unlawful.
Read the full storyOhio Bill Proposal Would Prevent Biological Men From Competing in Women’s Sports
Two Ohio state representatives are set to introduce a bill this week that would prevent biological men from competing in women’s sports.
The Save Women’s Sports Act (SWSA), co-sponsored by Jena Powell (R-Arcanum) and Reggie Stoltzfus (R-Paris Twp.), will designate that sport teams be based on a person’s biological sex rather than how he or she feels.
Read the full storyMichigan Dems Want to Follow New York’s Lead in Banning Cat Declawing
Michigan House Democrats have introduced a bill that would ban the practice of declawing cats in the state.
Read the full storyHouse Committee Approves Bill to Make Minnesota Constitution Use Gender-Neutral Language
A House bill that seeks to replace all male pronouns in the Minnesota Constitution with gender-neutral language cleared its first committee Tuesday.
Read the full storyTwo Tennessee Legislators Say They Want to Make Local Governments More Transparent
State Rep. William Lamberth (R-Portland) and State Sen. Mike Bell (R-Riceville) have put forward a bill that would make government entities provide more information to the public on upcoming government meetings.
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