Three school board candidates and one city commissioner candidate who ran in the November 5 general election in Johnson City, Tennessee are pushing forward with a lawsuit against the Washington County Election Commission claiming that at least 50 votes cast in the race were improperly counted and certified.
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Members of the violent Venezuelan prison gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), continue to expand criminal operations in western states, including in Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
As the border crisis escalated, a record number of illegal border crossers from Venezuela were released into the country by the Biden administration and TdA violence expanded nationwide.
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President-elect Donald Trump on Friday filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, requesting the justices halt the January 19 ban of the short-form video application TikTok until after he takes office.
The push by Trump to delay the TikTok ban comes as a result of President Joe Biden signing legislation in April 2024 that required TikTok’s Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance, to sell its U.S.-based TikTok operations by January 19, 2025, over concerns of the Chinese Communist Party influencing or monitoring Americans through the app.
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The Stewarts Creek High School band is set to perform at next month’s inauguration of 47th U.S. President Donald Trump and the 50th U.S. Vice President JD Vance in Washington, D.C.
The high school band was selected by the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee to perform at the 60th Presidential Inaugural Parade on January 20, 2025 shortly after Trump and Vance are officially sworn into office.
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The CDC conducted a genetic analysis of an H5N1 bird flu sample from a person in Louisiana that shows the disease could be more transmittable to humans.
The person became infected with the “D1.1 genotype virus,” which closely resembles the virus “detected in wild birds and poultry in the United States and in recent human cases in British Columbia, Canada, and Washington State,” according to the CDC.
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Petty Officer 1st Class John Thompson was named Sailor of the Year for fiscal year 2024, the Navy Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO) announced.
Thompson, a Nashville native who graduated from Whites Creek High School in 2002, was awarded for his “sustained superior performance, leadership and professionalism” while serving at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Beaufort.
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Fifty-seven percent of American likely voters want the FBI to investigate former Representative Liz Cheney for her role in the committee that investigated the January 6 riot, according to Rasmussen Reports.
House Republicans released a report on December 17 accusing Cheney of witness tampering.
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The Fifth District Court of Appeals on Thursday issued a stay for the controversial “Corporate Transparency Act,” which would require 33 million small business owners file “beneficial ownership reports” with the federal government by January 1, 2025, under penalty of up to $250,000 in fines and five years in prison.
The order by the Fifth District reversed the previous decision from a three-judge panel on the Fifth Circuit, who on Monday reversed the December 3 preliminary injunction imposed by District Judge Amos Mazzant in Texas, which blocked enforcement of the law until the courts reached their final decision.
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Guatemala is reportedly open to helping President-elect Donald Trump with a key part of his mission to deport massive numbers of illegal migrants out of the United States.
The Guatemalan government is not opposed to receiving their own citizens and other Central Americans deported by the United States, according to several sources that spoke with Reuters. Such a move would likely be a major boon for the incoming Trump administration as Nicaragua and a number of other countries have been reluctant to take back their citizens who’ve been ordered removed from the U.S.
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Making Canada the 51st state. Retaking control of the Panama Canal. Buying Greenland. Donald Trump made a series of Christmas pronouncements that legacy media dismissed as classic bravado unworthy of serious consideration, but those who advise the President-elect say there is a more calculating intent behind his recent social media flurry.
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Tennessee U.S. Representative David Kustoff (R-TN-08) on Monday announced that he filed the Grown in America Act of 2024 with four cosponsors, Representatives Jim Costa (D-CA-21), David Rouzer (R-NC-07), Mike Carey (R-OH-05), and Mark Alford (R-MO-04).
If passed, the legislation would incentivize corporations to buy farm commodities grown in the United States through a tax credit accounting for 25 percent of the total cost of such items, with major companies able to save up to $100 million per year by buying American.
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Correction Officer Andrew Lansing died on Christmas Day at Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe, Ohio, allegedly at the hands of inmate. Lansing, a long-time and well-respected employee at the facility, succumbed to his injuries following the early morning assault. His death has sent shockwaves through the correctional community, as well as his family and colleagues.
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U.S. Representative Buddy Carter (R-GA-01) endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA-04) to retain his leadership position on Thursday, arguing a protracted battle to select the next Speaker of the House could jeopardize the ability of President-elect Donald Trump to enact his political agenda within his first 100 days in office.
Carter endorsed Johnson and made the remarks about Trump’s first 100 days, which are historically considered a “honeymoon period” for incoming presidents, during an appearance on “Mornings with Maria.”
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Legislation filed ahead of the upcoming legislative session in Virginia would require the commonwealth to use security paper and watermarks on absentee ballots.
House Bill 1566, submitted last week by Delegate W. Chad Green (R-Seaford), would require all ballots requested by Virginia’s absentee voters to be “printed on security paper that incorporates a visible watermark,” in order to demonstrate the absentee ballot is authentic. The watermarks and security paper must nonetheless maintain “the absolute secrecy of the ballot.”
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It’s no secret that many of the tech giants operate as monopolies, and one of the worst offenders is Microsoft. The Federal Trade Commission recently launched an antitrust investigation against Bill Gates’s creation, alleging it works unfairly to stifle competition and control various sectors of the tech market. The FTC wants to inquire into how Microsoft offers its cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity products. The agency is particularly concerned with the tech giant’s bundling services that kneecap the competition.
There is some uncertainty about whether the FTC will continue the investigation under the new Trump administration. It was launched by current FTC chair Lina Khan, a notorious leftist rightfully distrusted by conservatives. But while many of her initiatives should be discarded by Andrew Ferguson, Trump’s pick to replace her, the Microsoft investigation is not one of them. It aligns with conservative priorities on correcting Big Tech malfeasance.
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Nearly half of San Jose State University’s women’s volleyball players intend to transfer after a season marked by controversy over the inclusion of a male player on their team.
The seven athletes who have entered the transfer portal include Nayeli T’ia, Mari Lawton, Ava Martin, Laurel Barsocchini, Kiyana Faupula, Jade Epps, and Teya Nguyen. None of the players have given a specific reason for transferring, according to Outkick.
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