Tennessee U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) announced Tuesday he will seek reelection to the U.S. Senate in 2026.
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Day: February 11, 2025
Former USAID Official Warns of Corruption in Agency, Says Democrats Benefited
A former executive inside the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) warns of corruption in the agency that is currently being reviewed and purged by the Trump administration, alleging that among politicians, it is mostly Democrats who benefited from its funding.
Read the full storyLead Nashville Police Investigator of Covenant Killings Resigned One Year Ago, Moved Out of State
Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) recently confirmed to The Tennessee Star that former Detective Bobby Samuels, who was the lead detective investigating the Covenant School shooting committed by Audrey Elizabeth Hale on March 27, 2023, is no longer a member of the police department.
According to MNPD Spokesman Don Aaron in a Saturday email, Samuels announced his resignation from MNPD about one year ago, at the end of 2023, when the detective apparently said he intended to also leave Tennessee in order to be near family.
Read the full storyI-40 Connecting Tennessee and North Carolina Sets New Reopening Date Following Visit from USDOT Secretary Sean Duffy
A new target date of March 1 has been set for the reopening of I-40 connecting Tennessee and North Carolina, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) announced Monday.
Read the full storyCommentary: Say You Want a Revolution?
On June 4, 1989, an election was held in Poland, at the time a solid member of the Soviet bloc, a dedicated communist government that had the full support of their masters in the Soviet Kremlin. The results were supposed to be totally predictable. Only a third of the seats in the lower house of Parliament were at stake. And while the new Senate of 100 members was open for election for the first time, the Senate had little power and was viewed as a “safety valve” for the rulers. To say the powers that be thought the outcome was rigged is an understatement of historic proportions.
Read the full storyGoldman Sachs Scrapping Racist Policy That Said Company Wouldn’t Take Businesses Public That Had All-White, Male Boards
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is scrapping a pledge it made to refuse initial public offering (IPO) business from companies that had fully white, male boards, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
The major investment bank had implemented a policy in 2020 that required it to only take a company public in the U.S. or Western Europe if it had two diverse board members, one of which must be a woman, Bloomberg reported. Goldman Sachs deciding to abandon the diversity pledge comes amid reports of conservative activists calling for several Wall Street giants to revoke policies related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
Read the full storyLawmakers Take Aim at Taxpayer-Funded Union Activity
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa and Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania introduced legislation Tuesday to force government unions to reimburse the government for time and resources spent on union activities in federal offices.
Ernst and Perry submitted the “Protecting Taxpayers’ Wallets Act of 2025” to require that unions reimburse the federal government for resources and time by federal government employees used to promote the union’s activities. Ernst told the Daily Caller News Foundation that taxpayer funds shouldn’t be used to help unions secure “cushy benefits” during negotiations.
Read the full storyEJ Haust: Bannon’s Plea Likely to End Legal Drama and Media Frenzy
EJ Haust, a digital marketing expert and official guest host of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, said Steve Bannon’s guilty plea to a felony charge related to his involvement in the fundraising effort called the “We Build the Wall” campaign signals that Bannon is avoiding a “very long trial experience” and giving the establishment media “more headlines.”
Read the full storyLock the Door Behind You: Realtor.com Exits California for Business-Friendly Texas
As the California business exodus continues, the latest to leave is Realtor.com, relocating its corporate headquarters from Santa Clara, Calif., to Austin, Texas.
Realtor.com is a leading provider of online real estate services and is a subsidiary of News Corp. It says Austin as a top hiring location makes it a smart choice for long-term growth and a base to expand its footprint in Texas.
Read the full storyBill to Revoke Tax-Exempt Status of Nonprofits Aiding Illegal Immigrants Filed by Sen. Bill Hagerty
U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) filed federal legislation that would allow nonprofits to have their tax-exempt status revoked if they are determined to repeatedly, knowingly aid illegal immigrants.
Hagerty announced Monday that he filed the Fixing Exemptions for Networks Choosing to Enable Illegal Migration (FENCE) Act, which his office stated would revoke the tax-exempt status of organizations engaging in a “pattern of providing financial assistance, services, or other forms of material support to individuals they know to be unlawfully present in the United States.”
Read the full storyICE Plans Enforcement amid Los Angeles Protests; City Officials Say 10 Percent of Residents Are ‘Undocumented’
One week into anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are preparing for a “large scale” immigration enforcement action in the city, according to documents leaked to the Los Angeles Times.
City officials have said one in 10 residents are in the country illegally, meaning mass deportations could have a significant effect on the local economy.
Read the full storyTwo Individuals Charged in Murder of Ft. Campbell Soldier Found Dead in Clarksville Residence Last Year
Two individuals have been charged in the May 2024 murder of 23-year-old Ft. Campbell soldier Katia Duenas-Aguilar, the Clarksville Police Department (CPD) announced.
Read the full storyTrump Tells Hamas to Release Hostages by Noon Saturday
After a fresh batch of executive orders from the Oval Office Monday night, President Donald Trump said that the hostages still being held by Hamas must be returned by Saturday at 12 o’clock or the ceasefire deal should be canceled and all hell will break loose.
Read the full storyTrump Begins Trade War in Earnest by Shoring Up Key Allies, Targeting Chinese Goods
President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports on Monday, targeting critical industrial goods after shoring up trade relations with Japan and setting the stage for what is expected to be a lengthy economic showdown with China.
Read the full storyConflicting Claims Emerge as MNPD Struggles to Close Covenant School Shooting Case After Year-Long Delay: ‘Has Defied Reason and Logic’
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said the Metro Nashville Police Department’s (MNPD) handling of the investigation of the March 27, 2023 attack by Audrey Elizabeth Hale on the Covenant School has “defied reason and logic” as the department claims it is in the “finalization” stage of completing the process nearly two years after the attack occurred.
Read the full storyTrump Admin Shows ‘Leftist Idealogues’ Entrenched in Military Academies the Exit
President Donald Trump announced he was firing the board of visitors of all U.S. military academies on Monday in his continued crusade against “leftist ideologues” in the military.
Trump cleaned out the board of visitors for the U.S. military academies, such as West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy, Coast Guard Academy and Air Force Academy effective Monday, according to an announcement on Truth Social. Trump campaigned in the 2024 election on reducing so-called “woke” politics in the military, saying he would create a task force specifically to root out diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
Read the full storyRep. John McGuire Says Bad Policies by Virginia Democrats Gives Republicans ‘Chance’ to ‘Get Winsome Sears Across the Finish Line’
U.S. Representative John McGuire (R-VA-05) said on Monday that Virginia Republicans have a “chance” to retain the commonwealth’s executive branch in November, saying that Democrats in the General Assembly are not behaving like a party that is trying to expand its coalition ahead of the 2025 elections.
McGuire, making the comments during an appearance on “The John Fredericks Show,” highlighted the legislative agenda unveiled by Virginia Democrats as evidence the party may not be capable of beating Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, who seems likely to become the Republican gubernatorial nominee.
Read the full storyCommentary: The Democrat Party’s Self-Destruction
The Democratic Party is polling about 31 percent approval, a near-historic low.
Despite enjoying a huge lead in fundraising, legacy media favoritism, and incumbency, in the 2024 election, Democrats lost the White House to Donald Trump. Ever since, they have offered nothing new, no novel agenda, no innovative policies—nothing other than screaming that they are loudly against everything and anything that the president is for.
Read the full storyMaricopa County Supervisor Who Stripped Recorder Justin Heap of Significant Control Over Elections Refuses to Reinstate it
Leading conservatives called out Maricopa County Supervisor Thomas Galvin, chair of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (MCBOS) who has been accused of stonewalling attempts to look into election wrongdoing, for refusing to give back election powers to Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap. Galvin, the only incumbent Republican supervisor left on the board, voted with the rest of the board in October to strip the recorder of significant powers.
State Senator Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) posted on X, “Corruption in Maricopa County! Supervisor @ThomasGalvin has STRIPPED Recorder @azJustinHeap of his control over our Elections and is REFUSING to reinstate it.” He linked to an article at KJZZ about the vote transferring power last fall.
Read the full storyTrump Cabinet Pick Lori Chavez-DeRemer May Be Most at Risk of Not Getting Confirmed
One of President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks may be at risk of not getting confirmed amid growing uncertainty from Republican lawmakers, according to multiple reports.
Some Republican lawmakers are less than enthused about Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump’s nominee for Department of Labor (DOL) secretary, according to various reports. Notably, many Republicans have criticized Chavez-DeRemer for her pro-union stance.
Read the full storyIn Battle for AI Dominance, Chinese Corporate Espionage Creates an Uneven Playing Field
New charges in an alleged artificial intelligence trade secret theft by a Chinese national is a warning about how Chinese economic espionage unfairly tips the scales in the battle for technological dominance.
The new Chinese AI platform DeepSeek shook Silicon Valley last month when it claimed engineers had developed artificial intelligence capabilities comparable to U.S. firms at lower cost and with less advanced chips.
Read the full storyCommentary: Trump’s Outside-the-Box Thinking Could Spark Supply-Side Revolution Not Seen Since Reagan
President Donald Trump is opening up new frontiers for wealth creation around the world. How so? By advancing the supply side.
A half-century ago, supply-side economics burst onto the national stage thanks to the energy and charisma of former Republican New York Rep. Jack Kemp. Back then, in a time of high inflation and slow growth, Kemp argued that tax-rate reductions would increase the supply of goods, as producers were incentivized to make more. So prices would be lowered as new jobs and profits were created.
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