Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) attended the swearing in ceremony for Kash Patel on Friday as he took the oath of office to become the nation’s ninth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have decreased 94% over roughly the last year, Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks says.
Banks told CBS News, that agents are apprehending about 285 migrants a day, compared to 4,800 at about the same time last year.
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Sales of existing homes slipped 4.9% in January, but year-over-year sales were up 2% as high prices and mortgage rates keep some potential buyers on the sidelines, including first-time buyers.
Existing home sales retreated in January, the National Association of Realtors said Friday. Total existing-home sales – completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – dropped 4.9% from December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.08 million in January. Year-over-year, sales gained 2% (up from 4 million in January 2024).
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The proposed Arizona ICE Act is arousing weeks of protests outside the Arizona Legislature.
SB 1164, sponsored by Senate President Warren Petersen (R-Mesa), would establish the Arizona Immigration, Cooperation, and Enforcement Act, which authorizes state and local enforcement of federal immigration laws in cooperation with federal authorities. It passed out of the Senate Military Affairs and Border Security Committee on Monday 4-3 along party lines.
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Ohio is sending an additional $750,000 in taxpayer funds to move a primary care facility in East Palestine to a new location.
The money is expected to help East Liverpool City Hospital create the new location for the facility in the small, eastern Ohio village impacted two years ago by a train derailment and toxic chemical release.
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Buying critical resources from China? Maybe not. It’s time to make a deal.
It’s been three years of sending check after check to Ukraine, and for most of that time we had a president who just sent the money with a pat on the back and said let us know when you need more of our tax dollars. Thankfully, President Trump is back in charge and he will always ensure that Americans come first.
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Tennessee State Senator Bo Watson (R-Hixson) on Thursday filed a resolution in the General Assembly that would encourage teachers in the Volunteer State to educate pupils about the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley, which were renamed by President Donald Trump through an executive order late last month.
Formerly the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali, the names were changed to Gulf of Mexico and Mount McKinley through Trump’s “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness” executive order on January 28. Google, the major GPS mapping provider, quickly updated its services to reflect Trump’s changes.
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As the Trump administration threatens to pull funding from schools with race-based hiring, a Washington state school district is standing by its discriminatory practices.
Bellingham Public Schools in Bellingham, Washington, has a five-year diversity, equity, and inclusion “action plan” to prioritize the retention of “staff of color,” according to documents obtained by Parents Defending Education and first shared with The Daily Signal.
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As a longtime law enforcement professional serving and protecting the people of Putnam County, Tennessee, my career has been focused on ensuring the safety and security of our communities. An increasingly critical issue that poses a threat to our public safety is the explosion of unregulated and illicit vaping products that have infiltrated our country and our state.
These vapes, manufactured in unknown factories primarily in China, using unknown materials, and smuggled from China using underground networks, have flooded our market due to the Biden-Harris administration’s failure to enforce its own regulations.
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When I heard the title track of Garrett Bradford’s new album, “Honkiest of Tonkers” (Part 1), I knew he played music I wanted to listen to. It turns out he is a bonafide cowboy who writes and sings songs.
Bradford is a fourth-generation Texan and grew up in the western worlds of ranching and rodeo. His formative years were spent on the ranch, where he developed a profound appreciation for livestock, hunting, and fishing. But as many in country music can attest, Bradford started singing in church.
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