Heckling Democrat lawmakers brandishing canes and signs couldn’t stop President Donald Trump from showing off his efforts to “renew the American dream” for every citizen.
He painted a picture of what he described as a dark past under Joe Biden and a new future where anyone can achieve the American dream.
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Todd Bensman, a senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, said President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariffs expected to be imposed on Mexico at midnight tonight may be a tool the president is using to attract businesses to set up shop in the U.S.
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Trump administration Energy Secretary Chris Wright during a visit to Tennessee that the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) would become part of a successor to the Manhattan Project of World War 2, which led American scientists to split the atom ahead of Germany, allowing the creation of both nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants.
Joined by U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) in Oak Ridge Tennessee last Friday, Wright first noted ORNL and Tennessee’s history supporting the American war effort during the 1940s, calling Tennessee “a leader” in the field that developed the innovative materials and processes necessary for scientists to split the atom.
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Tennessee lawmakers are considering legislation that could allow local education agencies (LEAs) to apply for grants that help “community partner” organizations develop a presence on school campuses in order to provide key services to students and their families, including healthcare, on school campuses.
House Bill (HB) 225 by Representative Kirk Haston (R-Lobelville) and Senate Bill (SB) 364 by Senator Richard Higgs (R-Knoxville), the Tennessee Full Service Schools Act, would establish a “full service community schools grant program,” funded by taxpayers through the General Assembly, that would be administered by the University of Tennessee (UT).
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The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of a Brentwood man over an alleged plot to bomb a federal courthouse.
MNPD announced in a Tuesday press release that Alexander Thompson, 35, was arrested after he alleged made “numerous electronic threats involving plans to firebomb the Fred D. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building.”
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Todd Bensman, a senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, said the greatest mass migration border crisis in U.S. history ended in a matter of hours under President Donald Trump’s executive powers implementing simple “deportation, detention, and expulsion” policies for illegal migrants.
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Twenty-four Democratic senators rebuked President Donald Trump in identical speeches Tuesday hours ahead of his address to a joint session of Congress.
The speech, part of the so-called “Shit That Ain’t True” campaign, primarily attacked the president on economic policy, citing the rising cost of eggs — though they also emphasized Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency’s cuts to “vital government programs.” The videos posted to X began with a clip of Trump promising to “bring prices down starting on day one” before the senators recited the statement verbatim from chairs or couches in their congressional offices.
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A senior studying at Middle Tennessee State University will attend President Donald Trump’s Joint Address to Congress tonight at the U.S. Capitol at the formal invite of First Lady Melania Trump.
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Two House Republicans on Monday announced the creation of a judicial task force that will investigate “rogue, activist judges,” who have recently ruled against President Donald Trump in a series of legal cases.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday issued a public statement expressing gratitude for the American contribution to their defense and expressing a desire to mend fences with President Donald Trump after a dustup at a Friday meeting derailed a planned mineral deal.
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Some congressional Democrats are planning ways to disrupt President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night Capitol Hill speech with a variety of props and theatrics, Axios reported Tuesday.
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Michael Patrick Leahy, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of The Tennessee Star, said the “battle” between the individuals who oppose and support a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine boils down to the common ideologies that are shared within each crowd.
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A bevy of major corporations and foreign countries have pledged to pour billions into the U.S. since President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20.
Since Trump returned to the Oval Office, some foreign countries, alongside Apple, Eli Lilly, and the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), have already announced plans for hefty investments in the U.S., totaling well over $1 trillion in expected investments. Many of the recent investments have come amid the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to overhaul U.S. trade policy, such as by announcing sweeping new tariffs on imported goods from China, Mexico and Canada on Feb. 1.
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As Elon Musk and his tech team urge their fellow Americans to become “domestic auditors” to help rein in federal spending, people have been encouraged to use the Treasury Department’s usaspending.gov website to identify and track government finance.
But usaspending.gov is wrong on the biggest picture, RealClearInvestigations found.
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Pro-lifers continue to urge the Department of Government Efficiency to defund Planned Parenthood, but they aren’t putting all their eggs in Elon Musk’s basket.
As pro-life groups fight for a provision in the budget reconciliation package to remove federal funding from Planned Parenthood, conservatives warn against allowing pro-abortion misinformation to derail efforts to defund the abortion giant.
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President Donald Trump has chosen Penny Schwinn to serve as Deputy Secretary of Education amidst opposition and ethical concerns. Although her public image has faced controversies, the lack of concrete legal rulings raises questions about certain allegations. We encourage the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Trump Administration to thoroughly evaluate her candidacy before automatically granting confirmation. Based on our experiences with her as Commissioner here in Tennessee, we strongly oppose her confirmation in this influential role at the National level.
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Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., is pursuing legislation to amend the Constitution so that President Donald Trump can serve a third term. “It’s a unique time in history,” Ogles told Just the News.
The 22nd Amendment currently limits presidents to serving two terms, whether consecutive or not. The House of Representatives proposed the amendment in 1947, two years after Franklin D. Roosevelt died after winning four straight terms, and it was ratified in 1951.
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LANCO is a multi-platinum-selling country band founded by Brandon Lancaster in 2015. The band consists of Lancaster (lead vocals), Chandler Baldwin (bass guitar), Jared Hampton (keyboards, banjo), Tim Aven (guitar), and Tripp Howell (drums). The band’s name is short for Lancaster and Company.
LANCO has cemented itself as one of country music’s most dynamic acts. The first song I heard from the band around 2017 was a jamming song, “Troublemaker,” which I instantly put on my workout playlist.
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