Democrats’ push to massively expand Medicaid over the past several years has turned the program into something nearly unrecognizable.
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Tennessee U.S. Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07) said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s “addiction to the blank check” the U.S. provided to Ukraine to assist in its fight against Russia under the previous administration “created an entitlement,” pointing to the foreign leader’s performative antics at the White House last week.
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday said the Brentwood, Tennessee man arrested earlier this week for allegedly planning to bomb a Nashville courthouse rose to the attention of law enforcement after he apparently contacted a representative of the Tucker Carlson Network (TCN) through an email that claimed the author was preparing an attack.
A press release by the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee revealed the Monday arrest by Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) of Alexander Thompson, the 35-year-old Brentwood man who allegedly threatened to bomb the Fred D. Thompson Federal Building and Courthouse in Nashville, came after the DOJ was contacted by “a representative of the Tucker Carlson Network,” who said the outlet founded by independent reporter Tucker Carlson received a rambling email about a planned attack.
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U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) this week joined the effort by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) to require all future presidential administrations seek the approval of the U.S. Senate for its Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), which under the Biden administration faced accusations of failing to comply with federal laws when housing January 6 prisoners.
Blackburn and Paul introduced the Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2025 on Wednesday alongside Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and James Lankford (R-OK), which would require the director of America’s federal prison system to go through the same type of vetting in the Senate as the leaders of other major agencies, with the Tennessee Republican citing the sheer size of the BOP’s annual budget in a statement.
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Major Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue is facing serious turmoil with at least seven senior officials resigning last month and one lawyer implying that he “faced internal retaliation,” according to the New York Times.
The nonprofit, which has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to all levels of Democratic campaigns over the years, is now facing internal havoc. Given ActBlue’s major influence in processing election donations, the group’s current instability could also greatly affect the Democrat party.
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The Tennessee State Senate Committee on Education voted on Wednesday to advance legislation that would allow local school districts to charge tuition to the families of illegal immigrants, and if those living in the country illegally refuse to pay, to decline enrollment.
As originally submitted, Senate Bill (SB) 836 by State Senator Bo Watson (R-Hixson) would have given school districts the authority to decline enrollment to students who are in the country illegally, drawing concerns it would violate precedent set by the U.S. Supreme Court, making it destined to be blocked by a federal court.
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Lily Rose came across my radar in 2021 when her mega-hit “Villain” hit the airwaves. She was soon named to the 2022 CMT Next Women of Country.
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A new report from the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office Division of Consumer Affairs shows that the top complaint category among Tennessee consumers last year was home improvements and repairs and home warranties.
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Tennessee U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN-03) published an opinion piece in the Chattanooga Times Free Press endorsing U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in the 2026 Tennessee gubernatorial race.
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Senate Democrats and some Republicans liked the status quo at the National Institutes of Health before the second Trump administration and Department of Government Efficiency started closely scrutinizing its grant decisions, headcount and wildly generous reimbursement for “indirect costs” to institutions at the expense of money for their researchers
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A terrorist from the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), who was extradited to the United States in the early Wednesday morning hours, confessed to the FBI that he played key roles in the infamous bombing of Abbey Gate at the Kabul, Afghanistan airport that took the lives of soldiers and civilians, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. He also claimed taking part in a deadly attack on a concert hall in Moscow, and a blast targeting Canadian embassy security guards in Kabul.
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After being tapped by President Donald Trump last year after his election to lead the Voice of America (VOA) Kari Lake was sworn in on Monday. She was named a special adviser for VOA’s parent, the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) until she transitions to director of VOA after Trump’s nominee L. Brett Bozell III is confirmed by the Senate to lead USAGM. Known for her famous takedowns of the mainstream media over its bias, the former news anchorwoman and political candidate will face a significant amount of work dismantling the bias and bloat within the VOA.
Lake posted on X, “I got sworn in today. Looking forward to serving America, streamlining the United States Agency of Global Media and everything it oversees.”
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President Donald Trump’s decision to remove General Charles Q. Brown Jr. from his position as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) has ignited a debate between the left, right, and pundits regarding the president’s power over military leadership and the broader implications of such a decision. President Trump’s decision shines a spotlight on the constitutional, legal, and historical dimensions that empower the president to make these changes while also considering the potential ramifications of this move on Pentagon governance, military cohesion, and our national security.
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The House Judiciary Committee says in a report released Tuesday the Biden administration’s substantial expansion of Temporary Protected Status for immigrants, primarily from Venezuela and Haiti, was in fact “de facto amnesty.”
“What was intended by Congress to be a temporary status has become, over time, a permanent, automatically renewed designation, with some countries being designated for TPS for decades despite changed country conditions,” the committee said in a press release.
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The Trump administration is planning to collect the social media information of immigrants entering the United States, a move that could help law enforcement better detect extremist activity.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency tasked with approving green cards and providing other immigration benefits, is proposing to collect social media information as part of the migrant application process, per a notice posted by the Federal Register.
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