Day: March 21, 2025

Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti Submits Amicus Brief Supporting Trump Admin’s Push to Reverse Birthright Citizenship

Tom Pappert
Tennessee AG

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti on Friday submitted an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Trump administration’s efforts to reverse birthright citizenship, the legal right to citizenship granted to any person born inside the United States, even if they are born to illegal immigrants or tourists.

Skrmetti announced the amicus brief on a Friday video posted to the social media platform X, where he confirmed he filed a brief in support of the executive order signed by President Donald Trump to deny citizenship at birth to children of certain non citizens, which was frozen by a federal judge in New Hampshire after a lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

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Nashville Among Cities Suing Trump Administration Over Federal Funding Freeze

Kaitlin Housler
Nashville City Hall

The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County is among a group of U.S. cities and nonprofit organizations suing the Trump administration for freezing federal funding.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina Charleston Division on Wednesday, cites three executive orders signed by President Donald Trump that freeze federal funding and directs federal agencies to eliminate certain federal grants and contracts.

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Backs Trump Executive Order to Dismantle Department of Education

Tom Pappert
Bill Lee

Governor Bill Lee on Thursday confirmed his support for President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Department of Education. The Tennessee governor told reporters that the president’s plan would move control over education decisions from Washington, D.C., to Tennessee.

Lee was in attendance on Thursday as Trump signed his executive order titled “Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities. ” USA Today reporter Joey Garrison posted a photo of the governor sitting next to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on the social media platform X.

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Meet the Pro-CCP Marxist Revolutionary Group Behind the Mahmoud Khalil Protests

Just the News
Mahmoud Khalil

Protests against the arrest of a pro-Palestine Columbia graduate student are being organized by a Marxist revolutionary group that is pro-Communism, anti-Israel, and has potential links to the Chinese Communist Party.

Mahmoud Khalil, a leader in the pro-Palestine and anti-Israel encampments at Columbia University, was detained earlier this month by the Trump administration, with the Department of Homeland Security arguing that he “led activities aligned to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization.” The People’s Forum helped organize some of the campus chaos and is now organizing protests to free Khalil.

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Tennessee General Assembly Passes Bill Expanding Requirements for Students to Use Bathrooms Based on Biological Gender

Tom Pappert
students in hallway

Legislation that would restrict bathrooms, changing rooms, and similar facilities to students based on their biological gender is headed toward the desk of Governor Bill Lee after it passed in the Tennessee General Assembly this week.

The Tennessee State House on Thursday passed House Bill (HB) 64 by State Representative Gino Bulso (R-Brentwood) with 74 votes in favor and just 18 against, while the Senate on the same day substituted Bulso’s legislation for the bill previously submitted as Senate Bill (SB) 472 by State Senator Janice Bowling (R-Tullahoma), with the chamber passing it with 25 votes in favor and four against. 

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Hegseth Eliminates $580 Million on Wasteful ‘Woke’ Spending

The Center Square
Pete Hegseth

In an ongoing effort to identify and cut wasteful spending at the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the latest round of cuts total more than $580 million.

In the last few weeks, working with the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, the DOD has eliminated more than $800 million in programs, contracts and grants “that do not match the priorities of this president or this department,” Hegseth said. “In other words, they are not a good use of taxpayer dollars. Ultimately, that’s who funds us and we owe you transparency and making sure we’re using it well.”

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President Trump Calls for a Halt on Nationwide Injunctions

American Greatness

On Thursday, President Donald Trump called for the Supreme Court to issue a ruling ordering that no further nationwide injunctions may be issued by single judges against his policies and actions.

As The Hill reports, President Trump posted a statement on Truth Social declaring that “Unlawful Nationwide Injunctions by Radical Left Judges could very well lead to the destruction of our Country!”

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Commentary: Tennessee’s SNAP Restrictions Are a Solution in Search of a Problem

Star News Contributor

Tennessee lawmakers are once again trying to fix a problem that doesn’t exist. SB1154/HB1236, the so-called “Tennessee Healthy SNAP Act,” is a misguided attempt to restrict what low-income families can purchase with their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. While proponents claim these restrictions will promote healthier eating, they will instead create unnecessary bureaucracy, burden local businesses, and further limit food access for families already struggling to make ends meet.

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Hegseth Says Meeting with Elon Musk WasAbout ‘Innovation, Efficiencies’

Admin

CBS News   Elon Musk visited the Pentagon Friday morning to meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about “innovation, efficiencies & smarter production,” Hegseth said in a post on X Thursday night.  Hegseth denied a report by the New York Times that Musk would receive a briefing on plans for any potential war with China, dismissing it in a post on X as “fake news.” A defense official said the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency met with senior military officials. Gen. David Allvin, the chief of staff of the Air Force, was seen walking into the meeting. Outside the Pentagon, Musk and Hegseth shook hands, and Musk told the defense secretary, “If there’s anything I can do to be helpful, I’d like to see you.” READ THE FULL STORY 

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Trump Says Student Loans Moving to SBA, ‘Special Needs’ to HHS

Admin

The Hill   President Trump said Friday he is “immediately” moving the handling of federal student loans to the Small Business Administration (SBA), and shifting programs for students with disabilities to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as his White House seeks to wind down and eventually eliminate the Education Department. “I’ve decided that the SBA, the Small Business Administration, headed by Kelly Loeffler, will handle will all of the student loan portfolio,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, noting it is a “pretty complicated deal, and that’s coming out of the Department of Education immediately.”    “And also, Bobby Kennedy, with the Health and Human Services Department, will be handling special needs and all the nutrition programs and everything else,” he continued.   READ THE FULL STORY 

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Poll: Kamala Harris Leads Democrat 2028 Presidential Field

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Breitbart   Former Vice President Kamala Harris is leading the Democrat Party’s 2028 potential presidential primary field, a Morning Consult survey found. The survey asked both Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents who they would support in the 2028 presidential primary, and Harris — who lost handily to President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in November — is leading the pack with 36 percent support. In second place comes former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg with ten percent support. He raised eyebrows after formally declining a Michigan Senate bid, thereby sparking rumors he is instead eyeing the presidency in 2028. READ THE FULL STORY                 

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State House Republican Leaders Looking Into Alleged Pay-to-Play Scheme by Governor Katie Hobbs, Under Investigation by Prosecutors

Rachel Alexander
Rep. Steve Montenegro

The State House Republican majority held a press conference on Tuesday to address concerns over what some are calling a pay-to-play scheme involving Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs. Republican officials said Hobbs is under investigation by the county attorney and attorney general for significantly increasing the rate paid to just one group home provider for foster children, Sunshine Residential Homes, after the provider made a $100,000 donation to her inauguration festivities. Hobbs informed the state legislature that the Department of Child Safety Congregate Care Program (DCSCCP) was going bankrupt only 19 days before the agency will run out of money, next Tuesday.

State House Speaker Steve Montenegro (R-Glendale) spoke first, calling it the “peak of irresponsibility.” “More bad news from Governor Katie Hobbs’ administration,” he said. “Just days ago, just days ago, we were informed by her by her budget office that the Department of Child Safety Congregate Care Program is bankrupt next week.”

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Federal Judge Gives On-Camera Firearms Demo to Show Colleagues in Major Second Amendment Case Are Living in ‘Fantasy’

Daily Caller News Foundation
Judge Lawrence VanDyk

by Katelynn Richardson   A federal appeals court judge published a firearms demo recorded in his chambers on YouTube to explain how his colleagues in a major Second Amendment case are living in a “factual fantasy.” The full Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed an earlier ruling backing California’s ban on magazines holding more than ten rounds on Thursday, finding the ban does not violate the Second Amendment. In his dissent, Trump-appointed Judge Lawrence VanDyk linked to a self-made video where he uses his personal shooting equipment to refute the majority’s logic. “It is so easy to demonstrate the conceptual failings of the majority’s new test that even a caveman with just a video recorder and a firearm could do it,” VanDyke wrote in his dissent. The Supreme Court directed the court to review its earlier decision in light of the 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association vs. Bruen, where the Supreme Court held that firearms restrictions must be consistent with the nation’s history and tradition of firearm regulation. “The majority’s logic is premised on its assumption that there is some Platonic ideal of a firearm, which I guess makes sense if you think judges are the Platonic Guardians of the Second Amendment,” VanDyke wrote.…

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