Month: June 2025

RNC Slaps Arizona with Lawsuit to Clean Up Voter Rolls

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The Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Republican Party of Arizona (AZGOP) announced Monday that they filed a joint lawsuit fighting an Arizona law allowing those who have never resided in the state to vote.

The suit, filed against Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, seeks to fight against a law allowing “any United States citizen who has never resided in the United States and whose parent is a United States citizen who is registered to vote” to vote in federal elections in Arizona using mail-in ballots.

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Trump Terminates U.S. Sanctions on Syria

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Donald Trump

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to terminate U.S. sanctions against Syria in a massive first step to normalize relations with the country formerly embroiled in a bloody civil war.

The U.S. began thawing its relationship with Syria in May after Islamic militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) overthrew former President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, establishing a new government under Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa. The new order will eliminate sanctions against the official Syrian government while maintaining measures against former President Bashar al-Assad, ISIS, Iranian proxies and any terrorist organizations in the region.

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Federal Magistrate Orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Remain in DOJ Custody in Tennessee Until July 16

Tom Pappert
KAG Order

U.S. District Court Magistrate Barbara Holmes for the Middle District of Tennessee on Monday agreed to the request by Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s defense attorneys to delay her consideration of his potential release until July 16, when District Court Chief Judge Waverly Crenshaw will have reviewed her decision to deny the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) a detention hearing for the citizen of El Salvador.

Because Abrego Garcia is subject to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer, the prosecutors, Holmes, and Abrego Garcia’s attorneys previously acknowledged her order to release the alleged human smuggler on his own recognizance would functionally facilitate his transfer from DOJ custody, where he is currently held by the U.S. Marshals, to the custody of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where the citizen of El Salvador will be held by ICE.

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Blue States with Net-Zero Emissions Goals Consider Nuclear as Hopes for 100 Percent Wind and Solar Fade

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Nuclear facility

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), Monday directed the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to develop and construct a nuclear power plant of not less than one gigawatt. The new plant was needed, Hochul said in her announcement, in order “to support a reliable and affordable electric grid, while providing the necessary zero-emission electricity to achieve a clean energy economy.” 

It was a surprising announcement for a state that closed and dismantled the Indian Point nuclear power plant only five years ago. The consideration of nuclear in the energy mix is part of a pattern seen in other blue states committed to eliminating electricity generated from fossil fuels. California has now delayed the closure of its only nuclear power plant, and Michigan is looking to restart a previously shuttered nuclear power plant. 

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Canada Bends Knee on Key Tax After Trump Pulls Plug on Trade Talks

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Canada and America

Canada announced Sunday that it is rescinding its digital services tax (DST) in an attempt to restart trade negotiations with the U.S. government.

Canada’s finance minister François-Philippe Champagne announced in a statement that the tax would be revoked “in anticipation of a mutually beneficial comprehensive trade arrangement” with the United States. The announcement comes after President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was scrapping trade talks with Canada over the country’s decision to impose a DST on U.S. technology companies, which he referred to as a “direct and blatant attack on our Country” in a Truth Social post, adding that the tax was “egregious.”

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Trump Administration Threatens to Cut All Harvard Funding

The Center Square
Donald Trump

The Trump administration threatened to cut all federal funding from Harvard Monday after an investigation found the school failed to protect Jewish students from harassment.

A letter signed by Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights, to Harvard’s President, Alan Garber, said that the university is in “violent violation” of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

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Illegal Immigrant Arrested for Alleged Statutory Rape of Pregnant 13-Year-Old He Reportedly Transported to Tennessee from Guatemala

Tom Pappert

Esteban Taperia, who on Monday was subject to a detainer from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was arrested last week after he reportedly brought a 13-year-old girl from Guatemala to a Nashville hospital, where he allegedly admitted to fathering the child, and said he intended to raise the infant.

The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office data confirms Taperia, 21, and has since been charged with eight counts of felony statutory rape, and that the jail was requested to hold Taperia for a transfer to ICE custody.

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Lara Trump, RNC Chair Whatley Emerge on Shortlist as Replacement for Retiring GOP NC Sen Tillis

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Lara Trump

North Carolina GOP Sen. Thom Tillis’s announcement Sunday that he will not seek 2026 reelection has resulted in the expected shortlist of likely Republican candidates to replace him – including marque names Lara Trump and Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley.  

Tillis announced his retirement after voting against advancing President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” in the Senate on Saturday evening, then Trump vowing to field a primary challenger to his reelection. 

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New Tennessee Law Increasing the Criminal Penalty for Abusing Children Takes Effect July 1

Kaitlin Housler
Sad girl

A new state law increasing the criminal penalty for child abuse is set to take effect on Tuesday.

The law, which passed the Tennessee General Assembly unanimously earlier this year as HB 0045, increases the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony for a person who commits child abuse by knowingly treating a child between the ages of nine and 17 in such a manner as to inflict injury.

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Tennessee’s First County Joins ICE’s Task Force Model Program

Zachery Schmidt
ICE arrest

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office became the first Tennessee county last week to join the Immigration and Enforcement (ICE)’s 287(g) Task Force Model program.

This program allows state and local law enforcement agencies to “enforce limited immigration authority while performing routine police duties.” Additionally, ICE states these entities can “exercise limited immigration authority as active participants on ICE-led task forces.”

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Ford Offering Payment Extensions for Tennesseans Living in FEMA-Approved Disaster Counties

Kaitlin Housler
Ford Driver

Tennesseans who live in one of the nine counties designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as Disaster Designated Areas following severe weather in April are being offered temporary payment relief on their loans and leases for Ford or Lincoln vehicles.

On Thursday, Ford Credit and Lincoln Automotive Financial Services announced a special relief program for customers in Tennessee who were affected by the severe weather events that spanned from April 2 through April 6 when a severe storm system resulting in a total of 19 tornadoes swept across the Volunteer State and left 10 dead across five counties.

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Prosecutor Says Court Lacks Authority to Force DHS Detainment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Maryland Facility

Tom Pappert
Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Acting U.S. Attorney Robert McGuire said in a filing submitted on Friday that the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee lacks the authority to instruct the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to house Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Maryland.

McGuire submitted the filing after the Maryland immigration attorneys for Abrego Garcia, the firm Murray Osorio, made their own submission to U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, requesting the judge issue an order demanding Abrego Garcia be housed by DHS in Maryland, and that such a ruling is necessary to force compliance with an earlier ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Tennessee Parental Rights Activists Urge Trump DOJ to Investigate Biden-Era Cases of Alleged ‘Parental Prosecution’

Tom Pappert
Kelly John Walker

A “comprehensive dossier” was submitted last week to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Weaponization Working Group, which was created by President Donald Trump in February, urging the administration to examine a series of cases which purportedly reveal a “deliberate, coordinated” attempt by the Biden administration to curb parental rights. 

The Parents Demanding justice Alliance (PDJA), a coalition led by parental rights advocate Kelly John Walker and filmmaker Sam Sorbo, announced its submission of the dossier last Tuesday, when it urged the Weaponization Working Group to confront an alleged “systemic and unconstitutional campaign of intimidation, prosecution, and suppression directed at parents across the United States. 

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Kentucky Republican Introduces Constitutional Amendment to End Birthright Citizenship

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New Born Baby

Kentucky GOP Rep. Andy Barr on Friday introduced a Constitutional amendment in the House that seeks to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal migrants, hours after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration. 

The Supreme Court in its ruling did not determine whether President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order ran afoul of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, but found that the lower courts likely lack the authority to impose universal injunctions.

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Town of Fountain Hills Selects Election Integrity Champion as Town Attorney

Rachel Alexander
Jennifer wright

The Fountain Hills Town Council selected election integrity attorney Jennifer Wright earlier this month as their town attorney on contract.

The town’s previous legal representation resigned after accusations arose regarding their billing practices. Wright previously served as the civil attorney for the Arizona Attorney General’s Election Integrity Unit, and afterwards represented both Kari Lake and Abe Hamadeh in their election challenges.

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University of Virginia President Resigns over Justice Department Pressure, amid DEI Probe: Report

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Jim ryan

University of Virginia President Jim Ryan has  resigned over pressure from the Justice Department, amid its probe into the institution’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, according to a news report Friday.

The department on Thursday demanded Ryan’s resignation as a settlement condition for the department’s civil rights investigation into the university’s diversity practices, and he did so later that day, according to The New York Times.

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Commentary: It’s Time to Privatize Fannie and Freddie to Fix America’s Housing Market

The Daily Signal
home buyers

The federal government’s grip on America’s housing finance system is contributing to the very affordability crisis it claims to solve.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two government-controlled mortgage giants, now back more than half the $16 trillion residential mortgage market. While they don’t issue loans directly, they purchase mortgages from lenders and securitize them, funneling credit through a government-directed system that distorts prices, encourages risk-taking, and leaves taxpayers exposed.

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Tennessee’s Tourism Industry Broke Records in 2024

Kaitlin Housler
tourism

Tennessee’s tourism industry broke records in 2024 for the amount of funds generated in direct visitor spending and the number of visitors throughout the year.

Last year, the state welcomed 147 million visitors and generated $31.7 billion in direct visitor spending, according to data compiled by the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development (TDTD) and a report conducted by the Tourism Economics group.

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DOJ Says ‘Not a Surprise’ ICE May Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia as His Lawyers Seek Support from Maryland Judge

Tom Pappert
Kilmar Abrego Garcia

The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday informed U.S. District Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes in a legal filing that “it does not oppose” the request by Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his attorneys for a delay in her ruling on whether to release the citizen of El Salvador from Department of Justice (DOJ) custody, but appeared to question the attorneys and Holmes over their apparent “surprise” that Abrego Garcia may be deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Abrego Garcia’s request to remain in DOJ custody until July 16 was submitted by his attorneys in the federal case out of Tennessee after immigration lawyers representing the alleged human smuggler asked U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis to order ICE to detain Abrego Garcia in Maryland.

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Bondi Touts 2,700 Plus Arrests of Tren de Aragua Members

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CBP arrest

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday celebrated the arrests of more than 2,700 members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and highlighted that the Supreme Court’s decision to rein in universal injunctions would allow for their swift deportations.

The Trump administration has attempted to use the Alien Enemies Act to swiftly deport members of the violent Venezuelan gang, though that effort has faced intense legal scrutiny, including judicial injunctions.

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Trump Locks in China Trade Deal, Keeps Pressure on Beijing

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Trump and China

The Trump administration has finalized its trade deal with China, but isn’t lifting countermeasures just yet, Bloomberg News reported Thursday evening.

The agreement cements commitments from Beijing to export rare earth materials vital to U.S. manufacturing, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg. However, Lutnick made clear that U.S. countermeasures, such as export curbs on ethane and chip software, would only be lifted after China begins delivering on its promises.

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Reps Go Nuclear Against Anti-ICE Rioters in New Bill

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Republican Reps. Randy Fine of Florida and Brandon Gill of Texas are introducing a bill on Friday, aiming to heighten criminal penalties for those who interfere with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.

The Initiating Criminal Enforcement Act (ICE Act) seeks to amend Section 274 of the Immigration Nationality Act to enforce up to five years in prison and fines to those who knowingly impede upon an ICE operation or harm an ICE agent. If the law is to be enacted, individuals who interfere with ICE doing their jobs would be subject to the same criminal penalties as those who harbor or aid illegal immigrants.

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Trump Cheers ‘Giant Win’ at SCOTUS After Justices Limit Nationwide Injunctions

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Trump and SCOTUS

President Donald Trump on Friday celebrated what he called a “giant win” at the Supreme Court after the justices voted to narrow the scope of lower court injunctions.

“GIANT WIN in the United States Supreme Court! Even the Birthright Citizenship Hoax has been, indirectly, hit hard,” he posted on Truth Social. “It had to do with the babies of slaves (same year!), not the SCAMMING of our Immigration process. Congratulations to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Solicitor General John Sauer, and the entire DOJ. News Conference at the White House, 11:30 A.M. EST.”

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Trump Says He’s ‘Terminating All Discussions on Trade with Canada, Effective Immediately’

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CBS News   President Trump says he’s “terminating all discussions on trade with Canada, effective immediately,” after Canada announced a digital services tax on large foreign and domestic technology companies.  Posting on Truth Social Friday afternoon, the president said the U.S. will let Canada know what their tariff rate will be in the next week. The trade talks blowup comes only a week after the president met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Group of Seven economic summit in Alberta.  “We have just been informed that Canada, a very difficult Country to TRADE with, including the fact that they have charged our Farmers as much as 400% Tariffs, for years, on Dairy Products, has just announced that they are putting a Digital Services Tax on our American Technology Companies, which is a direct and blatant attack on our Country,” the president wrote. “They are obviously copying the European Union, which has done the same thing, and is currently under discussion with us, also. Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately.” READ THE FULL STORY               

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Gavin Newsom Sues Fox News for $787 Million, Claiming Network Defamed Him over L.A. Riots

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Breitbart   California Governor Gavin Newsom is suing Fox News for $787 million over its “deceptive editing” of a call he had with the president during the Los Angeles immigration riot. The Newsom suit, filed Friday and reported by a variety of news outlets, charges that prime time host Jesse Watters claimed the governor lied about his phone calls with President Trump, who ordered National Guard troops to Los Angeles earlier this month. Historically, politicians and lawmakers have avoided suing news outlets as the bar for winning is a high one and most consider unflattering or inaccurate coverage the cost of doing business in the political arena. But that didn’t deter the the media-conscious governor whom many expect to run for president in 2028. READ THE FULL STORY                 

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DHS to Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador After Criminal Trial, Says Illegal Immigrant ‘Should Not be on U.S. Soil for Long’

Tom Pappert
Assistant Secretary Dept. of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin, Kilmar Abrego Garcia

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intends to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador following the conclusion of his federal trial in the Middle District of Tennessee, said assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin.

McLaughlin made the remarks during a Friday appearance on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America” in the wake of a federal prosecutor indicating on Thursday that the federal government planned to deport Abrego Garcia to a third country if he is released from U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) custody, and White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson later indicated the statement were misreported.

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia Filing Claims DOJ Flipped Convicted Human Smuggler to Build Case

Tom Pappert
Kilmar Abrego Garcia

The attorneys representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia in the federal case against him in the Middle District of Tennessee claimed in a Friday legal filing that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) offered a reduced sentence to an alleged co-conspirator in exchange for incriminating information about the citizen of El Salvador.

Submitted to U.S. District Magistrate Barbara Holmes, the request by Abrego Garcia’s attorneys request their client be kept in DOJ custody until at least July 16, which would give District Court Judge Paula Xinis time to consider the Thursday request by his immigration lawyers to force the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain him in Maryland.

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Trump Poised to Try to Remove Noncitizens from Census

RealClearWire
President Donald Trump

Following a years-long surge in illegal immigration, the Trump administration is poised to challenge a longstanding but legally fraught practice: counting illegal aliens in the U.S. census.

President Trump tried to end the practice during his first term, but President Biden overturned his predecessor’s policy before it was implemented. Now, buoyed by red state attorneys general and Republican legislators, the second Trump administration is determined “to clean up the census and make sure that illegal aliens are not counted,” White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller said last month.

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During Pride Month Public Libraries Become Centers for ‘Queer Resistance’

RealClearWire
Kids' section small library

Like public libraries across the country, branches in North Carolina’s capital city turn rainbow-hued each June in celebration of Pride Month. Festive book displays featuring “queer-themed” titles written for all ages – from toddlers to teens and adults – are set out for the public as innocently as if the subject in question were cooking, gardening, or personal finance.

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Senate Urged to Scrap 10-Year Moratorium for AI Laws by Republicans Led by Sen. Marsha Blackburn

Tom Pappert
Senator Marsha Blackburn

Republican senators on Thursday urged U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) was urged to drop a provision from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act which establishes a 10-year moratorium on state-level laws regulating artificial intelligence (AI), with Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) reportedly leading her colleagues. 

Blackburn’s role in the letter was her latest move to quietly oppose the bill, according to Punchbowl News, which noted her stated concerns over the language invalidating Tennessee’s Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act (ELVIS) of 2024, which prohibits using AI to impersonate musical artists. 

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DOJ Confirms ICE Plans to Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Third Country as His Attorneys Request Move to Maryland

Tom Pappert
Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Attorneys confirmed in court on Thursday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the citizen of El Salvador returned to the United States to face human smuggling charges, to a third country, if he is released from Department of Justice (DOJ) custody on Friday. 

The remarks were made in a hearing called by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in response to an emergency motion filed by Murray Osorio, the immigration attorneys representing Abrego Garcia in his Maryland lawsuit over his March deportation, which would compel ICE to detain Abrego Garcia in Maryland.

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