Tennessee U.S. Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07) introduced a bill on Thursday seeking to codify into law President Donald Trump’s executive order eliminating critical race theory (CRT) and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) from the curriculum of federal service academies.
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The supposedly “nonpartisan” Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which provides Congress with cost estimates for its policy proposals, may not be the neutral arbiter it claims to be, a new report suggests.
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A deported Guatemalan man was brought back to U.S. by the Trump administration after a court ruling ordered the government to let him receive due process.
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An annual report published by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Thursday revealed that the South now boasts the highest percentage of foreign students, with an increased of 8.5 percent reported by the agency in 2024.
The 2024 Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) report, produced annually to track the number of foreign students and what they are studying at various institutions, revealed there were a total of 1,582,808 active students in the SEVP program last year, about a 5.3 percent increase from 2023.
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Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and District Attorney Steve Mulroy submitted their proposal for a $5.5 million crime laboratory on Wednesday, adding details to the plan Mulroy first suggested more than one year ago.
Mulroy confirmed he and Harris proposed the $5.5 million facility in a post to the social media platform X on Wednesday, noting that the request was for a recurring cost to fund a “focused crime lab” that would address firearms, digital devices like phones, and DNA testing, in order for the prosecutor to “increase our solve rate” for a greater variety of crime committed in Memphis and Shelby County.
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The state senate’s proposed Ohio budget was back in front of the Finance Committee on Wednesday for the first time since Republican leadership called its two-year plan bold.
The plan, which includes the final phase-in of a flat income tax rate, the elimination of property tax levy options and a ban on certain school districts from asking for new taxes, is getting both applause and criticism.
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A man was seen draping what appears to be a homemade cloth-like banner painted with the numbers “8647” above I-65 in Nashville, a photo posted by Tennessee U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) shows.
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In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday upheld the claims of a woman who faced workplace discrimination because of her “majority group” identity — in this case, being a heterosexual.
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U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, wants the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider any efforts to eliminate the Energy Star program.
The Trump administration has proposed ending the program, but in a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, Gallego wrote Energy Star saves Arizonans money by providing them independent assurance that products from appliances to homes are energy-efficient investments.
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Everyone can fish for free in Tennessee’s public waters this Saturday, June 7, for the state’s annual Bobby Wilson Free Fishing Day.
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Former Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn, who was controversially nominated in January to serve as the Deputy Secretary of Education, told the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions that foreign students boost the competitiveness of the American economy.
Schwinn mostly avoided controversy in the Thursday hearing, which also included three other of the Trump administration’s nominations, but was pressed by U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) to elucidate her stance on foreign students at American colleges and universities.
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The Executive Guidance Committee (EGC) of the Maricopa County Republican Committee unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday night calling for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to “[i]mmediately commence an [i]nvestigation of the State Bar of Arizona [SBA].” The resolution, which was enacted by nearly 100 members present, comes after Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN), Phoenix Metro chapter, also urged the DOJ to investigate the SBA due to its targeting of conservative, minority, and other attorneys.
The resolution focused on the SBA’s disbarment of former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, who “was the only Maricopa County Attorney who has ever fully enforced the state’s laws against illegal immigration, resulting in illegal immigrants leaving the state in droves while he and Sheriff Arpaio were in office.” It said “the State Bar of Arizona was weaponized for this purpose against Mr. Thomas and his deputies, prosecutors Lisa Aubuchon and Rachel Alexander, by seeking his disbarment through the use of ‘lawfare’ and a sham trial similar to what our great President Donald Trump has been forced to endure.”
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Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa introduced legislation Thursday to codify policies implemented by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that could save over $150 billion a year.
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The Beacon Center and the city of Nashville have settled a class action lawsuit over stormwater capacity fees.
Peyton Pratt sued the city after he was charged more than $6,000 in fees when he expanded his residence, according to a release from the Beacon Center, which represented Pratt.
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President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” will bolster the security apparatus established along the U.S.-Mexico border, GOP supporters and law enforcement officials say.
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The Trump administration moved to eliminate nearly all remaining employees at Voice of America on Wednesday, telling Congress it intends to cut the international broadcaster’s workforce from about 1,000 to just 18.
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Two Chinese scientists charged in a shocking plot to smuggle a toxic pathogen into the United States worked at an American laboratory led by more senior Chinese scientists funded by the U.S. government, according to federal spending records and the researchers’ own disclosures.
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“I want to see the tax cuts made permanent, but I also want to see the $5 trillion in new debt removed from the bill. At least 4 of us in the Senate feel this way.”
That was Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on X.com on June 3 outlining his and at least three other Republican senators’ opposition to the House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act that will extend and expand the 2017 Trump tax cuts, including no income tax on tips and overtime, provide tax relief for seniors who collect Social Security, allocates almost $47 billion for the border wall and bars 1.4 million illegal aliens from collecting Medicaid and other public benefits.
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After four years of failed social engineering, now it would appear that the United States is decidedly less “pride”-ful than in previous years, according to a look at currents in polling, politics, culture and business.
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Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and current law professor at Liberty University School of Law, warned that American society is experiencing a deep cultural and legal decline fueled by moral relativism – the idea that individuals can define their own truth – among those on the political left.
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As a proud Tennessean and a grassroots Republican leader with the Williamson County Conservatives, I am heartened by the bold leadership of Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, State Representative Lee Reeves, and Congressman Andy Ogles in their unwavering commitment to upholding the rule of law and protecting our communities from the challenges posed by illegal immigration. Their recent actions, particularly in confronting Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s troubling stance on immigration enforcement, deserve our gratitude and support.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) moved Wednesday to block the enforcement of Texas law granting in-state tuition rates to illegal immigrants.
The DOJ filed suit against the state of Texas to stop the enforcement of state law requiring colleges and universities to provide in-state tuition rates to illegal immigrants, as the Trump administration intensifies its scrutiny of jurisdictions violating federal immigration laws. The “Dream Act” passed in 2001, allows those who are not lawfully present in the country to qualify for reduced tuition at public state colleges, which the DOJ argues is discriminatory to U.S. citizens from other states who are required to pay higher tuition rates to attend certain schools in Texas.
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Democrat election lawyer Marc Elias moved this week to intervene in a Trump Justice Department lawsuit filed last week against North Carolina for the state’s alleged inaccurate voter registration rolls.
The Justice Department’s lawsuit alleges North Carolina’s Board of Elections used a state voter registration form that failed to require voters to provide identifying information such as a driver’s license or the last four digits of a Social Security number, as required under the federal Help America Vote Act.
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The American Dream is back in reach and our nation is back on the path to prosperity, security, and sanity, thanks to the actions of the House of Representatives last week. With the House’s passage of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” we’ve shown that it is possible to return common sense to our government, protect taxpayers, secure our borders, and chart a course for national Golden Age – all in one package.
It’s a declaration that the American people – not bureaucrats, radical liberal activists, or unelected judges – are in charge again. This bill delivers on the promises that President Trump and Republicans made to voters last fall.
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George Jones, one of the most influential and revered voices in country music history, was honored on Wednesday with a bronze statue alongside other country icons, including Jimmy Dickens, Bill Monroe, Loretta Lynn, and Charley Pride.
The statue was sculpted by artist Ben Watts and took approximately one year to complete. Alongside the other legends, the George Jones statue reflects the deep reverence these trailblazers had regarding their ties to the Mother Church of Country Music.
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