President Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to call for the “unconditional surrender” of Iran while suggesting the U.S. was poised to assassinate Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” he posted on Truth Social. In a seperate, previous post, he further sugggested the U.S. was prepared to kill Khamenei.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday received its first request to consider whether President Donald Trump’s tariffs are constitutional.
Two educational toy companies, Learning Resources and hand2mind, urged the justices to immediately take up their case rather than letting it play out in the lower court.
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Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday lifted a curfew on the city’s downtown that went into effect last week over riots in the city against federal immigration raids, citing successful crime prevention and suppression efforts.
Bass imposed the curfew exactly one week ago, which began at 8 p.m. local time, and expired at 6 a.m. local time. The curfew impacted a one-square mile radius and excluded residents in the area, homeless people, credentialed media and public safety and emergency personnel.
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Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) is set to “scale back” its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), according to the university’s student newspaper Sidelines, which reported on Tuesday that an email explaining the changes was distributed by MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee.
The email reportedly confirmed that the university’s “scholarships and faculty procedures” will be changed to comport with both executive orders signed by President Donald Trump, who has pledged to purge federal support for DEI in within the nation’s higher education system, as well as the law passed by the Tennessee General Assembly which prohibits awarding scholarships based on race, color, ethnicity, or national origin.
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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAI, was notified of a forthcoming lawsuit by two activist groups which allege it violated federal law by operating natural gas turbines to power the company’s supercomputer.
On behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) on Tuesday provided xAI with the required statutory notice for them to bring a lawsuit under the Clean Air Act.
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The Department of Homeland Security is reversing course on exempting farms and hotels from immigration raids, according to a report.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials told agency leaders in a call Monday that officers must continue conducting immigration raids at agricultural businesses, hotels, and restaurants, according to unnamed sources, The Washington Post reported. The call took place at 11 a.m. on Monday with representatives from 30 field offices across the country.
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The American Bar Association (ABA) escalated its battle against the Trump administration by filing a new lawsuit on Monday.
The conflict has been simmering for months as the Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken steps to limit the association’s influence and the ABA has opposed the administration’s actions in public statements and litigation.
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FBI Director Kash Patel announced Monday that he has located and declassified a trove of documents related to potential election fraud during the rigged 2020 election, “including allegations of interference by the CCP” [Chinese Communist Party].
Patel said in a post on X Monday night that he has turned the material over to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) for further review.
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The Republican State Leadership Committee’s (RSLC) PAC unveiled a new video Tuesday slamming Virginia Democrats for supporting “soft-on-crime” policies that enable counties to decline cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
The release of the 45-second video titled “Step Up,” comes ahead of the commonwealth’s Tuesday primary elections. The RSLC, a group working to elect GOP state legislators and conservative state judicial candidates, is seeking to spotlight state Republicans’ support for eliminating sanctuary policies that allow jurisdictions to harbor illegal immigrants, according to a copy of the video obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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The Trump administration is seeking to increase accountability for federal employees by implementing new performance standards and training.
The Office of Personnel Management issued a memorandum published online Tuesday to fulfill President Donald Trump’s mandate for a federal workforce that prizes excellence, deals with underperformance, and fulfills its mission.
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Axios President Trump met with his national security team in the White House Situation Room for around one hour and 20 minutes on Tuesday to make decisions about U.S. policy towards the war between Israel and Iran. Ahead of the meeting, three U.S. officials said Trump was seriously considering joining the war and launching a U.S. strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities, especially its underground uranium enrichment facility in Fordow. Trump returned early from the G7 summit to focus on Iran, telling reporters on Air Force One overnight that he wasn’t interested in a “ceasefire” but a “real end” to the war and to Iran’s nuclear program. READ THE FULL STORY
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CBS News New York City Comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested Tuesday by masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at federal immigration court in Lower Manhattan. A U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said Lander was arrested for assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer. Lander was released several hours later. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said charges against him have been dropped. READ THE FULL STORY
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Politico Rep. Thomas Massie said Tuesday he has filed a House resolution seeking to block U.S. involvement in the burgeoning conflict between Iran and Israel. Announcing the move on X, the Kentucky Republican said he is being joined by a coterie of Democratic co-sponsors led by Rep. Ro Khanna of California. The measure, filed pursuant to the War Powers Resolution of 1973, would block President Donald Trump from engaging in “unauthorized hostilities” with Iran. “This is not our war. Even if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution,” Massie wrote, posting a copy of the resolution. READ THE FULL STORY
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Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, along with 54 attorneys general, announced on Monday a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family.
This financial settlement resolves litigation against Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers for their role in the opioid crisis.
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Twelve inmates at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) received indictments from a grand jury for their alleged roles in a riot.
Earlier in June, a riot broke out at Tennessee’s largest prison. Three inmates and one prison guard obtained minor injuries. CoreCivic, the company that operates TTCC, said inmates wanted to damage property, tamper with security cameras, and set fires.
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U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) announced on Tuesday that the House Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees are now reviewing documents and communications submitted by Mayor Freddie O’Connell in response to the probe launched earlier this month over the mayor’s actions in response to a federal immigration enforcement operation that saw nearly 200 illegal immigrants detained last month.
Ogles launched the probe, demanding internal documents and communications from Metro Nashville, after The Tennessee Star reported O’Connell modified an executive order that mandates Metro employees report interactions with federal immigration officials to his office, and that he established a “Belonging Fund” to raise money for those impacted by enforcement.
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Nashville’s Independence Day celebration will be headlined this year by country music artist Dierks Bentley, the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp announced.
This year’s free event, Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th will present one of the country’s largest July 4th fireworks shows synchronized to live music from the Nashville Symphony beginning at 9:30 p.m. on Friday, July 4, at the Ascend Amphitheater.
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The Trump administration’s self-deportation program has already motivated up to one million illegal immigrants to leave the country voluntarily, according to media reports.
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal calculated that in President Trump’s first four months in office, the illegal alien population in the United States had dropped by 773,000.
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President Trump took two major steps this week to end the 14-year-old Democrat war against the coal industry and cheap electricity. Although greens have promised to sue, they are unlikely to succeed as the moves have pretty much been pre-approved by the Supreme Court.
First, EPA proposed to roll back all greenhouse gas emission standards for coal plants. The Obama EPA first issued climate emissions standards for coal plants in August 2015. These rules didn’t last long as they were stayed by the Supreme Court in February 2016.
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