Tennessee State Representative Lee Reeves (R-Franklin), who is seeking the Republican nomination in the race for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, is criticizing California Governor Gavin Newsom for maintaining “reckless” sanctuary state policies.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins spoke at the Tennessee State Fair on Monday where she announced the USDA will no longer subsidize solar panels on “productive farmland” or allow solar panels manufactured by foreign adversaries to be used in Department projects.
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NASCAR Hall of Famer and Franklin resident Darrell Waltrip endorsed State Representative Gino Bulso’s (R-Brentwood) campaign for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District on Tuesday.
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Missouri state Attorney General Andrew Bailey has announced he will be joining the Trump administration as co-deputy director of the FBI.
“I am proud to announce I have accepted the role of co-deputy director of the FBI. I extend my thanks to @POTUS and @AGPamBondi for the opportunity to serve in the mission to Make America Safe Again. I will protect America and uphold the Constitution,” Bailey said in a post on X on Monday evening.
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Democrat Boston Mayor Michelle Wu vowed on Tuesday to defy the Department of Justice (DOJ) by protecting criminal illegal immigrants in her city.
The DOJ sent a letter to Wu and other Democratic mayors and governors across the U.S. stating that they must submit a plan that outlines their compliance with federal immigration laws by Tuesday. During a press conference, Wu stated that she will not comply with Attorney General Pam Bondi’s request and called on the administration to “stop attacking” American cities that protect illegal immigrants.
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President Donald Trump will reportedly soon double the number of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., as part of his ongoing crackdown on crime and homelessness.
At present, roughly 800 National Guardsmen are stationed in the capital city, with another 200 from Mississippi, 200 from South Carolina, 200 from Ohio, and 300-400 from West Virginia set to join them, The Hill reported.
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A coalition of Democratic attorneys general is waging a lawsuit to prevent the Trump administration from withholding millions in federal funds over their states’ refusal to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
The lawsuit, filed on Monday in the Rhode Island federal court, alleges that the Office for Victims of Crime — an office within the Department of Justice (DOJ) — created a policy that withholds Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding from states that are not assisting with President Donald Trump’s mission to crack down on illegal immigration. The Democrat prosecutors claim these “unprecedented conditions” tying VOCA funds to immigration enforcement are unlawful.
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The U.S. Department of Justice will comply with a subpoena for records related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as part of a congressional investigation, Republicans announced.
Earlier this month, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., issued subpoenas to multiple high-profile Democrats – including the Clintons and former U.S. attorney generals – as well as the DOJ, which was supposed to produce Epstein-related records by Tuesday. The DOJ informed Comer that it will begin providing the records by Friday.
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A former FBI agent and friend of Peter Strzok who recently resigned from the bureau after he says his relationship with the disgraced ex-FBI official was scrutinized by Dan Bongino is now defending Crossfire Hurricane, suggesting Donald Trump was in contact with Russian intelligence, comparing the FBI under Kash Patel to the KGB and Chinese spy services, throwing around Nazi comparisons, and more.
Michael Feinberg, who was recently the assistant special agent in charge at the FBI’s Norfolk field office in Virginia, left the FBI at the end of May after he claims his direct superior told him that FBI deputy director Dan Bongino was scrutinizing his longtime friendship with Strzok, the disgraced FBI special agent who played a key role in the Trump-Russia investigation and was fired following the emergence of biased anti-Trump texts he had exchanged with FBI lawyer Lisa Page, with whom he was having an affair.
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Newsweek U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced sweeping changes on Tuesday to the way it decides on immigration benefits applications, including whether immigrants have expressed “anti-Americanism” in any way. The agency, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said anti-American activity, including social media posts and ideological affiliations, will now be treated as a heavily negative factor when it comes to how its agents adjudicate cases. The Trump administration has been making adjustments to immigration policy since January, with tighter restrictions on a variety of legal immigration pathways, as well as the utilization of USCIS, which is primarily a benefits agency, to help tackle illegal immigration. READ THE FULL STORY
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Washington Examiner The Department of Justice is reportedly investigating whether the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., has been manipulating crime statistics following allegations made by President Donald Trump and the head of the district’s police union. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro is leading the investigation, according to NBC4 Washington. The Washington Post first reported on the news. A spokesperson for Pirro’s office declined to comment on the existence of such an investigation, and the Washington Examiner contacted the MPD for comment. READ THE FULL STORY
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CBS News Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro on Monday said he would deploy 4.5 million militia members in response to “outlandish threats” by the United States after Washington raised the bounty for his arrest to $50 million and launched anti-drug operations in the Caribbean. “This week, I will activate a special plan with more than 4.5 million militiamen to ensure coverage of the entire national territory — militias that are prepared, activated and armed,” Maduro announced on state television. Official figures say the Venezuelan militia, founded by Maduro’s predecessor Hugo Chavez, contains about 5 million people — though the actual number is believed to be smaller. READ THE FULL STORY
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A Tennessee elementary school banned energy drinks for its students.
The ban went into effect on Monday after Westside Elementary School, which is located in Westmoreland, announced this policy decision last week.
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Tennessee sent a letter last week to Mason, Tennessee, officials asking them to halt all actions related to their contracts with CoreCivic and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Last Tuesday, the West Tennessee town voted to reopen its abandoned prison as an ICE detention facility. CoreCivic will run the facility.
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The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office (DSCO) on Tuesday confirmed to The Tennessee Star that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has filed an immigration detainer for Mohamed Mohamed, the native of Somalia who was arrested on Thursday and charged with the rape of a 34-year-old woman who later died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
After Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) confirmed on Monday that Mohamed was born in Somalia, a spokesman for DSCO told The Star the alleged rapist remains jailed in Nashville after his arrest, with the foreign national ineligible for release despite a magistrate judge setting his bond at $300,000.
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Governor Bill Lee has granted a request by the Trump administration to mobilize Tennessee National Guard troops to assist with federalized crime crackdown efforts in Washington, D.C.
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President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated his view that a peace agreement is attainable between Russia and Ukraine, which would resolve the last war he has to handle as president.
Trump claimed that the Russia-Ukraine war is the most difficult for him to solve but that he previously viewed it as the easiest.
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At the August 15 Alaska summit, Vladimir Putin performed as expected. He desperately wants an end to Western sanctions, détente with the U.S., and assurances that the U.S. will not impose a disastrous anti-Russian secondary boycott—and, apparently, some additional Ukrainian territory.
Consequently, Putin, in his media synopsis, talked more about restored friendship with a “neighborly” United States under Trump. He scarcely mentioned Ukraine directly—other than to imply to Westerners that he seeks not merely to annex a foreign country, but to reclaim what he views as a former Soviet province with ancient ties to the Russian people.
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While Rolling Stone Magazine compared newcomer Billianne to a young Adele, I have to disagree.
I found her voice more akin to an indie/pop version of Alison Krauss. Either way, this rising artist is someone to pay attention to as she has the voice of an angel. Billianne has more than 650,000 TikTok followers and 319,000 organic Instagram followers. Whatever she is doing, people are paying attention.
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