The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy and Lead Reporter Tom Pappert strongly condemned CBS’ “60 Minutes” segment featuring fired Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney Erez Reuveni, calling it a “propaganda palooza” piece which distorted of the facts surrounding Reuveni’s firing and the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Thursday identified Gelsen Verela Dubon, the 18-year-old who was arrested following a high speed chase with Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD), as an illegal immigrant from Honduras.
An ICE spokesman reportedly confirmed Verela Dubon is a Honduran national in a statement to WKRN, and Davidson County Sheriff’s Office records show he is currently being held on a detainer requested by ICE. According to ICE, such detainers are lodged, “against potentially dangerous aliens who have been arrested by another law enforcement agency or are removable from the United States.”
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In its Sunday episode of “60 Minutes,” the broadcast television network CBS misrepresented the facts in the civil immigration lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is separately charged with human smuggling in Tennessee by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
The segment featured an interview of Erez Reuveni, who was fired from the DOJ earlier this year for allegedly failing to appropriately defend the DHS from the lawsuit filed by Abrego Garcia, conducted by “60 Minutes” reporter Scott Pelley.
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American truckers are cheering the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal migrant drivers as not only a means to make highways safer, but also as a step to raking in more cash in markets long known for profiting off cheap foreign labor.
President Donald Trump’s Department of Transportation (DOT) has rattled the trucking industry with nationwide orders, such as tougher English proficiency standards and drastic restrictions on foreign commercial drivers. The changes followed a string of horrific accidents caused by illegal migrants who managed to score commercial driver’s licenses (CDL) from various states.
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Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House nine months ago Monday, the Department of Homeland Security has arrested some 480,000 criminal illegal aliens, according to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
Among the nearly half a million arrests, “70% of those individuals have criminal charges against them or have been convicted of those criminal charges,” Noem said at a press conference in Sarasota, Florida, on Monday.
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In the shadows of our highways and back alleys, a scourge preys on the most vulnerable among us—children sold into sex slavery, families torn apart by ruthless traffickers. It’s a nightmare no Tennessean should ever face, yet one our state has fought tirelessly to end. That’s why Senate Bill 392/House Bill 322, which created the new offense of human smuggling and strengthened penalties under Tennessee’s criminal code, was a beacon of hope—a direct strike against those who profit from unimaginable evil.
This Tennessee lawmaker chose to stand not with the victims, but with the monsters: Aftyn Behn, the self-proclaimed “AOC of Tennessee,” who voted against this critical anti-human trafficking legislation.
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The Trump administration has agreed to continue some forms of student loan forgiveness and payment plans in a court settlement reached with one of the largest teacher unions in the country.
The agreement filed by the Department of Education (ED) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) states the federal government has agreed to continue processing student loan forgiveness under the Income-Based Repayment (IBR), Original Income Contingent Repayment (ICR), Pay As You Earn (PAYE), and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Buyback programs.
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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case on drug users possessing firearms to determine whether the federal law criminalizing such possession is unconstitutional.
The Trump administration urged the court to hear the case, making it the latest regarding the Second Amendment that the court agreed to hear this term, according to The Hill news outlet. The court is expected to rule on the case by the end of its term next summer.
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President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday signed an agreement on rare earth minerals at the White House.
Trump and Albanese signed the agreement at the start of their meeting on Monday, with the president telling reporters that it had “been negotiated over a period of four or five months,” NBC News reported.
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The National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees and modernizes the nuclear stockpile, will furlough 1,400 employees on Monday amid the government shutdown.
The furlough will leave fewer than 400 employees on the job to safeguard the nuclear stockpile, Energy Department spokesperson Ben Dietderich told CNN.
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Axios President Trump is one step closer to sending the National Guard to Portland after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court order barring the deployment. Monday’s decision sets the stage for troops to take to Portland streets to protect an ICE facility in the city from long-running protests. It remains unclear when National Guard boots could be on the ground in Portland, as the ruling applies only to the first of two restraining orders issued by a lower court. READ THE FULL STORY
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The Hill The Senate on Monday voted against reopening the federal government for the 11th time, pushing the shutdown to the three-week mark with both sides at loggerheads and unable to break the impasse. The chamber voted 50-43 on the House-passed continuing resolution to fund the government through late November. It needed 60 votes to pass. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Angus King (I-Maine) once again crossed party lines and sided with Republicans. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who had previously voted in favor of the measure, did not vote on Monday. READ THE FULL STORY
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Breitbart Bible sales have massively increased following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, new data has revealed. Bible sales soared 36 percent in September compared to the same month in 2024, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing data from the publishing sales tracker Circana BookScan. Prior to September, sales of the Christian holy book averaged around 1.5 million units per month in 2025, according to the report. After the public assassination of Kirk at Utah Valley University on September 10, Bible sales shot up to 2.4 million. READ THE FULL STORY
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A Tennessee court denied a request on Monday to issue a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops in Memphis.
“Plaintiffs have not clearly shown by verified complaint or affidavits that immediate and irreparably injury, loss, or damage will result to them before notice can be served on Defendants and a hearing had on Plaintiffs’ motion. Plaintiffs’ attorneys also have not certified efforts to give notice to Defendants or reasons why notice should not be required,” wrote Davidson County Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal.
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Criminal defense attorneys representing Kilmar Abrego Garica on Friday submitted their recommended questionnaire for the potential jurors who may decide their client’s face at his trial in January 2026, revealing they seek to poll jurors about their views on illegal immigration, social media use, and news consumption habits.
The proposed jury questionnaire submitted by the alleged human smuggler on Friday contains three questions about media consumption and social media use, beginning by quizzing potential jurors about what news publications, whether online or in print, they read regularly to receive daily news.
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The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) on Saturday announced that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) will review the actions of its deputies who were confronted by General Sessions Clerk Tami Sawyer after barring an armed individual, later identified by Sawyer as her private security, from entering the county courthouse.
The decision to refer the incident to TBI was announced in a Saturday press release by SCSO, which stated that while its own investigation showed the deputies, “acted professionally and consistent with their training and SCSO policies,” Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy made the decision to turn over the matter to TBI for additional investigation.
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Tennessee House Majority Whip Johnny Garrett (R-Goodlettsville), who is running to represent Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District, said his campaign is rooted in bringing the Volunteer State’s common-sense conservative leadership to Congress.
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