Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, offered his analysis on the legal questions surrounding Estefany Rodriguez Flores’ federal case, particularly focusing on how courts may interpret First Amendment protections for non-citizens without lawful permanent residency.
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The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) on Wednesday published a press release stressing the importance of the medication naxolone, commonly sold as Narcan, amid the spread of a new, China-linked opioid already associated with more than 30 fatal overdoses in Tennessee.
Cychlorphine, or N-Propionitrile, was first reported in East Tennessee last month, where the Knox County Regional Forensic Center (RFC) reported the new opioid was linked to 28 fatal overdoses.
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A recent NBC Poll found that President Donald Trump enjoys a staggering 100% approval rating among self-identified MAGA Republicans, with 0% disapproving. CNN Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten featured the eye-catching figure during an appearance on the network’s CNN News Central program Wednesday night. Enten described the poll finding as one that “jumps off the screen,” adding, “You don’t have to be a mathematical genius to know you can’t go higher than 100%.” “He is the 1972 Miami Dolphins,” Enten added, referencing the only team in NFL history to complete an undefeated season and go on to win the Super Bowl. There's no break in MAGA. Trump's approval with MAGA GOP is literally 100%. 90% of MAGA GOP approve of US military action in Iran. Those who disapprove of Trump are not MAGA at this point. Importantly: MAGA makes up the same share of voters as it did when Trump won in 2024. pic.twitter.com/LqMRHm8t1B — (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) March 18, 2026 The analyst stressed that while some Republicans express disapproval of Trump, “they are not members of the Make America Great Again movement.” Enten concluded, “The bottom line is this: if you are a member of MAGA, you approve of…
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Lawmakers in the Tennessee General Assembly on Wednesday deferred action on a bill to require local law enforcement to report encounters with illegal aliens, and local governments to track the cost of public services used by illegal aliens, after it was introduced as part of the legislative package to align Tennessee’s immigration laws with the Trump administration’s immigration policy in January.
Since the legislation was introduced by State Representative Elaine Davis (R-Knoxville) on January 15, a State House subcommittee advanced HB 1711 to the State and Local Government Committee in February, where lawmakers deferred action on March 4.
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Republican Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin on Thursday morning took a leap towards becoming the next Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) during a turbulent time for the agency.
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Taiwan immediately rejected China’s offer of stable energy supplies in exchange for accepting Beijing’s sovereignty, dismissing the proposal as ‘cognitive warfare’ amid a global energy crisis triggered by the ongoing Middle East war and the shutdown of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
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by Philip Wegmann Democrats began laying a trap the moment that President Trump announced during his State of the Union that Vice President JD Vance would lead a new “war on fraud,” salivating at the possibility of political liability and dubbing the MAGA heir apparent the “fraud czar.” “It will be blocks of cement around his ankles,” a senior Democratic official told RealClearPolitics last month after the speech to Congress. Another operative predicted that, come 2028, the new role “will be an albatross around his neck.” A third liberal strategist said, “It will be incredible to watch – it’s like he just needed a job but can’t have foreign policy.” Special responsibilities for vice presidents can later become campaign stumbling blocks for candidates. They provide a measuring stick for the opposition to argue about promises left unfulfilled. Democrats are already accusing the administration of hypocrisy, specifically of targeting their political enemies while turning a blind eye to the alleged fraud originating in the Oval Office. They remember how Republicans pilloried former Vice President Kamala Harris for failing to live up to her billing as “border czar.” That was a role that Harris rejected outright and never requested. Vance, however,…
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by Victor Davis Hanson Not that long ago, Silicon Valley was energized by legal immigrants from all over the world who founded eBay, Google, Nvidia, SpaceX, Stripe, Sun Microsystems, Tesla, Yahoo, and a host of others. The Greek American Elia Kazan’s 1963 film America, America is a fictional account based on the Herculean struggle of the director’s uncle to immigrate to the United States from an impoverished and hostile Turkish Anatolia. The film summed up Americans’ traditional view of immigrants: They had risked everything for the chance to reach America, and once there, became hyperpatriotic in their gratitude for the magnanimity of their new hosts. An excellent example is the recently released memoir from Encounter Books, American Trojan, by former University of Southern California president and Cypriot immigrant Dr. Max Nikias. It resonates with thankfulness to America for offering him opportunities undreamed of elsewhere. He and his wife arrived in the U.S. from war-torn Cyprus nearly penniless but determined to work hard, master English, and enrich the country that welcomed them with their talents and education. What followed was an amazing American trajectory that saw Nikias become president of the University of Southern California — arguably the most successful one in recent…
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Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said the Senate could remain locked in debate over the SAVE America Act for weeks if necessary, emphasizing her determination to see the legislation reach President Donald Trump’s desk.
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After a series of social media posts declaring Muslims “don’t belong in American society” and “all have to go back,” Tennessee U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) said in an exclusive interview with Tennessee Star Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy that mass deportation of Muslim Americans is neither feasible nor the issue he intends to address.
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Pollster Scott Rasmussen warned Wednesday that if economic confidence remains at its current levels, the Republican Party may be on track for a shellacking in November’s midterm elections.
Rasmussen, widely considered Republican-leaning, said during the Napolitan News Service’s Morning Briefing that the GOP would lose control of both houses of Congress if voters’ pessimism about their personal finances does not improve, adding that “the window is rapidly closing” for mitigation. He also emphasized that much of this low economic coincidence is due to how President Donald Trump’s unpopular war in Iran is causing fuel prices to skyrocket.
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Late last year, the U.S. Senate Democrat minority launched a quixotic 40-plus-day shutdown, showing their true colors of America Last and power for progressive communists first. They were willing to sacrifice all the business of the country just to stop the enforcement of our nation’s immigration laws. The calls in response to these retaliatory efforts were loud and swift, demanding that the U.S. Senate GOP majority kill the filibuster for everything and just run all the good legislation through to President Trump’s desk.
At that time, I shared grave trepidations about nuking the filibuster. Do we want to open up a can of worms that will never let them squiggle back? Is this country prepared for an aggressive expansion of little-d democracy, with all its mob-like implications? Former senator Kyrsten Sinema explained her resistance to ending the filibuster with one simple quip: “As soon as we go out of power, the Republicans can undo everything we put in place with a simple majority.”
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