Veteran pollster John McLaughlin said his latest national survey of likely voters reveals strong public concern about national security, mixed perceptions shaped by media coverage, and early warning signs for Republicans heading into the 2026 midterm elections.
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A job listing, first unearthed by Yellowhammer News on Thursday, reveals the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was hit with an 11-count indictment amid an ongoing search for a new CEO. According to the listing, the nonprofit is willing to pay up to $525,000 per year for a new top executive to lead the SPLC into its “Next Chapter.”
Though only posted to the third-party job listing website, Daybook, on Wednesday, the listing has been available on a job board maintained by the headhunting firm, Korn Ferry, since December 19, 2025.
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The Committee on House Administration on Thursday requested top ActBlue executive Regina Wallace-Jones to testify on Capitol Hill next month in connection with a congressional probe into the campaign donation platform’s verification policies and procedures.”
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Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) on Wednesday confirmed that production has started at its new facility in Anderson County, Tennessee, which was first announced last year, when the $16 million investment by the company was projected to create 72 new jobs for Tennesseans.
After IWI US announced on April 10 that it would begin offering ARAD 5 rifles to American customers, produced in the new East Tennessee facility, the company reportedly held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, when WATE reported that CEO Casey Flack listed a series of reasons why it chose Tennessee.
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There’s a growing concern about how young people are experiencing the digital world. I have spoken out about this very issue myself. I’m relieved to see parents, educators, and especially policymakers are focusing on the risks and emerging challenges posed by artificial intelligence and social media addiction. These are serious issues, and they demand thoughtful, effective solutions.
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The lawmakers who introduced the Tennessee Public School Accountability (TPSA) Act, which will empower a state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS), and was passed by the General Assembly this week, on Wednesday said improving education and public safety will restore “confidence and genuine hope” in the city.
Passed on Wednesday in a 27-6 vote by the State Senate, and 73-19 in the State House, once signed by the governor, the bill will create a nine-member oversight board for under performing school districts. After the Shelby County Commission expressed its lack of confidence in MSCS last year, the district is currently the only one in Tennessee that meets the criteria for a school takeover.
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Department of Justice Two Utah persons are in federal custody and charged in a federal criminal complaint of International Parental Kidnapping. The pair is accused of allegedly skipping out on a planned camping trip to Canada with a shared custody child and instead took the 10-year-old to Havana, Cuba, without the biological mother’s knowledge or court approval. Rose Inessa-Ethington aka Eri Ethington, 42, and Blue Inessa-Ethington, aka Carly Ann Crosby, 32, both of Cache County, Utah, were deported from Cuba on Monday with the assistance of the FBI. Upon landing in the United States, the two defendants appeared in court for an arraignment in Richmond, Virginia, and will be transported to the District of Utah at a later date for the remainder of their court case at the Orrin G. Hatch United States District Courthouse in downtown Salt Lake City. According to court documents, on March 28, 2026, a 10-year-old child was supposed to be traveling by car to Calgary in Alberta, Canada, for a planned camping trip with the minor victim’s biological father Rose Inessa-Ethington, Rose’s partner Blue and Blue’s 3-year-old child. But the group never arrived at their hotel in Calgary or the campground they planned to stay…
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CBS Morning News Recent data shows that the Trump administration is keeping illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border at historic lows. CBS News immigration correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports from Eagle Pass, Texas. READ THE FULL STORY
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New York Times The Justice Department has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose citizenship it wants to revoke, part of a push to increase the pace of denaturalizations by assigning the cases to prosecutors in dozens of U.S. attorney’s offices across the country. Senior Justice Department officials in Washington told colleagues during a meeting last week that civil litigators in 39 regional offices would soon be assigned to file denaturalization cases against the individuals, according to an official familiar with the announcement who was not authorized to describe it on the record. Two people familiar with the plans confirmed the broader effort to ramp up denaturalizations. It was not clear what led the department to target the 384 individuals. Under federal law, the government may ask a court to strip the citizenship of people who obtained it fraudulently — for instance, by entering into a sham marriage or by withholding information about their past that would have made them ineligible. Some who commit crimes may also be denaturalized. The government must present evidence to a federal judge through a civil or criminal proceeding, making the process challenging and time-consuming. READ THE FULL STORY
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Warner Bros. Discovery announced on Thursday that stockholders voted overwhelmingly to approve the company’s proposed $110 billion all-cash merger with Paramount Skydance, clearing a major hurdle in what would create one of Hollywood’s largest media and entertainment conglomerates.
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Tennessee Solicitor General Matt Rice, widely hailed for his role in defending the state’s law banning irreversible gender transition-inducing puberty blockers and hormones for minors in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, will depart public service this summer to join Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in its litigation practice.
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President Donald Trump has signed five executive orders that address critical segments of the nation’s energy infrastructure – a move made under the presidential determinations of the Defense Production Act that allows a U.S. president to mobilize industry for purposes of national security.
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After voters in Virginia approved a mid-decade redistricting plan Tuesday that will give Democrats a big edge for U.S. House races, the battle has now shifted to the state’s highest court.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune encouraged Senators to stop talking about President Donald Trump’s stated priority of nuking the filibuster, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday issued an injunction blocking a California law that required Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials to refrain from wearing masks and to display their I.D.
“We conclude that § 10 of the No Vigilantes Act attempts to directly regulate the United States in its performance of governmental functions,” the court wrote. “The Supremacy Clause forbids the State from enforcing such legislation. The United States is therefore likely to succeed on the merits of its Supremacy Clause claim, and the other preliminary injunction factors also weigh in its favor. Thus, we grant the motion for an injunction pending appeal.”
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Following the moon landing, there was widespread belief that mankind would soon be going to Mars. The conquest of space had begun. In fact, just two weeks after the Apollo 11 mission returned from the moon, rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun, whose Saturn V rocket had taken humans to the moon, presented NASA’s Space Task Group with a detailed plan for a manned mission to Mars, targeting a launch in 1981. The then-head of NASA, Thomas O. Paine, even specified an exact date: 12 astronauts were to embark on a mission to Mars on November 12, 1981.
But things turned out differently. After only five more moon landings, the program was aborted—and Mars has yet to be reached. So, what happened? In short, NASA lost its way. Government-led spaceflight did not produce progress, but stagnation. Launch costs remained almost unchanged at a high level for decades. And there were no economic incentives to reach Mars.
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