A tuberculosis (TB) outbreak at Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco has infected nearly one in five tested students and staff, according to new data released by the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH).
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Candace Owens on Wednesday revealed that she was warned against interviewing Mitchell Snow, whose made claims on her podcast are now the focus of a defamation lawsuit launched by the former head of security for Charlie Kirk, by social media influencers who operate military-themed YouTube channels.
Owens revealed she received the warnings in response to the latest communications she received from attorneys representing Brian Harpole, who is suing Owens and Snow over claims they conspired to spread a false narrative that lead the public to believe Harpole, Erika Kirk, and a sitting congressman attended a meeting at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, to plan the assassination of Charlie Kirk, one day before he was killed.
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Breitbart The Chinese news outlet Caixin reported on Thursday that a Chinese-owned ship, openly marked as such, was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, days before the Iranian foreign minister visited Beijing to discuss his country’s ongoing conflict with the United States. The Caixin report, citing sources familiar with the situation, did not identify any perpetrators of the attack, though it did note that Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was intentionally targeting random civilian ships in the Strait of Hormuz to disrupt global commerce and had targeted a French company’s ship on Wednesday. The allegedly targeted Chinese ship in question was believed to be departing the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which has been the subject of sustained Iranian bombing since the United States launched “Operation Epic Fury” to disable Iran’s ability to continue engaging in and funding terrorism around the world. Reuters, citing Caixin, reported on Thursday that the ship in question bore a mark reading “CHINA OWNER & CREW” while it passed through the Strait in an apparent attempt to avoid being targeted. READ THE FULL STORY
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Breitbart White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday announced the birth of her daughter, Viviana. Leavitt had her second child on Friday, just four days after holding her last White House press briefing before taking maternity leave. “On May 1st, Viviana aka ‘Vivi’ joined our family, and our hearts instantly exploded with love,” she wrote in a post on X in which she shared a picture of Vivi and herself. READ THE FULL STORY
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Fox News China has ordered companies to disregard U.S. sanctions targeting Iranian oil, forcing a direct test of Washington’s ability to enforce its crackdown on Iran. A new directive, issued through China’s Commerce Ministry Sunday, invokes a 2021 “blocking statute” that prohibits firms from complying with foreign sanctions deemed illegitimate. The order applies to several Chinese refiners accused by the United States of purchasing Iranian crude, including major independent processors known as “teapot” refineries. The move represents a shift from years of opaque workarounds to more explicit state-backed resistance, as Beijing signals it will not cooperate with U.S. efforts to cut off a key source of revenue for Iran. READ THE FULL STORY
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With a new poll showing U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) continuing to dominate the Republican field in the upcoming 2026 gubernatorial primary, The Tennessee Star’s lead reporter Tom Pappert said Thursday that Blackburn has become so entrenched in Tennessee politics that only a political collapse by the senator herself could fundamentally alter the race.
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Miami Herald Monroe County funds designated to attract tourists to the Florida Keys will no longer be available for several LGBTQ events that bring thousands of people to Key West every year. The county announced the decision Tuesday, citing a law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis last month aimed at prohibiting public money to fund diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, initiatives. This includes the annual Key West Pride event, a popular weeklong celebration that is held every June and culminates with a parade down Duval Street. READ THE FULL STORY
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State Senator Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) on Thursday provided The Tennessee Star with confirmation he ordered a $1 million transfer of his personal wealth to his newly launched campaign for Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District, which will be redrawn after the Tennessee General Assembly passed redistricting legislation.
Taylor’s cash injection comes within hours of the launch of his congressional campaign, which began moments after the State Senate passed legislation to make the 9th Congressional District winnable for a Republican candidate for the first time in more than 50 years. Taylor was immediately endorsed by U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN), who said he will be a conservative fighter for Memphis and a close ally of President Donald Trump if elected.
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State Senator Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) on Thursday officially submitted paperwork for his candidacy to represent Tennessee’s newly redrawn 9th Congressional District with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), challenging U.S. Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN-09) for a seat Democrats have held for over 50 years.
In a campaign announcement posted to social media, Taylor revealed immediate endorsements from U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN).
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The Tennessee General Assembly passed legislation allowing the state to establish a new congressional district map on Thursday that Republicans say will “maximize alignment of political representation with Tennessee’s voter preferences.”
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Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed into law an expansion of Tennessee’s Education Freedom Scholarship Program, increasing the total number of available school choice scholarships from 20,000 to 35,000 for the 2026-27 school year.
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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost indicated Thursday that he will resign from office, telling families of fallen officers and other attendees at the annual peace officers memorial that “Today will be the last time I am here in this role.”
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Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude, announced Wednesday it has signed an agreement to use the full compute capacity of the Colossus 1 supercomputer facility in Memphis.
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A new poll released by the Nashville-based Beacon Center of Tennessee shows U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) continuing to dominate the Republican field in the upcoming 2026 gubernatorial primary, expanding her already significant lead.
The latest Beacon Poll finds Blackburn now earning 63 percent support among Republican primary voters, up from 56 percent in January. Her nearest competitor, U.S. Representative John Rose (R-TN-06), garners 10 percent, while Tennessee State Representative Monty Fritts (R-Kingston) trails with 5 percent. Just 22 percent of voters remain undecided.
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One of Virginia’s top Democratic power brokers and longtime state senator denounced an FBI raid on her Portsmouth office and cannabis business as an attempt to intimidate critics of the Trump administration.
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Tennessee lawmakers spent this session advancing the priorities and values voters sent them to Nashville to fight for. From empowering parents with school choice to cracking down on illegal immigration, expanding Second Amendment rights to protecting free speech on college campuses, the 114th General Assembly moved aggressively on nearly every front.
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The Supreme Court’s two landmark rulings outlawing the use of race in most cases for congressional redistricting and college admissions have prompted Congress to think about another target: federal contracting and grant making.
Several federal agencies for years have created loan, contracting and grant programs that use racial or ethnic preferences to help choose recipients for taxpayer money, including the Commerce Department’s Minority Business Development Agency and a new initiative the Biden administration created in 2023 that promised to harness more contracts through the Small Business Administration and the General Services Administration for minority-owned businesses in an effort to create “equity” in government procurement.
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company on Tuesday announced the first residential stops for the Music City Loop, the tunneling company’s point-to-point transportation system under construction in Nashville, with three towers in downtown Nashville granted exclusive access.
The company announced the agreement in a post to Musk’s social media platform X, revealing residents of the Prime, Alcove, and Paramount towers will be able to use an exclusive elevator in order to access the novel transportation network.
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American dominance hinges on something less flashy than most expect: the ability to actually build.
Being able to efficiently build roads, energy projects, data infrastructure, housing and more is a necessity for America. And being able to continue doing so requires getting permitting reform across the finish line.
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