A Tennessee man reached a settlement agreement with the federal government after the Biden-era Department of Justice (DOJ) punished him for his pro-life beliefs.
Paul Vaughn, a father of 11 children, will receive $1.2 million in his settlement with the DOJ.
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Two House committees have requested documents and communications from New Jersey’s chief elections official about the “alleged software errors” that permitted 6,600 noncitizens on the voter rolls.
The House Administration and Judiciary Committees sent the request to New Jersey Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State Dale Caldwell on Monday, according to a letter obtained by Just the News.
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Documentary filmmaker and conservative political pundit Robby Starbuck endorsed U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in Tennessee’s Republican gubernatorial primary, calling her the candidate who would provide the conservative leadership the state needs ahead of Thursday’s election.
During an interview with Blackburn on The Robby Starbuck Show, Starbuck announced his endorsement, saying, “I want to endorse you. I think you’re going to be a great governor for the state of Tennessee. It’s a state I love immensely. This is where we’ve raised our kids, and I think Tennessee needs leadership that is even more conservative than we have had in the past that is going to have their eye on these issues. I think you’re going to do a great job.”
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Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said Monday that unanswered questions surrounding U.S. Representative John Rose’s (R-TN-06) congressional financial disclosures could be easily resolved, but remain unanswered because the congressman’s office has not responded to requests for clarification.
Pappert discussed his reporting during Monday’s edition of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, where he said Rose’s financial disclosure filings appear to contain inconsistencies involving reported holdings and sales of Alphabet Inc. stock and a mutual fund.
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The Hill President Trump on Monday warned that it was Iran’s “last chance” to make a peace deal with the U.S. or face “decapitation” as he touted the most recent talks with Tehran. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said the discussions with Iran are “not very complex” and “going to go quickly” this time around, claiming that the Strait of Hormuz could open fully “literally by tomorrow,” in what he claimed was “phase one” of an agreement. That would be followed by a “second phase” of talks on Iran’s denuclearization, which the president acknowledged would “take a little while.” READ THE FULL STORY
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CBS News President Trump on Monday urged U.S. oil companies to take action to ease gasoline prices, saying that the energy giants “made too much money” from high oil prices due to the Iran war. Mr. Trump’s remarks come as Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell more than 4% on Monday to about $84 a barrel amid hopes for diplomatic progress in ending the conflict. Yet oil prices remain considerably higher than their pre-war levels, and U.S. gasoline prices are above $4 a gallon, up from about $3 a gallon before the war. In a recent CBS News poll, about half of Americans said elevated fuel costs are causing them financial difficulties. About eight in 10 of those polled said the Trump administration isn’t focusing enough on lowering consumer prices. READ THE FULL STORY
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Breitbart The Interior Ministry of Morocco said on Sunday that the migrant invasion of the Spanish city of Ceuta last week was caused by “misinformation” spread by human trafficking networks. Interior Ministry spokesman Rachid el-Khalfi said there was a “misleading perception among many participants that the crossing would be easy” because the waterway is narrow and the migrants believed a recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling would prevent the cities of Ceuta and Melilla from turning them away. Khalfi said the crisis was the result of “several overlapping factors,” including “the excessive exploitation of digital platforms, the dissemination of misleading information, the role of human trafficking networks, and incorrect interpretations of legal and administrative information.” READ THE FULL STORY
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche reached a deal Sunday with Republican holdouts who endangered his chances of being confirmed as the next attorney general.
Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina demanded that the Department of Justice (DOJ) formally end a $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund and rewrite language in an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) settlement that restricted President Donald Trump and his family from tax audits. After his confirmation process remained up in the air, the DOJ confirmed they accepted the senators’ demands in writing.
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Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said the latest internal polling conducted by President Donald Trump’s 2024 chief pollster shows U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) maintaining a commanding lead in Tennessee’s Republican gubernatorial primary, while questioning the credibility and media coverage of a competing survey.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci privately believed that the death rate of the COVID-19 was much lower than he told Congress just one month later, according to a record kept by the health official from February 2020.
The diary entry was made public by Sen. Rand Paul, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, prior to Dr. Fauci’s testimony earlier this week. During his appearance, Fauci refused to answer any substantive questions and cited the 5th Amendment more than 110 times.
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State Representative Justin Pearson (D-Memphis) said those who create and build artificial intelligence (AI) products and data centers are a “threat to humanity” during an interview with German-owned Politico Magazine published on Sunday.
Currently seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination to represent the Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District, and a longtime opponent of Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI, formerly known as xAI, told the outlet, “AI is controlled by people.”
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Capital One bank has filed a motion to dismiss the Trump Organization’s lawsuit claiming the U.S. banking heavyweight closed 385 of its accounts based on political retaliation.
The bank said in court documents filed Friday that it closed the accounts over federal money laundering rules – because of a vendetta against plaintiffs President Donald Trump’s company, the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust and Trump’s son Eric Trump.
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The National Park Service found recently that President Donald Trump’s planned triumphal arch on Arlington Memorial Bridge would adversely impact dozens of historic landmarks and sites around the Washington, D.C., area.
The president last year proposed the 250-foot arch that would feature a 166-foot mezzanine and 24-foot observation level, with a 60-foot statue of Lady Liberty on top, if approved.
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President Donald Trump on Monday declined to call for the resignation of Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, as he faces allegations of abusing his ex-wife and injuring their child.
Miller was married to Emily Moreno, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, who has said he should not serve in Congress. The younger Moreno has sought a restraining order against Miller, who has denied wrongdoing.
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A spokesman for Flock Safety told The Tennessee Star on Saturday that it is ready to work with public officials in Knox County, where Mayor Glenn Jacobs recently called for the Flock cameras to be removed, as well as lawmakers in the Tennessee General Assembly, where State Representative Jason Zachary (R-Knoxville) said legislation would be introduced in January 2027.
Flock Safety public relations manager Paris Lewbel provided the statement to The Star in response to an inquiry about the bill recently submitted to Congress by U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN-02), which would prohibit federal agencies from purchasing or using the company’s license plate reader (LPR) technology. It would also block state and local governments from using federal funding to purchase Flock products.
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State lawmakers and big tech are pushing back against misinformation surrounding data centers. Once welcomed for their local economic benefits, they say these facilities now face resistance due to fear and disinformation over water and electricity consumption, complicated by a global AI race against China.
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Federal financial disclosure filings submitted by U.S. Representative John Rose (R-TN-06) appear inconsistent, with his 2024 annual report listing between $250,001 and $500,000 in Alphabet Class A stock on December 31, and a transaction report filed last year stating he sold between $1 million and $5 million of the same stock from the same brokerage account on June 3, 2025. Alphabet is the parent company of Google.
Two more items on the June 2025 report appear to indicate Rose sold between $1 million and $2 million worth of shares of the American Funds SMALLCAP World Fund Class A mutual fund, while his 2024 annual disclosure showed he held between $500,001 and $1 million worth of shares in the fund.
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