President-elect Donald Trump said his incoming administration will be a “champion” for homeschool families by working to extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts when it comes to costs associated with education.
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Virginia ranked second in the Fall 2024 Leapfrog Group Hospital Safety Grade state rankings for patient safety in hospitals, marking the fifth consecutive time the commonwealth ranked second overall.
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A new congressional caucus focused on addressing issues facing the American commercial baking industry has been formed, the American Bakers Association (ABA) announced.
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Recovering journalist and Nashville-area public policy expert Clint Brewer said last week’s general election proved that Americans no longer trust and are choosing not to believe information put out by “legacy media” outlets.
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Tom Zawistowski, president of the We the People Convention, is not confident that Ohio Governor Mike DeWine will appoint a MAGA Republican to Ohio U.S. Senator JD Vance’s seat once he is sworn in as U.S. Vice President on January 20, 2025.
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Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led a bipartisan coalition of 31 state attorneys general in sending a letter to Congressional leadership on Monday urging the passage of U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal’s (D-CT) Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) before the end of the year.
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Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell on Monday demanding accountability within the federal agency after it was reported that FEMA workers were advised to discriminate against Trump supporters who needed assistance after Hurricane Helene.
Earlier this month, The Daily Wire reported that a FEMA supervisor ordered workers to bypass the homes of Donald Trump’s supporters as they surveyed the damage caused by Hurricane Milton in Florida.
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The Nashville Metro Police Department (MNPD) will hold a “Safe Surrender” event in December, a one-time opportunity for non-violent offenders with outstanding warrants to turn themselves in.
Men and women in Davidson County wanted on warrants for non-violent crimes, including failure to appear in court, are invited to turn themselves in at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church on December 6 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and December 7 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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Tom Pappert, reporter at The Pennsylvania Daily Star, said Democrats’ ongoing refusal to accept the election results of the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race which saw Republican Dave McCormick defeat incumbent Democrat Bob Casey (D-PA) is textbook “election denialism.”
While The Associated Press called the race for McCormick two days after Election Day last week, Casey has refused to concede.
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Todd Bensman, senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, said president-elect Donald Trump’s strong border security message is being heard around the world and is already having an impact when it comes to deterring migrants from illegally making their way to the U.S. southern border.
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U.S. Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07), who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, said the presence of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in Tennessee is a “consequence” of the Biden-Harris administration’s “destructive open-borders policies.”
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The University of Tennessee’s (UT) Knoxville campus will begin offering a new agriculture-based Ph.D. program in Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications beginning in the Fall 2025 semester, the university announced this week.
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Pollster John McLaughlin said president-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election can be attributed to his character contrast from his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, and his gut instinct about the overall needs of the American people.
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Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) marked a milestone in its rollout of the streaming platform Truth+ this week.
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The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) is investigating after a woman was stabbed to death at the WeGo bus station near the intersection of Harding Place & Antioch Pike.
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National political reporter Neil W. McCabe applauded president-elect Donald Trump’s nominations of combat veteran Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense and U.S. Representative Matt Gatez (R-FL-01) as Attorney General, explaining how the men are expected to bring about a new atmosphere in their respective roles.
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The new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the incoming Trump administration is accepting applications for individuals looking to root out unnecessary spending in government.
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Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a coalition of 23 state attorneys general in sending a letter to Special Counsel Jack Smith, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis demanding that their offices’ prosecutions of President Donald Trump end “immediately.”
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President-elect Donald Trump plans to crackdown on Chinese espionage during his incoming administration by directing the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to “hunt down Chinese spies.”
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U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) are introducing a bill this week that would prevent migrants tied to the terrorist group Hamas from entering the U.S. and receiving immigration benefits.
Blackburn and Rosen’s ‘No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act’ would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny immigration benefits to aliens who “carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or otherwise facilitated” the recent attacks against Israel beginning on October 7, 2023.
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Steve Baker, an opinion contributor for Blaze News and independent investigative journalist, said he pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor charges stemming from his presence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, to avoid a “shaming exercise” of a trial by a liberal jury in a D.C. courtroom.
Baker, who is among a small group of journalists being prosecuted for being present at the Capitol on January 6, entered an Alfred plea to avoid a trial by jury in a Washington D.C. courtroom in front of U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper on Tuesday.
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President-elect Donald Trump plans to assist the nation’s population without a college degree by creating the online “American Academy” which would make higher education available to all U.S. citizens for free.
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President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday evening that he has nominated Fox News host and Army combat veteran Pete Hegseth to serve in his cabinet as Secretary of Defense.
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Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) announced Tuesday evening she will be supporting Florida U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) for Senate Majority Leader.
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Former U.S. Special Envoy for Haiti Dan Foote detailed how he would advise the incoming Trump-Vance administration to approach Haiti and work to reform the country and reclaim it from violent gangs.
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Tom Basile, host of the Newsmax show “America Right Now,” discussed how critical it is for Republicans to “stick together” and “get stuff done” quickly during the incoming Trump administration, explaining how the Democratic Party is “already plotting to make a comeback” in the next election.
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Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino said he is “strongly considering” running for New York’s 21st congressional district, which is currently held by U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) who was tapped by president-elect Donald Trump to serve in his cabinet.
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Steve Baker, opinion contributor for Blaze News and an investigative journalist, announced Monday that he will be pleading guilty on Tuesday in a DC district court to four misdemeanor charges for being present at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said he believes President-elect Donald Trump made a “brilliant” choice in tapping U.S. Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) and former director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tom Homan to be a part of his administration.
On Monday, Trump announced that he is nominating Stefanik to serve in his cabinet as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
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Braden Boucek, vice president of Litigation for Southeastern Legal Foundation, explained the different avenues New York Judge Juan Merchan can pursue on Tuesday when he decides whether President-elect Donald Trump’s criminal conviction in the Stormy Daniels hush money case should be overturned in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity.
In July, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Trump v. United States that Trump is immune from federal prosecution for official acts he took while in office.
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President-elect Donald Trump said he would work to end veteran homelessness on the first day of his administration by signing an executive order to redirect funds previously spent by the Biden-Harris administration on illegal aliens to be instead used to shelter and treat homeless U.S. veterans.
Throughout the Biden-Harris administration, sanctuary cities such as Chicago and New York have made headlines for housing illegal aliens in luxury hotel rooms at the cost of taxpayers.
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President-elect Donald Trump said he would restore the executive branch impoundment authority to “cut waste, stop inflation, and crush the Deep State” during his second term.
In a video posted by his presidential campaign in June 2023, Trump explained that, if elected, he would “use the president’s long-recognized Impoundment Power to squeeze the bloated federal bureaucracy for massive savings.”
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Impressionist Shawn Farash, who has gone viral in recent years for his impersonation of former and president-elect Donald Trump, said he discovered that he did a good impersonation of Trump while working as a salesman selling DirecTV in New York.
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Matt Boyle, the national political editor at Breitbart News, said Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign finance issues may end up being “a lot worse than it looks” in the coming weeks and months ahead.
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Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is honoring U.S. veterans this year on Veterans Day, November 11, with a 30-second television ad.
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Todd Bensman, senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, said he believes former and president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose hefty tariffs on Mexico if the country does not work to curb the flow of immigration into the U.S. will pressure the country to break up existing caravans with a goal of reaching the border.
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A video of former and president-elect Donald Trump has resurfaced since Tuesday’s election of him pledging to honor America’s 250th birthday by working with all 50 governors to hold a “Great American State Fair” in 2026 if he were elected.
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Judson Phillips, founder of Tea Party Nation, said Americans should expect to see a “new golden age” of the nation under former and president-elect Donald Trump during his incoming second term in the White House.
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State lawmakers will continue pushing to amend the Tennessee Constitution to ban statewide property taxes during the next legislative session.
Senate Joint Resolution 0001, filed by State Senator Ferrell Haile (R-Gallatin), would prohibit the Tennessee General Assembly from levying, authorizing, or otherwise permitting a state tax on property.
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I-40 in Cocke County at the Tennessee-North Carolina state line is expected to be reopened to traffic by New Year’s Day, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) announced Tuesday.
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Republican leadership in the Tennessee General Assembly filed new legislation on Wednesday, the Education Freedom Act of 2025, to support Governor Bill Lee’s universal school choice plan.
House Bill 1/Senate Bill 1 was filed by House Majority Leader William Lamberth (R-Portland) and Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson (R-Franklin).
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Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s multi-billion dollar transit plan was approved by voters on Tuesday, according to unofficial election results published by the Davidson County Election Commission.
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Rachel Alexander, lead reporter at The Arizona Sun Times, is warning that Arizona’s final election results may be “dragged out” for days after Tuesday night as an opportunity for Democrats to “figure a way to change the results.”
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Jack Windsor, president and editor-in-chief at The Ohio Press Network, said the “anticipatory energy” in Ohio for Tuesday’s general election is “different than it was four years ago.”
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Matt Kittle, a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist, said conservatives should be keeping their “eyes wide open” tonight and in the coming days as ballots are being counted across the nation, specifically in swing states.
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Rob Bluey, executive editor of The Heritage Foundation’s The Daily Signal, said conservative media has flourished within the last 15-20 years as a result of the legacy media becoming “too lazy and corrupt to report the news truthfully and accurately.”
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Joe Rogan, host of the popular podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, endorsed former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race on Monday, the day before Election Day.
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Nashville, Knoxville, and Memphis’ public transit services will offer free rides for the community on Election Day, which is Tuesday, November 5, to support participation in the democratic process.
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Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced Monday that the state will receive approximately $42.9 million from a settlement with Kroger over the grocery chain’s opioid-related misconduct.
The Volunteer State’s settlement with Kroger is part of a combined $1.37 billion settlement agreement between the grocery chain and a bipartisan coalition of 30 state attorneys general.
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National political reporter Neil W. McCabe said the Trump campaign is “completely aligned” and “perfectly in sync” going into the November 5 general election, which has led to the campaign dominating the news cycle and taking coverage away from Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign.
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