Category: Tennessee

Arrests of Five Alleged Human Traffickers in Tennessee Included Three Illegal Aliens Released by Biden Admin: ICE

Tom Pappert
Illegal Immigrants

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Tuesday that three out of the five men arrested last month during an operation targeting human trafficking in Middle Tennessee are “criminal illegal aliens from Cuba,” who were each released by federal authorities during the Biden administration. 

The update from ICE confirms the unlawful presence of Alinson Guerrero-Ramirez, Bryan Duany Rodriguez-Pena and Lazaro Rodriguez-Santos, three of the five men who were arrested last month during an operating targeting alleged human traffickers, which was led by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI).

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Freddie O’Connell’s Campaign Manager Secured Mayor’s Office Meeting for Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofit Before $718,000 Grant

Tom Pappert
Emily Cupples

An email obtained by The Tennessee Star following its public records request to Metro Nashville, seeking answers about the nearly $1.5 million appropriated to two pro-illegal immigrant nonprofits, reveals that the $718,000 grant for Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors (TNJFON) was included in Metro’s budget following a meeting between a city official and Emily Cupples, a Democratic political consultant who now manages the reelection campaign of Mayor Freddie O’Connell. 

Though O’Connell’s office resisted providing an unknown number of documents, citing attorney-client privilege, one of the five sent to The Star is an email exchange between Cupples and a Metro Nashville employee from earlier this year.

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Leahy Says Metro Nashville Must Answer in Court for Withholding $1.5 Million Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofit Records

Kaitlin Housler
MPL

The Tennessee Star’s CEO and editor-in-chief, Michael Patrick Leahy, said Monday that he intends to challenge Metro Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s refusal to release records related to nearly $1.5 million in appropriations for two immigration-focused nonprofits through litigation.

During a discussion with The Star’s lead reporter, Tom Pappert, Leahy argued that Metro’s assertion of attorney-client privilege improperly withholds records sought under the Tennessee Public Records Act.

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NRA Backing Blackburn for Tennessee Governor

Kaitlin Housler
Marsha Blackburn

The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) announced its endorsement and highest “A+” rating for U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in the 2026 Tennessee gubernatorial election.

In its endorsement statement, NRA-PVF Chairman John Commerford said Blackburn’s record in Washington demonstrated consistent support for Second Amendment issues and gun owners.

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President Donald Trump Endorses Brent Taylor in TN-09 Race

Kaitlin Housler
Brent Taylor and Donald Trump

President Donald Trump formally endorsed State Senator Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) in the upcoming August 6 Republican primary for Tennessee’s newly redrawn 9th Congressional District.

“It is my Great Honor to endorse Highly Respected State Senator, Brent Taylor, who is running to represent the Incredible People of Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District. Brent is strongly supported by the most Highly Respected MAGA Warriors in Tennessee, including both of your tremendous U.S. Senators, my friends, Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Monday.

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Study Claiming Tennessee Is ‘Worst Place to Live’ Cites Category Previously Named ‘Inclusion’ to Make Determination

Tom Pappert
Tennessee Welcome Sign

Last week a study conducted by CNBC claimed to identify Tennessee as the “worst place to live” in the United States, but a review of the researchers’ earlier data seems to reveal the claim about Tennessee depends overwhelmingly category previously titled “Life, Health, and Inclusion.”

Originally named “Quality of Life” in the version of the CNBC “Top States for Business” study conducted from 2007-2019, the category in 2021 was rebranded “Life, Health, and Inclusion,” when it was modified to incorporate “new metrics on the battle against Covid-19, health care in general, and the corporate push for inclusiveness.”

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‘He Could Have Had Another 20 Years’: Dr. Omar Hamada Says Early Detection May Have Saved Lindsey Graham

Kaitlin Housler
Lindsey Graham

Following the death of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) at age 71 from what his office described as a “brief and sudden illness,” with a preliminary medical examiner finding of an aortic dissection related to hardened arteries, Dr. Omar Hamada said the senator’s death underscores the importance of preventive medicine, arguing that earlier detection may have saved his life.

Graham died Saturday evening in Washington, D.C., after returning from a congressional trip to Ukraine, where he had met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and toured a munitions factory just one day before his death.

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Blackburn Turns Tables on Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell, Blasts His Support of Illegal Aliens over Tennesseans

Kaitlin Housler
Freddie O'Connell

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell released a new campaign advertisement parodying U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn’s (R-TN) recent anti-China gubernatorial campaign commercial, prompting a swift response from the senator, who accused the mayor of trying to distract voters from his record on illegal immigration.

O’Connell’s mayoral re-election ad recreates the setting of Blackburn’s original commercial at Nashville’s Elliston Place Soda Shop, where the senator filmed her anti-China campaign ad in a staged Chinese restaurant.

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Freddie O’Connell Lawyers Up: Claims Attorney Client Privilege for Refusal to Release Documents in $1.5 Million Payments to Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofits

Tom Pappert
Freddie O'Connell, Mayor of Metropolitan Nashville & Davidson County

Metro Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s office on Friday produced just five documents in response public records request from The Tennessee Star, which sought his justification for appropriating nearly $1.5 million in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget to the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) and Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors (TNJFON).

The office claimed the remaining responsive records were exempt from disclosure under the Tennessee Public Records Act because they contain privileged communications between Metro and its attorneys.

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Federal Judge Sentences India-Educated, Mayo-Trained Doctor to 20 Years for 15,000 Procedures with Dirty Devices in Memphis

Tom Pappert
Sanjeev Kumar

A federal district judge on Wednesday handed down a 20-year sentence to Sanjeev Kumar, who operated a women’s health clinic in Memphis, Tennessee, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

U.S. District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman sentenced Kumar (pictured above) to 20 years in prison, plus two years of supervised release, about six months after the Memphis jury found him guilty of 18 counts of adulteration of medical devices, 16 counts of misbranding medical devices, and six counts of healthcare fraud.

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Live to 100: Dr. Omar Hamada Shares the ’10-3-2-1′ Sleep Routine for Better Health

Kaitlin Housler
Sleep

Sleep is one of the most overlooked pillars of good health, according to Dr. Omar Hamada, who joined Friday’s edition of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show to share a simple routine designed to improve sleep quality and support long-term health.

Hamada said sleep should be viewed as one of the “three foundational tenets of good health,” alongside exercise and nutrition.

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Exclusive: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Explains Trump’s Push to Expand Wealth, Reshore Industry, and Cut Deficits

Kaitlin Housler
Scott Bessent

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the Trump administration’s economic agenda in an exclusive interview with The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy, highlighting the administration’s new Trump Accounts, tax policies, manufacturing strategy, and efforts to reduce the federal deficit.

During the wide-ranging interview, which aired Friday on The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, Bessent discussed the administration’s efforts to expand investment opportunities for American families, reduce taxes on workers, reshore critical industries, and restore what he described as America’s economic sovereignty.

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Middle Tennessee Federal Judges Recuse from Candace Owens Defamation Case After She Hires Attorney Who Sued Court

Tom Pappert
Candace Owens

All four federal district judges in the Middle District of Tennessee have recused themselves from the defamation lawsuit filed against Candace Owens by Brian Harpole, the former head of security for Charlie Kirk. Though an explanation for the recusals was not offered in the order, it was posted days after Owens retained an attorney who previously sued the federal court and its judges.

U.S. District Judge William L. Campbell filed his notice of recusal on Wednesday, and when the document was posted publicly on Thursday, it revealed that “all District Judges and Magistrate Judges of the Middle District of Tennessee have recused in this matter.”

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World Cup Visitors Leaving with New View of America, Clint Brewer Says

Kaitlin Housler

Public affairs specialist and journalist Clint Brewer said the U.S. scored a significant public relations victory by hosting the FIFA Club World Cup, arguing that visitors from around the globe left with a dramatically different impression of the country than the one they expected.

Speaking Thursday on The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, Brewer said international visitors – particularly from Europe – arrived with negative perceptions of the U.S. shaped by media coverage but discovered a welcoming and comfortable nation instead.

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Rural Tennessee Town Supports Ordinance Banning Data Centers

Zachery Schmidt
data center

A small town in Tennessee supported an ordinance this week to ban data centers, citing concerns about how they would affect its resources.

St. Joseph Board of Commissioners voted in favor of the ordinance on first reading. The action taken by board members comes as other data center projects are being discussed in Lawrence County, which has a population of nearly 50,000, according to the town’s press release.

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Blackburn Slams Memphis Schools After ‘Deeply Disturbing’ Audit Showing $54 Million Spent on Possible Fraud, Including $48 Million to Janitorial Company

Tom Pappert
School cleaning crew

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Wednesday called the 667-page audit published this week by the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury “deeply disturbing,” highlighting the more than $100 million in suspicious spending outlined by investigators. 

“This audit is deeply disturbing. Instead of prioritizing our children, the Memphis-Shelby County School system spent nearly $100 million on waste, fraud, and abuse,” wrote Blackburn in a post to X.

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Tennessee Reports Record First-Quarter Business Filings Despite Mixed ‘Headwinds’ Nationally Attributed to Iran War

Tom Pappert

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett on Wednesday revealed that the Volunteer State set new records for new business filings and annual reports during the first three months of 2026, calling the data “good leading indicators of growth and jobs,” even as inflation is impacted nationally by the conflict with Iran. 

Hargett made the remarks during a press call ahead of the release of his office’s quarterly report on first quarter business and economic indicators, which included data showing a 20.6 percent increase in the number of new business filings, and a 30.4 percent increase in annual reports, when compared to last year. 

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Blackburn Slams Memphis Schools After ‘Deeply Disturbing’ Audit Showing $54 Million Spent on Possible Fraud, Including $48 Million to Janitorial Company

Tom Pappert
School cleaning crew

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Wednesday called the 667-page audit published this week by the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury “deeply disturbing,” highlighting the more than $100 million in suspicious spending outlined by investigators. 

“This audit is deeply disturbing. Instead of prioritizing our children, the Memphis-Shelby County School system spent nearly $100 million on waste, fraud, and abuse,” wrote Blackburn in a post to X.

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Kline Says Trump’s Bid to Rehear Birthright Citizenship Case Faces Long Odds, Suggests Congress Holds the Stronger Path

Kaitlin Housler
Trump and SCOTUS

Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and Liberty University law professor, said President Donald Trump’s plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to rehear its recent birthright citizenship decision is unlikely to succeed, arguing that the legal standard for reconsideration has not been met despite new reports of hospitals and organizations openly marketing birth tourism following the ruling.

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Exclusive: Blackburn Lays Out Conservative Agenda for Tennessee, Says State Must Shrink Government as Power Returns from Washington

Kaitlin Housler
Marsha Blackburn

Tennessee gubernatorial candidate U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn laid out an ambitious conservative agenda for the Volunteer State during an exclusive interview with The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy, saying she is prepared to lead Tennessee as authority continues shifting from Washington back to the states.

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DOJ Says Man Accused of Fleeing to Guatemala to Avoid Child Rape Charges Now in Tennessee to Face Charges

Tom Pappert
Domingo Sunun

A Guatemalan man who allegedly fled the United States after he was charged with child rape in Tennessee has been returned to the Volunteer State, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

The DOJ press release confirmed Domingo Sunun is now in state custody to answer for allegations he sexually assaulted four minors, including three who were his nieces. 

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Candace Owens Retains Award-Winning Nashville First Amendment Attorney for Defense Against Lawsuit by Charlie Kirk’s Head of Security

Tom Pappert
Dan Horowitz

A legal filing submitted last week revealed Candace Owens has added Daniel A. Horwitz to the team of attorneys representing her in the defamation lawsuit filed in April by Brian Harpole, the former head of security for Charlie Kirk, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

The court received a notice of appearance for Horwitz last Thursday, revealing he will represent Owens personally, as well as her businesses, Candace Owens LLC and GeorgeTom, Inc. 

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SCOTUS Chief Justice Roberts’ Legacy May Echo That of Dred Scott Author Roger Taney, Legal Analyst Warns

Kaitlin Housler
Chief Justice Roberts

Legal commentator and retired attorney Mark Pulliam said Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion striking down President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship misreads the 14th Amendment and risks defining Roberts’ historical legacy alongside one of the Supreme Court’s most controversial chief justices.

During an appearance on The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, Pulliam said the public should understand that the case Trump v. Barbara centers on a single constitutional phrase in the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.”

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Pappert: Metro Nashville Public Records ‘Non-Response’ Raises New Questions About $1.5 Million in Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofit Grants

Kaitlin Housler
Tom Pappert

Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said Metro Nashville’s response to a public records request seeking documents related to nearly $1.5 million in grants to two pro-illegal immigration nonprofits failed to produce any records justifying the appropriations and instead generated new questions about the city’s handling of the request.

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Nashville Clerk Told Metro ‘We Do Not Have Any’ Records Justifying $1.5 Million for Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofits: Email

Tom Pappert
Nashville City Hall

While Metro Nashville stopped short of answering the public records request filed by The Tennessee Star by providing justification for appropriating nearly $1.5 million in grants for two pro-illegal immigrant nonprofits, the 51 documents provided by Metro include an email chain where Metro Clerk Austin Kyle told the Metro Department of Finance, “We do not have any of the records related to these grants on file.”

The email was sent by Metro Clerk Austin Kyle on June 8, just days after The Star sent press inquiries to the clerk’s office and Mayor Freddie O’Connell seeking documents, which Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) 7-3-314(b) states must be filed by nonprofits seeking grants from metropolitan governments, to explain the mayor’s request to appropriate $735,000 for the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) and Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors (TNJFON).

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Pappert Highlights Controversies in Nashville, Jackson, and New Orleans: ‘Blue Cities in Red States’ Under Scrutiny

Kaitlin Housler
Tom Pappert

From Nashville’s budget priorities to a sweeping federal bribery investigation in Jackson and a legal battle involving Louisiana’s attorney general in New Orleans, The Tennessee Star’s lead reporter, Tom Pappert, argued Monday that three Democratic-led cities in Republican-led states have become focal points for disputes over government accountability and adherence to state law.

During an appearance Tuesday on The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, Pappert discussed his recent reporting on each of the three cities, beginning with Metro Nashville’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget, which appropriates nearly $1.5 million in grants to the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition and Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors.

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Exclusive: Blackburn Recalls Leading Grassroots Revolt That Defeated Tennessee State Income Tax

Kaitlin Housler
Marsha Blackburn

Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is revisiting one of the defining political battles of her career, describing in an exclusive sit-down interview how she led a four-year effort in the Tennessee General Assembly to defeat a proposed state income tax and arguing that the fight reshaped the state’s future.

During an interview with The Tennessee Star’s CEO and editor-in-chief, Michael Patrick Leahy, Blackburn recounted her opposition to then-Governor Don Sundquist’s proposal, which she said came as an unexpected reversal after his campaign pledge not to support a state income tax.

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Democrat Who Sided with GOP on State House Rules After Tennessee Three Expulsion Fight Attributes Retirement to ‘Different’ Modern Politics

Tom Pappert
Johnny Shaw

Following more than a quarter century in the Tennessee General Assembly, State Representative Johnny Shaw (D-Bolivar) in April announced his decision to retire from the Tennessee General Assembly.

Shaw added context to his decision to leave public service in a Monday interview with WREG, telling the Memphis television station that shifting politics, seemingly in concert with increased partisanship, prompted the 84-year-old to retire. 

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Metro Nashville Produces No Documents Justifying Origin or Current Need for $1.5 Million in Grants to Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofits

Tom Pappert
Freddie O'Connell

Metro Nashville provided The Tennessee Star with 51 documents in response to its June 11 request filed using the Tennessee Public Records Act (TPRA), but none offer justification for the decision by Mayor Freddie O’Connell to include nearly $1.5 million for two pro-illegal alien nonprofits in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget passed by the Metro Council last month.

The response from Metro included 51 emails, along with some of their attachments, exchanged among Metro officials, employees, and Metro City Council members between 2022 and 2026. However, none of the emails included the information Tennessee state law requires metropolitan governments to obtain from nonprofits before authorizing appropriations.

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Charlie Kirk’s Head of Security Seeks Order Preserving Digital Records Between Candace Owens, Guest Who Launched Fort Huachuca Conspiracy Theory

Tom Pappert
Candace Owens

The owner of the company which provided personal security for Charlie Kirk last week asked a federal judge in Tennessee to order Candace Owens preserve records of her conversations with Mitch Snow, who claimed on her podcast that he witnessed Harpole, Erika Kirk, and others meet at a military base in New Mexico one day before Tyler Robinson allegedly assassinated Charlie Kirk in Utah last year. 

Harpole’s attorneys asked U.S. District Judge William Campbell on Thursday to issue an order requiring Owens and Snow to preserve “documents, cellular telephones, and other electronic devices” related to the case. 

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Mississippi District Attorney Pleads Guilty in Bribery Sting that Allegedly Ensnared Former Jackson Mayor, City Council President

Tom Pappert
Jody Owens

Court documents show U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan II last week received a plea deal reached between federal prosecutors and Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens III, an elected Democrat who was indicted in 2024 for his role in a bribery scandal that allegedly also included the former Mayor of Jackson and two members of the Jackson City Council.

Owens and his alleged co-conspirators are accused of engaging in a bribery conspiracy after two undercover FBI agents posed as developers pursuing development opportunities related to a hotel in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. According to prosecutors, Owens played a central role in the conspiracy, soliciting or accepting at least $115,000 in bribes and facilitating over $80,000 to other elected officials.

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Tennessee Homeowner Claims THDA Illegally Used Race to Market Biden-Era Mortgage Assistance Program: Lawsuit

Tom Pappert
home owner

A lawsuit filed by a Madison County, Tennessee homeowner last Wednesday claims the Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) illegally used race to market the Tennessee Homeowner’s Assistance Fund (TNHAF), a Biden-era program meant to provide financial relief to Americans struggling to pay their mortgage during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The lawsuit was filed by Tennessee homeowner Norlin Jones, who states that he never learned about the relief program despite owning a mortgaged home in Madison County and having his work schedule reduced during the pandemic. 

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Louisiana Supreme Court Halts Prosecution of AG Murrill in Dispute over New Orleans Court Clerk Merger

Tom Pappert
Liz Murrill

The Louisiana Supreme Court halted the prosecution of Attorney General Liz Murrill, quashing an arrest warrant filed last Friday following the return of a grand jury indictment accusing Attorney General Liz Murrill of committing eight counts of public intimidation and eight counts of malfeasance in office tied to May letters she sent about the appointment of an interim clerk by Orleans Parish.

The circumstances under which Murrill sent the letter began in April, when Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed Act 15 into law, bringing Orleans in line with the rest of the state’s parishes, the French-inspired system of local government Louisiana uses in place of counties.

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Texas Hospital Near U.S.-Mexico Border Marketing Birth Tourism Packages

Kaitlin Housler
Mission Regional Medical Center

A South Texas hospital has been openly advertising maternity services directly to pregnant women living outside the U.S., encouraging them to travel across the border to give birth at its facility.

Mission Regional Medical Center, located in Mission, Texas, has been promoting maternity packages to international patients, including through reported Spanish-language billboards targeting families in Latin America.

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TBI Investigating Deadly Shooting of Man Who Allegedly Turned Gun on National Guard Troops in Memphis

Kaitlin Housler

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred early Sunday morning in downtown Memphis involving Tennessee National Guard soldiers assigned to the Memphis Safe Task Force.

According to TBI, the shooting occurred at approximately 4 a.m. near the intersection of Ida B. Wells Avenue and Union Avenue. The Memphis Police Department (MPD) said its officers had responded at approximately 3:56 a.m. to reports of shots fired in the area of Ida B. Wells Avenue and Gayoso Avenue.

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Pulliam: Sustained Public Pressure Needed to Reverse Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Ruling

Kaitlin Housler
SCOTUS

Legal commentator and retired attorney Mark Pulliam said sustained outrage and political pressure against the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. Barbara will be necessary if opponents hope to eventually overturn the decision.

During an appearance Monday on The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, Pulliam discussed the Court’s decision last week striking down President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship.

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Illegal Alien Soccer Coach Sentenced to 30 Years for Child Exploitation, Faces Deportation to Mexico Upon Release

Tom Pappert
Camilo Hurtado Campos

The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee on Thursday announced the sentencing of Camilo Campos-Hurtado, 66, an illegal alien and former soccer coach who last year pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, receiving child sexual abuse material (CSAM), using fraudulent immigration documents, and possessing stolen immigration documents.

Unlawfully in the United States for more than two decades, investigators determined that Campos-Hurtado recruited boys age 9-17 from school playgrounds in Franklin to play on his soccer team. Once recruited, Campos-Hurtado lured victims to his home, provided them drugs or alcohol, and committed sexual assaults that he recorded. 

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Metro Nashville Spends More on Grants for Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofits than Unemployment, Historical Commission, or MNPS Audits

Tom Pappert
Freddie O'Connell

A review of the Metro Nashville budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 reveals that more money was appropriated as grants for the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) and Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors (TNJFON), two nonprofits that provide support to illegal aliens, than the city spends on more recognizable expenses including unemployment, the Historical Commission, and an audit for Metro Nashville Public Schools.

Appropriations totaling $735,000 for TIRRC and $718,000 for TNJFON were included in the FY 2027 budget proposed by Mayor Freddie O’Connell in May and were included in the $3.85 billion budget passed by the Metro Council last month. Together, the nonprofits are slated to receive about $1.453 million.

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