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A Democratic Senate candidate ended her campaign Thursday as her school board continues to deal with the fallout of a superintendent’s arrest by immigration authorities.
While the Democratic Party in America relies on millions of college-educated liberals as its base, it depends on two additional sources of political power. The loss of either one could be fatal to the party’s ability to win elections. The first is America’s financial elites, providing money and institutional support.
A.J. Croce is currently on his "Croce Plays Croce" tour, where he is performing songs from his acclaimed Heart of the Eternal record while also covering his father's beloved hits.
A group of Knoxville activists who oppose federal immigration enforcement claimed on Thursday that a man recently detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after allegedly driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol or drugs, is actually member of the activist group who has illegally lived in the United States for two decades.
Allies of Knoxville's Immigrant Neighbors (AKIN) claimed in a press release posted to Instagram that Alejandro Guizar Lozano, 32, who ICE reportedly stated was detained following his sentence of 11 months and 29 days for a DUI conviction, is actually a member of the activist group who was well known to its organizers.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday asked District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, to maintain his court's seal on a September letter from Acting U.S. Attorney Robert E. McGuire to the criminal defense attorneys representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia, as prosecutors said it holds information about cooperating witnesses whose identities are protected.
McGuire's submission to the court on Thursday said the DOJ would not object to the release of the body-worn camera video from the November 30, 2022 traffic stop stop of Abrego Garcia by Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP), nor would it object to the unsealing of a March report by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) about Abrego Garcia, but did assert that the September letter should remain sealed.
During a Tuesday press conference discussing his administration's response to the Memphis Safe Task Force deployment, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris offered a platform to a member member of Vecindarios 901, an immigration group affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and Black Lives Matter (BLM).
A press advisory published by the Shelby County Mayor's Office confirmed that Vecindarios 901 organizer Carlos Ochoa participated in the event alongside Harris and Community Legal Center Immigrant Justice Program Director Colton Bane.
Impressionist Shawn Farash, who has gone viral in recent years for his impersonation of President Donald Trump, spoke with The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy this week detailing his strategy behind his successful Trump impression videos that have been viewed by millions.
Consumers’ Research sent a letter to several members of the Trump administration Thursday, urging agencies to ditch any association with the company First Street over its allegedly inaccurate climate risk modeling.
Ohio is making changes in many ways, especially when it comes to opportunity. That’s the sense one gets from Republican Speaker Matt Huffman of the Ohio General Assembly. Huffman was the recipient of the 2025 Taxpayer Torch Award from Americans for Prosperity’s Ohio chapter, with The Daily Signal present.
A grand jury delivered an indictment on Thursday against former national security advisor and Trump critic John Bolton, who has been accused of unlawfully handling classified documents.
Former U.S. Rep. Van Hilleary, a Republican vying to claim Tennessee's 6th Congressional District seat vacated by Rep. John Rose's bid for governor, announced Thursday that his campaign raised $607,640.89 in the first three months of fundraising.
When the Supreme Court agreed to consider whether Idaho and West Virginia can ban males from girls' sports, two weeks after upholding Tennessee's ban on medicalized gender transitions for minors, the transgender track athlete who defeated Idaho at trial and appeals courts got cold feet and tried to stop SCOTUS from hearing Idaho's part of the case.
Tennessee State Representative Mary Littleton (R-Dickson) announced Tuesday that she will retire from public service and not seek reelection in 2026.
Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and current law professor at Liberty University School of Law, said the Supreme Court’s rejection to hear the case Lee v. Poudre School District appears to stem from what he describes as a troubling trend of lower courts manipulating or omitting key facts in parental rights cases to shield them from Supreme Court review.
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