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  • Leahy: David Hatley is a Blithering Idiot Whose Policies for Education, Transportation, and the State Budget are Leftist Nonsense
    Leahy: David Hatley is a Blithering Idiot Whose Policies for Education, Transportation, and the State Budget are Leftist Nonsense
TN Top Story: Tennessee Chancery Court Upholds Education Freedom Scholarship Act
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Top Commentary: The Ukrainian Gordian Knot
TSNN Featured: Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell Pitches Public Safety Spending from Tourism Tax Surplus amid Calls for Business Property Tax Relief
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Tennessee

ride share
October 27, 2026

ICE Says Purported Lyft Driver Arrested at Nashville Airport is Illegal Alien from Venezuela, Suspected Tren de Aragua Member

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of Salin Dahel Ramos Alvarez to The Tennessee Star, describing Ramos Alvarez as a known or suspected member of Tren de Aragua.  A spokesman for ICE told The Star that Ramos Alvarez was arrested last Thursday as part of a "targeted...
classroom question
October 27, 2026

Tennessee Chancery Court Upholds Education Freedom Scholarship Act

Blackburn and Adkisson
October 27, 2026

Blackburn Confirms Support for Trump Judicial Nominee Sam Adkisson After Previously Withholding Blue Slip

Jacob Allen Morley
October 27, 2026

Manhunt Underway After ‘Dangerous’ Inmate Escapes Tennessee Prison

Mayor Freddie O'Connell
October 27, 2026

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell Pitches Public Safety Spending from Tourism Tax Surplus amid Calls for Business Property Tax Relief

Michael Patrick Leahy
October 26, 2026

Leahy: David Hatley is a Blithering Idiot Whose Policies for Education, Transportation, and the State Budget are Leftist Nonsense

Hegseth and Blackburn
October 26, 2026

Department of War Dismisses Report Claiming Blackburn Could Appoint Hegseth to U.S. Senate as ‘Beltway Gossip by Anonymous Sources’

Heidi Campbell
October 26, 2026

Tennessee Democrat Who Slammed ‘Trump’s Lies About Election Fraud’ Now Says Voting Machine Issue ‘Needs to Be Addressed’

Boy playing video games
October 26, 2026

Commentary: Tennessee Kids Aren’t Safe Until All Platforms Are Held Accountable

Memphis Safe Task force
October 26, 2026

Memphis Safe Task Force Reports More than 1,500 Narcotics Arrests

Johnny Garrett
October 26, 2026

Garrett: Tennessee Voters Face a Choice Between Socialism and a Free America on November 3

Anthony Green
October 23, 2026

Memphis Safe Task Force Catches Convicted Murderer ‘Erroneously Released’ in September 2025

radio
October 23, 2026

Nashville Graduate Earns National Honors for College Radio Program

National News

Man with pills
October 28, 2026

HHS Study Finds Opioid Deaths Are at Lowest Rate in Nearly a Decade

A Department of Health and Human Services report released Tuesday found that opioid-related deaths in the United States have plummeted to the lowest rate since President Trump declared a public health emergency in 2017. The new report from HHS's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation examined the...
Trump and Ukraine
October 28, 2026

Commentary: The Ukrainian Gordian Knot

October 27, 2026

Trump Says ‘Billions’ of Barrels of Venezuelan Oil Will ‘Soon’ Lower Gas Prices

Jeremy Lewin
October 27, 2026

Top Rubio Adviser on Venezuela and Cuba Leaves State Department

Abdul El-Sayed
October 27, 2026

Scandals and Probes Haunt Democrats in Crucial Week Running Up to Midterms

Nvidia office
October 27, 2026

Tech Giants Helping Finance Their Own AI Boom, Raising Questions About Who Bears Risk

NYPD
October 27, 2026

NYPD Ignored Nearly 10,000 ICE Detainers in Past Year: House Judiciary GOP Sanctuary Report on NYC

gas prices
October 27, 2026

Consumer Confidence Improves in October amid Easing Gas Prices, Survey Shows

Eric Swalwell
October 27, 2026

FBI Raids Beverly Hills Mansion in Connection with Swalwell Probe

Supreme Court
October 27, 2026

Supreme Court to Hear School Discrimination, Immigrant Labor in November

ICE arrest
October 27, 2026

Commentary: Trump’s Deportations Are Making America Safer

James Comey
October 26, 2026

Trump DOJ Charges James Comey with Transmission of National Defense Information in Third Case

Jack Smith
October 26, 2026

Emails Cast Doubt on Jack Smith Testimony He Followed Rules to Protect Attorney-Client Privilege

Commentary

Trump and Ukraine
October 28, 2026

Commentary: The Ukrainian Gordian Knot

After crossing with his army into Asia, Alexander the Great stopped at Gordium (in modern-day Turkey). He approached the famous Gordian knot—a tangled mass of bark tying an ox cart to a pole, so intricate and tight that no one could unravel it. When told that anyone who could untie...
Doctor patient
October 27, 2026

Commentary: When Nonprofit Hospitals Take More Than They Give, Everyone Pays

ICE arrest
October 27, 2026

Commentary: Trump’s Deportations Are Making America Safer

Boy playing video games
October 26, 2026

Commentary: Tennessee Kids Aren’t Safe Until All Platforms Are Held Accountable

Abdul El Sayed
October 24, 2026

Commentary: El-Sayed Invokes JFK to Divert Questions About Muslim Brotherhood Ties

President Donald Trump
October 23, 2026

Commentary: The Democrat Brief and the Trump Counterstrategy

School Day w Ten Commandments
October 22, 2026

Commentary: ACLU Fires Warning Shot at Tennessee Schools over Ten Commandments Displays

Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Abdul El-Sayed
October 22, 2026

Commentary: The DSA’s Rising Influence Threatens Public Safety

people voting
October 21, 2026

Commentary: America’s Midterms Present a Choice Between Two Visions

Weekend Spotlight

Midjourney Media Ultrasonic CT
June 18, 2026

Generative AI Imaging Company Midjourney Announces ‘Midjourney Medical’ Featuring New Full Body Scan Invention

Midjourney, the AI company best known for its generative image tools, announced Wednesday a major pivot into healthcare with the launch of Midjourney Medical, a new division developing a radiation-free, full-body imaging system it calls “Ultrasonic CT” or full-body ultrasound.
Proposed New Titans Stadium
May 19, 2026

Nashville to Host 2030 Super Bowl in New Titans Stadium

Chris Fenton
May 18, 2026

Hollywood Executive Chris Fenton Eyes Tennessee Expansion While Launching New Family Film ‘Bad Counselors’

Full body MRI scan
May 17, 2026

Preventive Healthcare Goes High-Tech with Specialized Whole-Body MRI Clinics

classroom discussion
May 15, 2026

Declining Literacy Rates Spark New Concerns About Civic Understanding Among Young Americans

Jack Daniels
April 28, 2026

French Company Vies with American Company to Acquire Iconic Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey

Dr. Omar Hamada
March 7, 2026

Dr. Omar Hamada Identifies the Five Medical Tests You Must Take for Early Detection of Deadly Illnesses


Entertainment and Lifestyle

football practice
October 26, 2026

Division III Athletes Sue NCAA over Scholarship Ban

The NCAA faces an antitrust lawsuit from three current and former Division III athletes seeking class-action status and challenging the division’s ban on athletic scholarships. The lawsuit asks a federal judge to stop the NCAA from enforcing its ban on athletic scholarships for Division III schools and to award damages...
PSG
October 23, 2026

French Protests Postpone Professional Soccer Game as NFL Presses Ahead

Cassidey Daniels
October 23, 2026

Red Bull Jukebox Returns to Music City for a Third Year

LA AG
October 21, 2026

Louisiana AG Asks Court to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit Against LSU

Jay Z
October 20, 2026

Report: Jay Z Picks Himself to Be Super Bowl Half-Time Performer

Tyce Delk
October 20, 2026

Music Spotlight: Tyce Delk

TJ Watt
October 19, 2026

NFL Keeps Paris Game on Schedule amid Protests and Violence

Greg Sankey
October 14, 2026

Sankey: SEC Open to College Football Playoff Expansion

Grace Humphries
October 14, 2026

Music Spotlight: Grace Humphries


Latest News

Man with pills

HHS Study Finds Opioid Deaths Are at Lowest Rate in Nearly a Decade

A Department of Health and Human Services report released Tuesday found that opioid-related deaths in the United States have plummeted to the lowest rate since President Trump declared a public health emergency in 2017. The new report from HHS's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation...
Trump and Ukraine

Commentary: The Ukrainian Gordian Knot

ride share

ICE Says Purported Lyft Driver Arrested at Nashville Airport is Illegal Alien from Venezuela, Suspected Tren de Aragua Member

classroom question

Tennessee Chancery Court Upholds Education Freedom Scholarship Act

Trump Says ‘Billions’ of Barrels of Venezuelan Oil Will ‘Soon’ Lower Gas Prices

Jeremy Lewin

Top Rubio Adviser on Venezuela and Cuba Leaves State Department

Abdul El-Sayed

Scandals and Probes Haunt Democrats in Crucial Week Running Up to Midterms

Nvidia office

Tech Giants Helping Finance Their Own AI Boom, Raising Questions About Who Bears Risk

NYPD

NYPD Ignored Nearly 10,000 ICE Detainers in Past Year: House Judiciary GOP Sanctuary Report on NYC

Blackburn and Adkisson

Blackburn Confirms Support for Trump Judicial Nominee Sam Adkisson After Previously Withholding Blue Slip

Tennessee Leads
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