Commentary: President Trump’s Policy Victories, from A to Z
by Deroy Murdock A reader who calls himself BillyBob left a comment after my recent op-ed in The American Spectator on the Never Trumpers’ attack on the Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Georgia, Herschel Walker. Here is what BillyBob wrote: Liz [Cheney] is...
Woke USA Gymnastics Pres Says Organization Will Boycott States That Don’t Align with its Pro-Abort ‘Value System’
by Debra Heine In an interview Wednesday, the president of USA Gymnastics announced plans to boycott states that have limited abortion because pro-life views do not align with USAG’s values. Speaking with the Associated Press, USAG president Li Li Leung said...
Commentary: The Top Five Cities with the Highest Inflation in America
by Jon Miltimore My wife and I recently were out for our morning walk and she commented on how weird inflation is. Some prices are sky high, she observed, while others have barely budged. A carton of eggs is up 33 percent over the last year, while tomatoes...
Commentary: America Needs Help for Its China Addiction
by Jon Schweppe With China’s decision to close negotiations with the U.S. following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit, it’s fair to ask how the U.S.’s rapport with the People’s Republic got to this tense point in the first place. The actor Dennis Quaid...
Republican Governor Sues Biden Admin for Refusing to Clean Up Native Americans’ Contaminated Lands
by Jack McEvoy Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy of Alaska filed a complaint in Alaska’s United States District Court to compel the Department of the Interior (DOI) to take responsibility for hundreds of contaminated areas that the federal government transferred to...
China Rations Energy Supplies Amid Severe Drought
by Micaela Burrow China imposed sweeping power cuts to households and factories in Sichuan province, including those belonging to major electronics companies where drought conditions have strained the region’s hydropower-based energy production capacity. Water...
Federal Court Allows Biden to Once Again Pause Oil and Gas Drilling
by Jack McEvoy The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday threw out a lower court’s order that would have stopped the Biden administration’s moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands, according to court filings. The 5th Circuit court...
Tennessee Department of Education Sends First Approval Letters to Families Applying for Education Savings Accounts
The Tennessee Department of Education has sent out its first approval letters to families applying for the state’s Education Savings Account (ESA) program, with 46 applicants approved thus far, out of a total number of 517, as of Wednesday. “To note, an award for an...
Judge Chastises DoD, Marine Corps in Order Granting Class Action Status in Vaccine Mandate Case
by Bethany Blankley U.S District Court Judge Steven Merryday issued a blistering rebuke of the Department of Defense and Marine Corps for refusing to grant religious accommodation requests to service members. Merryday did so when issuing a 48-page ruling...
Nashville Stadium Committee Members Spar Over Use of Taxpayer Funds for $2.2B Dome
by Jon Styf Thursday’s Nashville East Bank Committee Meeting was scheduled to be about the city’s capital improvement obligations at Nissan Stadium. But a portion of the meeting was ultimately a preview of a central point of the Metro City Council’s ultimate...
State Senator Kerry Roberts Set to Embark on 100-Mile Bike Ride to Raise Money for Humphreys County Flood Victims One Year Later
Tennessee State Senator Kerry Roberts (R-Springfield) announced that he will embark on a 100-mile bicycle ride on the one-year anniversary of the devastating flooding in Waverly and Humphreys County to raise money and awareness for the flood victims. Cycling 100 miles...
Tennessee Representative John Rose to Host Second Annual Rose Family Farm Fish Fry on September 17
Tennessee Representative John Rose (R-TN-06) announced in a Thursday press release that he will host his Second Annual Rose Family Farm Fish Fry on September 17 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Rose Family Farm in Lancaster. Chelsea and I are excited to host our second...
Tennessee Businesses Received $370M in Federal Shuttered Venue Grants for COVID-19 Relief
by Jon Styf Tennessee businesses were granted more than $370 million in federal Shuttered Venue Operators Grant in a program that closed last month. The grants attempted to provide funding for entertainment venues, theaters, museums, aquariums, talent...
Planned Parenthood to Spend $50 Million on 2022 Midterm Elections
by Eric Lendrum On Wednesday, the far-left pro-abortion group Planned Parenthood that it would be spending a record total of $50 million on the midterm elections this year, with the stated goal of electing as many pro-abortion candidates to office as possible....
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Announces Multiple Personnel Changes
A new general counsel, a senior advisor, and two deputy directors have been appointed to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA). The agency announced on recently that Frank Fiss has been named deputy director of business operations. In his new role as deputy...
Commentary: Ahead of Midterms, 14 States Improve Election Integrity Laws
by Jack Fitzhenry and Hans von Spakovsky With primaries underway and with midterms and other fall ballot contests looming, multiple states are demonstrating a commitment to ensuring that their elections remain worthy of public confidence. Since 2021, The...
Wisconsin Issues Health Advisory over Massive Spike in Fentanyl Deaths
by Benjamin Yount Public health managers in Wisconsin have issued a public health advisory over a spike in fentanyl deaths. The state’s Department of Health Services on Thursday said fentanyl deaths in Wisconsin are up 97% since 2019. “Over the last year,...
Commentary: What We Know about the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Raid (So Far)
by Paul du Quenoy “There’s so much we don’t know!” says any liberal losing an argument about the dramatic FBI raid last week on Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s Palm Beach residence and private club. There are, indeed, some things that we do not know, but what we do...
Florida A&M University Pushes Policies in Tension with the State University System’s ‘Statement on Free Expression’
by Alexia Bianchi According to official Florida A&M University (FAMU) student residential policy, “[b]ehavior and/or activities that are considered offensive to others that do not constitute ones freedom of expression is prohibited, while in public areas of...
U.S. Attorney: Crime Epidemic ‘Far More Disturbing’ Than Numbers Show
U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Andrew Luger headed a press conference on Friday to give updates on a joint violent crime strategy which has been in place in Minnesota and the Twin Cities since spring. Luger said several arrests have recently been made of...
