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An attorney representing U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Monday sent a legal demand letter to two political consultants affiliated with the American Exceptionalism Institute AEI, which recently released an advertisement that accused her of engag...
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Former President Joe Biden revealed classified information to his ghostwriter in 2016 and 2017 as the pair worked on his memoir following his tenure as vice president, newly released audio recordings and interview transcripts confirmed Monday.

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House Oversight Chairman James Comer issued a warning Tuesday to former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, stating the testimony he is slated to give Congress this week is not protected by former President Joe ...
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Fear about “affordability” supposedly fueled the new, strident socialism.

Yet annual inflation during Biden’s four years averaged almost 5 percent. It peaked at over 9 percent, while prices for some key staples rose by 30 percent over his tenure—all to...
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The age of artificial intelligence is fueling a generation of fragile, developmentally stunted and gender-dysphoric children, two analysts warned parents.

Classroom devices, smartphones and, increasingly, AI chatbots are stunting children’s cognitive a...
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U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson on Tuesday consolidated four lawsuits filed over the Freedom, Access, and Integrity in Registered Pharmacy (FAIR Rx) Act, unifying claims made by nearly 60 plaintiffs over Tennessee's prohibition on vertical integratio...
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Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said U.S. Rep. John Rose's (R-TN-06) gubernatorial campaign has still not answered key questions from The Star about Rose's past donations to Tennessee Democrats who supported a state income tax or his p...
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Author and conservative commentator Eric Metaxas said he wrote his latest bestselling book, Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World, to give Americans a comprehensive account of the nation's founding, arguing that unders...
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Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville) has endorsed former U.S. Representative Van Hilleary in the upcoming August 6 Republican primary for Tennessee's 6th Congressional District.
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[Tennessee Star @TheTNStar]

An attorney representing U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Monday sent a legal demand letter to two political consultants affiliated with the American Exceptionalism Institute AEI, which recently released an advertisement that accused her of engag...
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Andy Biggs, the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Arizona, said he wants to eliminate the state’s personal income tax “incrementally.”

If Arizona were to fully remove its personal income tax, it would be the 10th state in America without an income ...
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Some U.S. medical schools may be continuing to promote certain diversity, equity and inclusion ideology in some form, according to emails and meeting notes obtained by Do No Harm.

The University of Iowa (UI) announced in March 2025 that it was shutteri...
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Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith spent years investigating and prosecuting Donald Trump. Now, with Trump back in the White House as the president, Smith has become the subject of a potential criminal investigation of his own.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Monday poured cold water on the prospect of canceling the Senate's August recess to pass the SAVE America Act, saying he saw no path to passage of the bill.

The marquis voter ID legislation has languished in the Sen...
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Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony Fauci is scheduled to testify Wednesday before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, placing him in the crosshairs of what will undoubtedly ...
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The Association of American Educators and Professional Educators of Tennessee formed a collaboration seeking to help support state educators.

The two organizations announced an affiliated partnership on Monday seeking to give Tennessee educators access...
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U.S. Representative John Rose (R-TN-06) and his gubernatorial campaign did not respond to a Monday inquiry from The Tennessee Star asking which Democratic presidential candidate received a vote from Rose during the 2004 Democratic primary in Tennessee, ...
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Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is set to skip an annual political picnic in his home state while he recovers from a major medical episode at his Washington, D.C., home.

McConnell was hospitalized last month after a serious fall. The former Senate leader ...
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A controversial federal judge keeps ruling against President Donald Trump and then consistently gets overturned by higher courts.

James "Jeb" Boasberg, the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, has seen some of h...
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