by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 8, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said a cluster of unusual and rapid court actions in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case has fueled speculation that a plea deal may be back on the table for the alleged human smuggler. While Pappert stressed the possibility...
by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 8, 2025 | Education, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Michael Patrick Leahy, highlighted a viral TikTok video from a middle school teacher to underscore what he calls a deepening national education crisis. On Monday’s edition of his talk radio show, The Michael Patrick Leahy...
by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 8, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
The Metro Government of Nashville and Davidson County joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) over the agency’s overhaul of the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program, its primary federal program for funding...
by Zachery Schmidt | Dec 8, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
A Chinese married couple in Tennessee pleaded guilty last week to harboring illegal immigrants and employing them. Xue Rong Wu, 44, and Xiong Wei Yang, 44, who live in Elizabethton, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to harbor aliens for the purpose of commercial advantage...
by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 8, 2025 | Elections, News, Tennessee, The South
Turning Point Action (TPA), an affiliate group of Turning Point USA, endorsed U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in the 2026 Tennessee gubernatorial race last week. In 2019, the late Charlie Kirk founded TPA. The organization’s mission is to “embolden the...
