Veteran journalist and public affairs specialist Clint Brewer said U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN-05) claim that the Trump administration is “running scared” may reveal more about the Minnesota Democrat’s own position as she faces a federal criminal investigation than about her political opponents.
The Tennessee Star has been named a finalist for the 2026 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism for Best Local Reporting, marking its second consecutive year being recognized as a finalist for the award.
Carla Sands, former U.S. ambassador to Denmark, called the newly signed U.S.-Greenland-Denmark security agreement an “absolute amazing deal” during an exclusive interview Wednesday with The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy.
Mike Benz, executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online, warned that calls from artificial intelligence (AI) companies for government regulation could create a powerful new system of regulatory capture while acknowledging that increasingly capable AI systems pose legitimate risks.
Andrea Wilson, head of Loam Technologies, discussed the upcoming official launch of Uplift: Bible Chat, a Bible-based artificial intelligence platform designed to provide users with AI assistance grounded in a biblical worldview, during an exclusive interview Wednesday with The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy.
Former Nixon White House attorney and longtime Watergate researcher Geoff Shepard said the Watergate prosecutions involved a series of secret communications and coordination between members of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, arguing that the conduct violated the separation of powers guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
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