by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 26, 2026 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, argued that The Atlantic’s heavy reliance on more than two dozen anonymous sources in its reporting on FBI Director Kash Patel represents a serious breach of journalistic standards and could expose the publication to...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 12, 2026 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
As the search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “TODAY” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, continues, former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline says the central legal question surrounding Tuesday night’s traffic stop and detainment of a man in the case comes down...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 10, 2026 | Arizona, Justice, National, News, Tennessee, The West, TN LEAD
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released newly recovered Nest doorbell video and surveillance images showing an armed individual outside the home of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “TODAY” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, who was reported missing on February 1....
by Zachery Schmidt | Nov 7, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
Nashville’s Homeland Security Task Force has charged 38 people, including eight Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members, with crimes related to drug trafficking, firearms, assault, and immigration. President Donald Trump’s executive order, titled “Protecting the...
by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 7, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) condemned the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) surveillance of her and seven other Republican senators, calling it illegal and unprecedented. On Monday, Fox News first reported that former Special Counsel Jack Smith was...
by Brian Wilson | May 5, 2025 | Justice, National, News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now referring all questions regarding the 2022 Tennessee Highway Patrol traffic stop of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, even though State News...
by Zachery Schmidt | Apr 15, 2025 | Justice, National, News
Federal agents arrested a Georgia man for allegedly threatening to kill Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and her family. Aliakbar Mohammad Amin allegedly sent threatening messages over text about Gabbard and her husband. These alleged text messages...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 10, 2025 | Covenant School Shooting, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and current law professor at Liberty University School of Law, said the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) release of the 1,299 pages of writings left by Covenant School killer Audrey Elizabeth Hale to independent...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 8, 2025 | Covenant School Shooting, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) release of the 1,299 pages of writings left by Covenant School killer Audrey Elizabeth Hale to independent journalist Megyn Kelly may have legal ramifications as a case...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 2, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
Three men, including a Mexican national in the U.S. illegally, have been charged as a result of the early Sunday morning raid conducted by federal law enforcement of the Miami nightclub in Antioch. Federal court-authorized search and arrest warrants were executed at...