by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 24, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee issued a statement criticizing congressional Democrats for “holding federal dollars hostage,” as a lapse in appropriations due to the ongoing government shutdown threatens to suspend Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 1, 2025 | National, News, Politics, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) are afraid of losing their “brand status” if a Republican-led effort to strip the media entities of federal funding is successful. A bill filed...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 27, 2025 | Justice, National, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show
Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and current law professor at Liberty University School of Law, said he would advise President Donald Trump to draft his forthcoming executive order on sanctuary cities surrounding the withholding of funds to avoid legal...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 26, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) introduced a bill on Wednesday that would codify President Donald Trump’s executive order directing the closure of the U.S. Department of Education into law. On March 20, Trump signed an executive order titled “Improving...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 21, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County is among a group of U.S. cities and nonprofit organizations suing the Trump administration for freezing federal funding. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 3, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Representatives Tim Burchett (R-TN-02) and Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) are among a group of Republicans who are original cosponsors of a bill that would terminate the U.S. Department of Education. As written, the one-page, one-sentence bill would “terminate” the...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 31, 2025 | National, News, Politics, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show
Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and current law professor at Liberty University School of Law, said he believes President Donald Trump’s work to address the “unaccountable government” through the temporary pause of federal financial assistance programs to...
by Christina Botteri | Jan 28, 2025 | National, News, Policy, Tech Media, Tennessee
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at halting federal funding and support for gender transition procedures for minors. “Today, it was my great honor to sign an Executive Order banning the chemical castration and medical mutilation of...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 15, 2024 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
All 11 members of the Tennessee congressional delegation sent a letter to President Joe Biden requesting the “swift approval” of Governor Bill Lee’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration due to severe storms that devastated communities across the Volunteer State...
