Kamala Harris Book Tour Coming to Nashville Tuesday

by Kaitlin Housler | Nov 18, 2025 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South

Former Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Nashville on Tuesday to promote her new book 107 Days, a political memoir detailing her failed 2024 presidential campaign following then-President Joe Biden’s decision to not seek re-election. The Ryman Auditorium in...

Garrett Ziegler Discusses His Group’s Publication of the Hunter Biden Laptop

by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 14, 2025 | National, News, Politics, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show

Garrett Ziegler, former Trump administration staffer and founder of the nonprofit Marco Polo, sat down for an exclusive interview last week with The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy to discuss his group’s publication titled “Report...

CBP Numbers Show Border Encounters at Record Low Number

by Zachery Schmidt | Apr 2, 2025 | Justice, National, News

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Tuesday that the agency recorded a record-low number of southern border encounters in March. Last month, CBP said it encountered 7,180 illegal aliens, a daily average of 230 people. “Under the leadership of...

Trump Says Biden’s Last Minute Pardons Are Void Due to Autopen Use

by Zachery Schmidt | Mar 17, 2025 | National, News, Politics

President Donald Trump said the pardons done by former President Joe Biden during his final days in office were voided because Biden used an autopen. “In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them but, more importantly, he did not know anything about them! The necessary...

America’s Inflation Increases, Sits at Three Percent

by Zachery Schmidt | Feb 12, 2025 | Economy, National, News

Inflation in America rose 0.5 percent in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Currently, America’s inflation is 3 percent. This represents the first time inflation has been at this percentage since June 2024. In January, the inflation for...

New Poll Shows Americans ‘More Optimistic’ About Economy

by Zachery Schmidt | Feb 3, 2025 | Culture, National, News

A new Gallup poll released Monday shows Americans are “more optimistic” about the upcoming economy under President Donald Trump. The poll found that 53 percent of Americans think the country will see economic growth over the next six months. Republicans (78 percent)...

EJ Haust: Proposal Allowing Trump a Third Term Shuts Down Seriousness Surrounding Biden’s 28th Amendment Claim

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 24, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South

EJ Haust, a digital marketing expert and official guest host of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, said Tennessee U.S. Representative Andy Ogles’ (R-TN-05) proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution, allowing President Donald Trump to serve a third term shuts down the...

Trump to Remove America from Paris Climate Agreement

by Zachery Schmidt | Jan 20, 2025 | National, News, World

President Donald Trump announced that America will pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Trump announced this shortly after being sworn in on Monday. This marks the second time Trump has pulled out of this climate agreement. In June 2017, Trump left the agreement...

Congressman Tim Burchett Urges President-Elect Donald Trump to ‘Scrap’ the Presidential Medal of Freedom

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 9, 2025 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN-02) sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday urging him to eliminate the Presidential Medal of Freedom once assuming office. Burchett’s letter comes days after President Joe Biden awarded 19 recipients...

Pollster John McLaughlin: Biden’s Desperate Attempt to Change the Narrative Surrounding His Failed Presidency ‘Did Not Work’ During Thursday’s Debate

by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 28, 2024 | Elections, National, Tennessee

Long-time pollster John McLaughlin said President Joe Biden failed to change the narrative surrounding his presidency during Thursday night’s CNN debate against former President Donald Trump. McLaughlin (pictured above) said he has never seen a worse debate...