DOD Memo Mandates Same Fitness Standards for Men and Women

by Zachery Schmidt | Mar 31, 2025 | National, News, Policy

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a memo instructing military department secretaries to develop sex-neutral physical standards for troops. The memo says that physical fitness standards must be the same for men and women. “In establishing those standards, the...

EJ Haust Puts Ukraine, Russia Negotiations Towards Peace into Perspective

by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 14, 2025 | National, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, World

EJ Haust, a digital marketing expert and official guest host of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, analyzed the ongoing negotiations toward peace between Russia and Ukraine, framing the situation between the two countries from the perspective of Americans. Haust analyzed...

Fort Campbell Air Assault Soldiers Deploy to the U.S. Southern Border

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 28, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South

U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Campbell deployed to the southern border on Saturday to assist the U.S. Northern Command’s mission in carrying out President Donald Trump’s executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States. Soldiers...

Senator Ernst Says She Will Support Hegseth Nomination

by Zachery Schmidt | Jan 15, 2025 | National, News, Politics

Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) said she will vote for Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense, according to a video posted to Trump War Room’s X account. “He was adequately able to answer all of my questions,” Ernst said in the video posted Tuesday. “He pointed out all of...

DOD Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth Escorted to Confirmation Hearing by Tennessee U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 14, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) escorted fellow Tennessean Pete Hegseth, who was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense, to his confirmation hearing in front of the...

President-Elect Trump Picks Fox News Contributor Tammy Bruce to Serve as Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 6, 2025 | National, News, Politics, Tennessee

President-elect Donald Trump announced last week he is appointing Fox News on-air contributor Tammy Bruce to serve in his incoming administration as spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State. Bruce would work closely with U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), who Trump...