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 25, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD
President Donald Trump endorsed Tennessee U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) for re-election on Saturday. Trump, in a Trust Social post, wrote, “Congressman Andy Ogles is doing a fantastic job representing the incredible people of Tennessee’s 5th Congressional...
by Zachery Schmidt | Oct 22, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
Three far-left legal groups assisted Tennessee Democrats in filing a lawsuit aimed at halting the National Guard deployment in Memphis. On Monday, Davidson County Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal denied the Democrats’ request for a temporary restraining order;...
by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 20, 2025 | Elections, News, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee House Majority Whip Johnny Garrett (R-Goodlettsville), who is running to represent Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District, said his campaign is rooted in bringing the Volunteer State’s common-sense conservative leadership to Congress. Garrett, who was...
by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 16, 2025 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Impressionist Shawn Farash, who has gone viral in recent years for his impersonation of President Donald Trump, spoke with The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy this week detailing his strategy behind his successful Trump impression videos...
by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 9, 2025 | News, Politics, State News, The South, Virginia
U.S. Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09) said the ongoing government shutdown is a politically motivated “bullying tactic” by Democrats, designed to appease the progressive wing of their party and attack President Donald Trump rather than engage in...
by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 8, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Mike Dunavant as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee on Tuesday. Dunavant was among more than 100 nominees confirmed by the Senate in an en bloc vote, with the chamber approving the group by a 51–47 margin....
by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 7, 2025 | Elections, News, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD
U.S. Army veteran and former Lee administration official Matt Van Epps has been projected as the winner of the Republican special primary for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District. Decision Desk HQ called the race just 27 minutes after polls closed. At 8:30 p.m.,...
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 Kaitlin Housler | Oct 6, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD
In an exclusive interview with The Tennessee Star, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said Senate Democrats are deliberately engineering the ongoing government shutdown as a political move to undermine President Donald Trump. Calling it the “Schumer shutdown,”...
