by Zachery Schmidt | Feb 24, 2026 | National, News, Politics
President Donald Trump will give his State of the Union Address tonight before Congress. This will be Trump’s first State of the Union speech of his second term in the White House. The speech will start at 9 pm EST. At Trump’s joint address to Congress last year, he...
by Zachery Schmidt | Apr 16, 2025 | Justice, National, News
California filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his administration, arguing that he lacks the authority to implement widespread tariffs. On April 2, Trump announced tariffs on countries with which America has a trade imbalance. A week later, except for...
by Zachery Schmidt | Apr 11, 2025 | Economy, National, News
China announced on Friday that it was increasing its tariffs on American goods to 125 percent. This tariff increase follows the American government’s announcement this week that it would impose a 125 percent tariff on Chinese goods. In his executive order,...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 9, 2025 | Economy, National, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show
Clint Brewer, recovering journalist and Nashville-area public policy expert, said President Donald Trump’s “reboot” of the U.S. economy through his reciprocal tariffs trade plan is necessary in order to transform the economy into one that works for all American...
by Zachery Schmidt | Apr 7, 2025 | Economy, National, News
President Donald Trump reacted to China’s retaliatory tariffs by threatening additional tariffs on the country. Last week, China announced a 34 percent tariff on American products after Trump unveiled a 34 percent reciprocal tariff on the Chinese. However, Trump on...
by Zachery Schmidt | Apr 4, 2025 | Economy, National, News
President Donald Trump said it was the “perfect time” for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to reduce interest rates. “He is always ‘late,’ but he could now change his image, and quickly. Energy prices are down, Interest Rates are down, Inflation is down, even...
by Zachery Schmidt | Mar 31, 2025 | National, News, Politics
President Donald Trump issued a record number of executive orders (EOs) in the first 67 days of his presidency. From January 20 to March 27, Trump issued 107 EOs during this time span. Trump has taken a number of steps since starting his second term. On his first day...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 12, 2025 | Economy, National, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said Canadians appear to be “stuck” in an outdated mindset when it comes to its dependence on the United States due to the country’s pushback on new tariffs announced by President Donald Trump. On Tuesday, Ontario...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 11, 2025 | Economy, National, News, Tennessee
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Premier of Ontario, Canada Doug Ford will meet in Washington D.C. on Thursday to discuss a “renewed” United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade deal. Lutnick and Ford’s upcoming meeting comes after the pair...
by Zachery Schmidt | Feb 10, 2025 | National, News, Politics
A new CBS News/YouGov poll shows that most Americans approve of Donald Trump’s first weeks in office. The poll released Sunday found that 53 percent of Americans approved of Trump’s term so far. Sixty percent of males and 47 percent of females approved of Trump’s...
