Phill Kline: Senate War Powers Resolution ‘Symbolic’ and Wouldn’t Change U.S. Policy

by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 5, 2026 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South

Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and Liberty University law professor, said a resolution aimed at limiting the president’s ability to continue military operations in Iran without congressional approval that was rejected by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday was...

Memphis Police Department Celebrates ‘Significant’ Crime Reduction in 2025, Fails to Credit Trump Admin’s Task Force

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 8, 2026 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

As Memphis highlights major crime reductions in 2025, the Memphis Police Department (MPD) has stopped short of acknowledging that these gains largely coincide with an influx of federal resources deployed under the Trump administration through the launch of the Memphis...

Hundreds More National Guard Troops En Route to Memphis, MPD Confirms

by Kaitlin Housler | Nov 14, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Nearly double the number of National Guard troops currently deployed in Memphis are en route to the city to continue operations under the Memphis Safe Task Force, a spokesperson from the Memphis Police Department (MPD) confirmed. On Thursday, the MPD spokesperson told...

Tennessee to Give $5 Million to Food Banks

by Zachery Schmidt | Nov 4, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South

Gov. Bill Lee announced on Tuesday that Tennessee will allocate $5 million in state funds to food banks to help people facing delays in governmental food assistance. As the government shutdown goes on, Lee said he is “grateful to non-profit partners serving...

President Trump Calls on Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn to Ensure Passage of ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

by Kaitlin Housler | May 1, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South

President Donald Trump called on Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) to ensure the U.S. Senate works to pass the “big, beautiful bill” during an event at the White House Wednesday. Trump, while speaking at an event marking the first 100 days of his...

Another Round of Democrats Go to El Salvador to Support Alleged MS-13 Member

by Zachery Schmidt | Apr 21, 2025 | Justice, National, News

Four Democratic House Representatives went to El Salvador on Monday to support an alleged Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang member, Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Robert Garcia (D-CA-42), Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-03), and Maxine Dexter (D-OR-03) traveled to...

California Sues Trump Administration over Tariffs

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...

Tennessee AG Skrmetti Calls on Trump Administration to Crack Down on Illegal Chinese E-Cigarettes Marketed to Minors

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

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is among a coalition of attorneys general representing 28 states and Guam calling on the Trump administration to crack down on illegal Chinese e-cigarettes being flooded into the U.S. The attorneys general request the...

DHS Removes Legal Status for Foreign Nationals Who Came to America Through CBP One App

by Zachery Schmidt | Apr 8, 2025 | National, News, Policy

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) eliminated parole protections this week for almost 1 million foreign nationals who came into America using the CBP One app. “Canceling these paroles is a promise kept to the American people to secure our borders and protect...

Judge Pauses Trump Administration’s Plan to End TPS Status for Venezuelans

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

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from removing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans. Two months ago, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem revoked Venezuelan TPS status after the Biden administration extended it. The termination of...