The Senate acted decisively Wednesday to override President Barack Obama’s veto of Sept. 11 legislation, setting the stage for the contentious bill to become law despite flaws that Obama and top Pentagon officials warn could put U.S. troops and interests…
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Locals Express Gratitude to Texas Judge for Protecting Children
Conservatives in Tennessee praised a Texas judge’s decision Monday to block the Obama administration’s controversial directive that requires public schools to allow transgender students to use the restroom of their chosen gender identify. “I applaud the court’s decision to temporarily…
Read MoreObama Overtime Rule Would Hurt Local Companies, Cost Jobs
U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn says she’s heard from dozens of Tennessee businesses concerned about a new federal rule that will make millions of Americans eligible for overtime pay. “What they tell me,” the Brentwood Republican said, “is that mandating overtime…
Read MoreAfter Seven Years, Obama Proposes Closing Gitmo Prison
The Obama administration on Tuesday released its long-awaited plan to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer remaining detainees to a facility in the United States. But the proposal ducks the question of where the facility would…
Read MoreSpread of Zika Virus Prompts Obama to Ask for Emergency Funds
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is asking Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to help fight the Zika virus. In an announcement Monday, the White House said the money would be used to expand mosquito control…
Read MoreObama to Ban Gun Ownership for Some on Social Security
The White House released a fact-sheet Jan. 4 which previews the executive gun control Obama will unveil Tuesday and one aspect of the new controls is the inclusion of “information from the Social Security Administration in the background check system…
Read MoreLt. Gov. Ramsey Gets White House Attention
The White House is responding to Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey’s controversial comments on immigration. Ramsey called for a ban on immigrants from any country with known ties to terrorism. He said, in part, “A nation without secure borders is no…
Read MoreShould “Refugees” Face a Religious Test?
As I argued in Faithless Execution, the principal constitutional duty of the chief executive is to execute the laws faithfully. President Obama, by contrast, sees his principal task as imposing his post-American “progressive” preferences, regardless of what the laws mandate….
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