There are 93 article(s) tagged Donald Trump:

• April 2019

  • Sanford: Mayor’s race may show which way the wind will blow in 2020

    Biden, 76, will face plenty of left-leaning challengers as he battles for the Democratic nomination. Among those challenges is the notion that the primary campaign will not be kind to anyone with moderate political views.

    By Otis Sanford April 25, 2019

  • Nelson: For Democrats in the Mid-South, the presidential election starts now

    Democratic presidential contenders will be all over this region in the months leading up to the Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi primaries. None of them has a prayer of winning electoral votes, but all three states will be sending delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee.

    By Michael Nelson April 11, 2019

• March 2019

  • Nelson: Steve Cohen’s push for impeachment is doomed

    Trump is going to be on the ballot in 2020. By the time an impeachment process got under way, voters would already be casting ballots in Iowa and New Hampshire. Let the American people take care of removing Trump if that’s what they want.

    By Michael Nelson March 07, 2019

• January 2019

  • Nelson: 1978 Democratic midterm convention could tell us something about 2020

    What effect would a serious intraparty challenge to President Donald Trump’s re-nomination have on his chances of being elected for a second term?

    By Michael Nelson January 31, 2019

  • Nelson: Memphis author – me! – pens book about first two years of Trump

    Over the past two centuries, presidents almost always have become more effective and less influential during their first two years in office. President Donald Trump has defied these patterns.

    By Michael Nelson January 24, 2019

  • Federal government shutdown impacts Tennessee immigration court in Memphis

    The partial government shutdown is impacting Tennessee's only immigration court – located in Memphis – and some immigrants may have to wait a year or two for their cases to be rescheduled.

    By Yolanda Jones January 03, 2019

• November 2018

  • The impact of tariffs

    The tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump’s administration are prompting supply-chain disruptions from coast to coast. 

    By Richard McDuffie November 30, 2018

  • Nelson: Democracy = rule by the people; gerontocracy = rule by the old people

    I’m 69, so maybe the P.C. crowd will give me a pass when I ask: What’s with all the geezers dominating the world of politics and government?

    By Michael Nelson November 29, 2018

  • Activists with Indivisible Memphis hold ‘Protect Mueller’ protest

    More than 100 people stood in the cold in downtown Memphis on Saturday, Nov. 10, to protest President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew G. Whitaker as acting U.S. Attorney General, a move that many across the country believe will threaten the investigation of special counsel Robert S. Mueller.

    By Yolanda Jones November 10, 2018

  • Cohen, Kustoff sound off on impact of Democrats retaking control of House

    Both Memphis U.S. Reps. Steve Cohen and David Kustoff easily won re-election Tuesday night and are preparing for a new Congress after the Democrats regained control of the 435-member House of Representatives for the first time since 2010.

    By Omer Yusuf November 08, 2018

  • Blackburn rallies with Trump; Bredesen speaks to faith leaders

    Driving home their final points in the waning days of the U.S. Senate campaign, Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn rallied with President Donald Trump while former Democratic governor Phil Bredesen spoke at an interfaith prayer lunch Sunday, Nov. 4.

    By Sam Stockard November 05, 2018

  • Blackburn, Bredesen clash over immigrant caravan but agree on birthright citizenship

    The immigrant caravan of thousands of people walking through Mexico to the U.S. border is creeping into Tennessee’s U.S. Senate race and, predictably, putting the candidates at odds in an already contentious race, this time over whether federal troops should be used there.

    By Sam Stockard November 05, 2018

  • Blackburn leading Bredesen in three new polls for U.S. Senate seat

    With less than a week left until the Nov. 6 election, Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn is leading former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen in three new polls released this week.

    By Sam Stockard November 01, 2018

• October 2018

  • Bredesen would work with Trump to cut drug costs

    Former governor Phil Bredesen, finding common ground with Trump Republicans, is proposing a method for reducing pharmaceutical prices by using the president’s negotiating skills to cut a deal with drug companies.

    By Sam Stockard October 17, 2018

  • 18 undocumented immigrants charged in ICE sweep in Memphis and Shelby County

    More than a dozen undocumented immigrants have been indicted, including some with previous arrests and convictions, during a recent sweep by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

    By Yolanda Jones October 10, 2018

  • Postal workers protest privatization proposal

    Letter carrier Maurice Hill worries what would become of people on his Berclair postal route if U.S. mail were privatized and he didn’t go door to door each day.

    By Wayne Risher October 08, 2018

  • The Memphis 10: Trump visit, aftermath of Trenary murder mark a messy week

    It was a week of sobering news and a news-making Presidential visit. Because the opening items underscore reckonings that came, alternately, from us and to us, I kept it light on the rest of this week’s 10.

    By Chris Herrington October 05, 2018

  • Trump defends Kavanaugh, stumps for Hyde-Smith in Southaven

    President Donald Trump defended his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s qualifications — amid allegations of sexual misconduct against him — during a stump speech for U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s election campaign in Southaven Tuesday night at the Landers Center.

    By Omer Yusuf October 03, 2018