RFK Jr. touts administration efforts, makes autism claims in Nashville
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the stage with state leaders as part of his “Take Back Your Health Tour.”
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February 2026
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January 2026
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Politics roundup: Trump non-endorsement, ICE and ice, campaign reports
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn gets an almost-endorsement from President Donald Trump in her run for governor. Jerri Green talks about ICE and ice. And some campaign finance reports get filed early.
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What to know about National Guard, federal forces in Memphis
When the National Guard troops arrive, they will act as “eyes and ears” for other federal and local law enforcement, Memphis Mayor Paul Young said.
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Former VP Kamala Harris doesn’t mince words about Trump at Memphis book-tour stop
Former Vice President Kamala Harris torched President Donald Trump at the Orpheum Theatre, calling his administration “callous, corrupt and incompetent.”
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Venezuelans in Memphis feel euphoria now that ‘nightmare’ is over — but dreams for future uneasy
Venezuelans in Memphis cheered the removal of their home country’s president but express fear and uncertainty about what comes next for the beleaguered South American nation.
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After US topples Maduro, Memphis-area leaders react
The Memphis area’s representatives in Washington, D.C., reacted hours after the military operation that took Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro into custody for trial on federal drug charges in the U.S.
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Trump claims Memphis crime drop due to Task Force
President Donald Trump linked Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s regime to the alleged presence of Venezuelan gangs in American cities, including Memphis.
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December 2025
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Tennessee Democratic leader urges cannabis reform following Trump executive order
The Tennessee Democratic Senate leader said the federal government is “moving in the right direction” regarding President Donald Trump's executive order reclassifying cannabis from a Schedule I to a Schedule III substance.
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Trump rallies Tennessee GOP by speakerphone on eve of US House special election
“The whole world is watching Tennessee right now, and they’re watching your district,” the president said.
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November 2025
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100+ more National Guard members coming to Memphis
“Over the next few days, we anticipate the total presence will increase to roughly 350,” the Memphis Police Department said in a statement.
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October 2025
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Conaway: Simple values for the most complicated of times, and the times’ call to each and every one of us
He told our country’s top brass that their attention would soon be turned inward. That they would be commanding military operations in our cities against the “enemy within.” Further, he said that they should hold military training exercises in our cities.
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September 2025
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President Trump creates ‘Memphis Safe Task Force’
“This task force will be a replica of our extraordinarily successful efforts here (in Washington D.C.), and you’ll see it’s a lot of the same thing (in Memphis),” the president said.
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President Trump and Gov. Lee plan to talk next week about deploying National Guard to Memphis
Gov. Bill Lee’s call with President Donald Trump followed the president’s Friday morning announcement on Fox News that he would send the guard to Memphis.
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What a giant train merger has to do with National Guard in Memphis
A former FedEx board member suggested President Donald Trump send the National Guard to Memphis.
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Gov. Lee, President Trump to ‘work out details’ on National Guard deployment to Memphis
“I’ve been in close contact with the Administration throughout the week, and will be speaking with President Trump this afternoon to work out details of the mission,” Gov. Bill Lee said.
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Politicians react to Trump saying he would deploy National Guard troops to Memphis
Republicans praised the move. Democrats called it unnecessary. Here’s a roundup of some of those reactions.
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August 2025
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Brian Kelsey’s law license reinstated
The Tennessee Supreme Court rules that the former state senator should have his law license reinstated, although the one of the court’s boards indicated he could face other “proceedings.”
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Trump tells KWAM he’s reluctant to endorse in GOP primary for governor
Trump also talked generally about possibly sending National Guard troops to Memphis to help battle crime although procedures for activating the Guard in states differ from the laws that allowed him to put troops on Washington, D.C. streets.
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July 2025
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Redbirds stir up controversy with ‘Big Beautiful Buffet’ post
“Gross, gross.” “It’s OK to make a mistake.” “Yikes!” Memphians react to a Redbirds ad for a Fourth of July celebration.
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Trump taps familiar face for U.S. attorney of Western District
Dunavant was the chief federal prosecutor for West Tennessee during the first Trump administration.
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June 2025
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Opinion: Trump’s defunding of universities is an attack on knowledge itself
“It is hard to understand how defunding scientific research and the arts, and preventing the enrollment of international students, aligns with the administration’s stated goal of combating antisemitism.”
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For one Trump protester, ‘The Only King in Memphis Is Elvis’
Saturday’s protest was part of a nationwide “No Kings” rally against the Trump administration, with hundreds of thousands of people in more than 2,000 cities and communities nationwide united in protest.
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The changing political backdrop for the Ghost Mob case
The trial that ended last week in Memphis with the conviction of Ghost Mob gang member Vincent Grant for the 2019 murder of another gang member unfolded against a backdrop of political change in the nation’s capitol.
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May 2025
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FedEx board member tapped to be next postmaster general
A former CEO of the nation’s largest waste-management company who currently serves on the FedEx board of directors will take over control of the U.S. Postal Service.
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April 2025
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Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlash
President Donald Trump’s expansive new tariffs reverse a decades-long global trend of lower trade barriers.
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