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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.
The tour came the same day Musk announced his departure from the Trump administration.
Memphis City Council member Dr. Jeff Warren dipped his toe across the city-county dividing line when he waded into a discussion about building a new jail instead of a new Regional One Health campus.
The scorecard tracks how the city’s representatives voted in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill now goes to the U.S. Senate where the state’s two U.S. senators have already indicated they favor it.
“I didn’t know this until my confirmation process, but Memphis, Tennessee, is the homicide capital of America per capita, didn’t know that,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
The U.S. senator from New Jersey sat down for an exclusive interview with The Daily Memphian before delivering the commencement address to the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law graduating class.
President Donald Trump announced Murphy will replace Reagan Fondren in the post, according to U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. Fondren was fired Thursday in a one-line email from not only the interim position but also as a Justice Department employee.
The D.C. Scorecard tracks how Memphis’ representatives in Washington voted in the passage of a continuing resolution and looks at past trips to or near a government shutdown.
Also, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn goes to the White House with the new FBI director, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen tracks Trump and the City Council walks the line with Elon Musk.
Also, the TacoNGanas raid is felt in the nation’s capital, Tennessee U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty pushes back on “Face the Nation,” Mississippi U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker says Secretary Pete Hegseth made a “rookie mistake” and more.
Hagerty’s decision to seek another six-year term in 2026 is the first move in a political puzzle that will determine what the 2026 ballot looks like in other races, including the race for Tennessee governor.
Activists gathered Saturday in preparation for Donald Trump’s second term as President. Meanwhile, Sen. Marsha Blackburn stirs speculation about a run for Tennessee Governor.
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, has called on the Senate to reject several of Trump’s appointees, including Robert Kennedy Jr
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee talked with reporters online after taking the oath of office Friday, Jan. 3, to begin her second six-year term in the upper chamber.
The MSCS board has a history of lots of citizens showing up at its meetings in a bad mood. The political roundup also tracks how the city’s D.C. representatives voted on the plan to keep the federal government open. Meanwhile, the city council will meet at 4 p.m. in the new year instead of 3:30 p.m.
After the presidential general election, those on the prevailing side already moving on plans that were made as voters were casting ballots. Those on the losing side were weighing close margins between the ideologies.
The two U.S. Senate candidates didn’t cross paths. They each told supporters turnout is important in an election each believes has high stakes.
If 2024 early voter turnout nears what it’s been for the past four presidential elections in Shelby County, the local ballot will be decided within the next two and a half weeks.
Here are the federal races at the top of Shelby County’s ballot, including a presidential field that has more candidates than just the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees.Related content:
Also, Tennessee Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty push claims of noncitizens voting in a new call for federal officials to act despite evidence voter purges in other states are removing citizens entitled to vote.
Democratic and Republican partisans met Saturday, Oct. 26, on the parking lot of the county’s most popular early voting site while Trump supporters waved banners on Poplar Avenue. Four days of early voting remain.
The Associated Press reports Marsha Blackburn defeated state Rep. Gloria Johnson, who shot to fame last year after she was nearly expelled from the Statehouse for her participation in a gun control protest from the House floor.
Kustoff and Cohen were poised to be reelected handily to their U.S. House seats representing Tennessee’s 8th and 9th Congressional Districts.
U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty blitzed Second Baptist Church in East Memphis and The Great Hall in Germantown Tuesday morning, Nov. 5, just ahead of a late morning rain.
Also, all eyes are on the Gillespie vs. Huseth race, Tennessee Democrats get funding from DNC and remembering Winfield Dunn.