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Tennessee U.S. Rep. Mark Green: Ukrainian President Zelensky’s Performance in the Oval Office Showed his ‘Addiction to the Blank Check Created an Entitlement’

Tennessee U.S. Rep. Mark Green: Ukrainian President Zelensky’s Performance in the Oval Office Showed his ‘Addiction to the Blank Check Created an Entitlement’

Tennessee U.S. Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07) said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s “addiction to the blank check” the U.S. provided to Ukraine to assist in its fight against Russia under the previous administration “created an entitlement,” pointing to the foreign leader’s performative antics at the White House last week.

Retired Professional Basketball Player Darrius Oldham Details Early Career at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Retired Professional Basketball Player Darrius Oldham Details Early Career at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Retired professional basketball player Darrius Oldham detailed his early career at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and beyond during an exclusive sit-down interview with The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy on Wednesday.

Oldham, a Lebanon, Tennessee native, attended and played basketball at Wilson Central High School, where he once held the all-time scoring record. He then attended the University of Tennessee at Martin.

Legal Expert Phill Kline: Litigation Against Trump’s Executive Orders Stems from Congress Giving the Executive Branch Increasing Power

Legal Expert Phill Kline: Litigation Against Trump’s Executive Orders Stems from Congress Giving the Executive Branch Increasing Power

Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and current law professor at Liberty University School of Law, said the mounting litigation against President Donald Trump’s executive actions can be attributed to Congress continuing to provide the executive branch with more power over the years.

Noting the ongoing litigation challenging a number of Trump’s executive orders, specifically his efforts to downsize the federal workforce and save federal funds, Kline said the tension between the judiciary and the executive branch is “not new.”

Legal Expert Phill Kline Warns Republicans Against Partaking in Lawfare

Legal Expert Phill Kline Warns Republicans Against Partaking in Lawfare

Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and current law professor at Liberty University School of Law, warned Republicans against partaking in the left’s abuse of the judicial system, specifically when it comes to the recent filings of impeachment against federal judges.

‘Laudable’: Public Policy Expert Applauds Tennessee Attorney General’s ‘Wildly Popular’ Wins for Tennesseans

‘Laudable’: Public Policy Expert Applauds Tennessee Attorney General’s ‘Wildly Popular’ Wins for Tennesseans

Recovering journalist and Nashville-area public policy expert Clint Brewer thinks Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti would be a strong candidate if he were to run for governor in 2026.

“If this were a state where the attorney general was elected, we’d be talking about Skrmetti for governor right now,” Brewer said on Tuesday’s edition of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show.