The Supreme Court has upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The court on Tuesday upheld laws in roughly half the states that prohibit transgender girls and women from playing on their public school and college sports.
FDA panel on peptides will include experts who promote the unproven chemicals favored by RFK Jr.
The FDA will meet to consider easing restrictions on several peptides, a group of unapproved drugs popular with followers of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. One panel member is Bobby Harshbarger, a Tennessee state senator who has multiple connections to the industry.
Chris Johnson, known as CJ2K for his 2,000 yards for Titans in ’09, reveals he has ALS
Chris Johnson, one of nine players in NFL history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season who made the Pro Bowl in each of his first three years with the Tennessee Titans, revealed in a television interview aired Monday that he has ALS.
Japan falls to Brazil, ending Cup run for squad that trained in Nashville
The “Samurai Blue” lost Monday, ending a run in which the team has used Nashville for training.
In boost to Musk, Justice Department seeks to dismiss air pollution lawsuit against xAI data center
The Trump administration is helping one of Elon Musk’s companies fight a civil rights lawsuit that alleges it is illegally running dozens of natural gas turbines to power a $20 billion data center in North Mississippi and nearby Memphis.
Southern Baptists elect new president who decried ‘drift’ in conservative denomination
Southern Baptists elected a new leader who has decried a “decline and drift” within the denomination. Supporters of Willy Rice include an outspoken faction seeking to move the solidly conservative body even further to the right.
Millions of people have been placed in new voting districts. Here’s where the redistricting stands
Republicans think they could gain as many as 14 seats from their redistricting efforts while Democrats think they could gain six seats from new districts in California and Utah.
Free speech or race-baiting? Tennessee shooting stirs debate over livestreamer’s approach
A Tennessee judge set a $1 million bond for a white livestreamer charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting and wounding a Black man. The case against Dalton Eatherly, who livestreams as “Chud the Builder,” has stoked debate over the extents of free speech and the rights of content creators who profit from hate-filled interactions.
Tennessee man jailed over Charlie Kirk post wins $835,000 settlement
Tennessee officials will pay $835,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was jailed for more than a month over a Facebook post he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Retired police officer Larry Bushart spent 37 days in jail last year before authorities dropped the felony charge against him.
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