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‘Good Trouble’ rally in deep-red Sumner County protests Trump, honors late John Lewis

Rose Gilbert

July 17, 2025

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This week’s “Good Trouble” rallies are inspired by John Lewis’s legacy of non-violent collective action during the Civil Rights Movement.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: civil rights, civil rights movement, Donald Trump, John Lewis, NAACP

Abrego Garcia’s path to release is uncertain. Here’s the latest from a Nashville courthouse.

Marianna Bacallao

July 16, 2025

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongly deported to El Salvador in March, will remain in jail for at least another week over fears that releasing him could trigger a second deportation.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: deportations, Donald Trump, El Salvador, gangs, human smuggling, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Trump nominates 4 to Tennessee Valley Authority board after firing Biden picks

Jonathan Mattise, AP

July 2, 2025

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s board has lacked a quorum because President Trump fired some of former President Joe Biden’s picks. New nominees for the federal utility are Tennesseans Lee Beaman, Mitch Graves and Jeff Hagood; and Randall Jones of Alabama.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, Jeff Hagood, Lee Beaman, Mitch Graves, Tennessee Valley Authority

Abrego Garcia to return to ICE custody, could be deported before trial

Marianna Bacallao

June 25, 2025

Kilmar Abrego Garcia will soon be back in ICE custody, more than three months since his wrongful deportation to El Salvador.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: deportations, Donald Trump, El Salvador, gangs, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Nashville federal judge rules Abrego Garcia can be released pre-trial, but he may not go free

Marianna Bacallao

June 22, 2025

Upon his release, Abrego Garcia will be transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, where officials say he will be held until his trial or his deportation.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: deportations, Donald Trump, El Salvador, gangs, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Americans are shaky on Trump’s tariffs, deportations without hearings, Vanderbilt poll finds

Marianna Bacallao

June 18, 2025

No Kings Nashville immigrants

More Americans worry about how deportations are being carried out than they worry about their current finances, according to a Vanderbilt poll released Wednesday.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, economy, Immigration, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, MAGA, Politics, republicans, tariffs, tnleg, tnpol, Vanderbilt Poll, Vanderbilt University

Tennessee’s second-largest job sector could take hit under Trump tax bill

Caroline Eggers

June 17, 2025

Tennessee faces one of the highest potential job losses in the nation under Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: clean energy, Donald Trump, inflation reduction act, Manufacturing, One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Nashville ‘No Kings’ protest draws thousands

Cynthia Abrams

June 14, 2025

No Kings Nashville Bicentennial Mall capitol

A large, vocal and peaceful gathering — that was Nashville’s version of the “No Kings” protest against President Donald Trump on Saturday.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, extremism, Metro Nashville Police Department, No Kings, protests

Man wrongly deported to El Salvador pleads not guilty to smuggling charges in Nashville

Marianna Bacallao

June 13, 2025

A group of protesters outside of a federal courthouse building in downtown Nashville.

After months of being detained in an El Salvadoran prison, Abrego Garcia’s path to release is uncertain. He pleaded not guilty to smuggling charges Friday.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: deportations, Donald Trump, El Salvador, gangs, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, trafficking

Nashville Masses are emptier as the threat of deportations looms

Marianna Bacallao

June 12, 2025

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ICE arrested nearly 200 people as part of the early May operation. The raids — and the possibility of future crack downs — has had a chilling effect on Nashville’s Spanish-speaking parishes.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Catholic, Catholicism, church, Donald Trump, Freddie O'Connell, ICE, immigrants, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raid, religion, Rick Musacchio, Tennessee Catholic Conference, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition

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