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Donald Trump

Trump megabill could make Tennessee electricity prices surge as early as next year

Caroline Eggers

June 4, 2025

Analysts say the “big beautiful bill” will raise energy costs in Tennessee, threaten manufacturing jobs and increase planet-warming pollution.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, electric vehicles, electricity, One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Trump asks Congress to wipe out funding for public broadcasting

David Folkenflik, NPRandDeirdre Walsh, NPR

June 3, 2025

President Trump is asking lawmakers to claw back the $1.1 billion in federal subsidies for public broadcasting that Congress approved earlier this year. His request also includes cuts to foreign aid.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, NPR, PBS, rescission

U.S. Republicans probe Nashville mayor, allege ‘chilling effect’ on ICE

Marianna Bacallao

June 2, 2025

Two U.S congressional committees are looking into Nashville’s response to federal immigration activity.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, Freddie O'Connell, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raid, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition

ICE to pay Nashville ‘a lot of attention’ after mayor decries raids

Marianna Bacallao

May 29, 2025

The Trump administration’s ‘border czar’ said congress has opened an investigation into O’Connell’s response — and implied an escalation in enforcement.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, Freddie O'Connell, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raid, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition

Tennesseans have dim view of U.S. economy, poll finds

Char Daston

May 8, 2025

The majority of Tennesseans from across the political spectrum say the U.S. economy is in bad shape, according to a new poll from Vanderbilt University.

Filed Under: Business, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, Donald Trump, economy, Gov. Bill Lee, Vanderbilt Poll, Vanderbilt University

Thousands of Tennesseans join in nationwide protests of President Donald Trump

Paige Pfleger, Justin BarneyandLaTonya Turner

April 5, 2025

Rain and flooding didn’t stop Tennesseans from attending the “Hands Off” protest of the Trump administration’s current policies at Centennial Park on Saturday.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Aftyn Behn, Department of Veterans Affairs, Donald Trump, lgbtq, protest

Trump administration could have wide-reaching effects on Tennessee school lunches

Camellia Burris

March 19, 2025

A bill to expand school lunch meals to thousands more Tennessee kids is moving through the statehouse. The measure allows kids who qualify for reduced lunch to get free meals.

Middle Tennessee school districts are bracing for potential fallout from two Trump administration decisions that could change how schools provide food.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, Metro Nashville Public Schools, MNPS, Trump Administration

A former Tennessee lawmaker wasn’t allowed to reverse his guilty plea. Now, Trump has pardoned him.

Jonathan Mattise, AP

March 12, 2025

Former Sen. Brian Kelsey announced on social media Tuesday that he received a “full and unconditional pardon” for the scheme that he pleaded guilty to in 2022, before he tried and failed to take back his plea.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Brian Kelsey, Donald Trump

Families and doctors sue over Trump’s order to halt funding for gender-affirming care

Geoff Mulvihill, AP

February 4, 2025

Individuals who say they have been denied care since he signed it last week filed a lawsuit in a Baltimore federal court on Tuesday. They’re joined by a group of families of LGBTQ+ people and a medical organization.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Donald Trump, gender-affirming care, transgender

This Nashville asylum seeker faced prison for a tweet. Trump’s executive order jeopardizes his future.

Rose Gilbert

February 4, 2025

Listen

The family came to Nashville as asylum seekers about two years ago. Now, they are among thousands facing an uncertain future.

Filed Under: from Nashville to Erbil, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, asylum, Donald Trump, Immigration, Nashville Kurds, Turkey

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