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Donald Trump

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

By 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.

By Rose Gilbert

February 4, 2025

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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

ICE officials will need legal authorization to enter Nashville public schools, district says

By Char Daston

January 27, 2025

How do new immigration enforcement policies affect students in Metro Schools?

Filed Under: Education, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Metro Nashville Public Schools, undocumented immigrants

Flights canceled and funds frozen for refugees approved to resettle in Tennessee

By Rose Gilbert

January 27, 2025

A resettlement nonprofit says dozens of people were expected, including some intending to reunite with families in Tennessee.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Donald Trump, Immigration, Nashville International Center for Empowerment, refugee resettlement

Nashville’s airport could become ‘Trump International’ under new bill

By Marianna Bacallao

January 17, 2025

The proposal from Rep. Todd Warner comes two years after statehouse Republican clashed with Nashville over control of its Airport Authority Board.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, BNA, Donald Trump, General Assembly, John Lewis, legislature, Nashville International Airport, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, Todd Warner, Zulfat Suara

Tennessee’s Title X family planning funding could change under a second Trump term

By Catherine Sweeney

November 19, 2024

Tennessee’s rigid anti-abortion policies lost the state millions of dollars in family planning funding under the Biden Administration. Experts say it’s not easy to predict what the Trump Administration will do about it.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: abortion rights, contraception, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Medicaid, reproductive health, Title X

Trump Pentagon pick had been flagged by fellow service member as possible ‘Insider Threat’

By The Associated Press

November 15, 2024

Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member due to a tattoo on his bicep that’s associated with white supremacist groups. Hegseth, who has downplayed the role of military members and […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Associated Press, Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth

This Kurdish Nashvillian supports Trump. The reason is rooted in history.

By Rose Gilbert

November 13, 2024

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During his first term in office, Donald Trump had a complicated track record when it came to Kurdistan. Following his reelection, a politically engaged member of Nashville’s Kurdish community weighs in.

Filed Under: Election in Depth 2024, Election Live Blog 2024, from Nashville to Erbil, History, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, Elections 2024, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Kurdish Republican Party of Nashville, Nashville Kurds, Tennessee Republican Party

Trump supporters in Tennessee ‘tickled’ over decisive victory

By Meribah Knight

November 9, 2024

Jerry Reynolds had been feeling under the weather. The flu, maybe COVID. He wasn’t quite sure. But when Donald Trump won, it was just what his body needed. “It was kind of like a shot of medicine in the arm,” he said.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, Robertson County

Donald Trump sweeps reliably red Tennessee

By Paige Pfleger

November 5, 2024

Former President Donald Trump has once again won the state of Tennessee and its 11 electoral votes in the race for president. 

Filed Under: Election Live Blog 2024, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, Elections 2024, Kamala Harris

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