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@wkmsfm.bsky.socialThis year, swing districts with large Hispanic populations could help decide which party controls the House. And Democrats are scrambling for ways to win those voters back.
@wkmsfm.bsky.socialSince Harmeet Dhillon took over the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division last year, current and former employees say she has pushed out hundreds of longtime attorneys, brought in inexperienced ideological allies, and used the division's enforcement powers to pursue the president's agenda.
@wkmsfm.bsky.socialPope Leo XIV announced Sunday that he would have surgery this week to remove a "localized nodule" in his lung.
@wkmsfm.bsky.socialSpeaking to a crowd of about 4,500 in Clarksville, Tennessee on Saturday, President Donald Trump decried state Democrats as “communists” and “socialists,” and praised Tennessee’s federal delegation and the Memphis Safe Task Force. via @tennesseelookout.com
@wkmsfm.bsky.socialThe Kennedy Center has named Rick Canny, a talent manager who has worked with acts including ZZ Top and former Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, as its new artistic director. His appointment came despite complaints from staff about his business practices as a consultant for the arts institution.
@wkmsfm.bsky.socialThe nation’s deadliest explosion this century occurred in Tennessee one year ago when an explosion at a munitions plant killed 16 people.
@wkmsfm.bsky.socialAhead of her confirmation as ambassador to Greece, former northern Kentucky lawyer Eric Deters says Kimberly Guilfoyle asked him to wire $100,000 to her American Express account.
@wkmsfm.bsky.socialThe Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan at Fort Hood. It would be the first public execution in the U.S. since a public hanging in Owensboro, Kentucky nearly a century ago.
@wkmsfm.bsky.socialHurricane Isaias is this season's first Atlantic hurricane, and is on a path to hit the northern Gulf Coast. How is the oil industry preparing?
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@wkmsfm.bsky.socialUSA Today’s parent company filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in New York federal court Thursday for allegedly using reporting from its 19 publications, including Louisville’s Courier Journal, without permission.
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@wkmsfm.bsky.socialFall Break is cool and all but I miss my crew!
@wkmsfm.bsky.socialChrista Pike has begun walking and eating again at a hospital a week after surviving Tennessee's attempt to execute her with lethal drugs, her attorneys said Thursday.
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@wkmsfm.bsky.socialThe lawsuit alleges the procurement director was pushed out of her job by the Murray State University president for voicing concerns about potential violations of state law on purchases and contracts.
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@wkmsfm.bsky.socialHappy Fall Break everyone! Stay safe out there!
@wkmsfm.bsky.socialU.S. authorities charged the former Venezuelan president with conspiring to torture his fellow citizens as well as Americans. That adds to drugs and weapons charges against him.
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@wkmsfm.bsky.socialPresident Trump said he wants to develop one of his Florida golf courses into a presidential retreat where his successors can spend quiet weekends, describing it as "sort of a Camp David."
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@wkmsfm.bsky.socialA Tennessee judge ordered prison officials to preserve all evidence in connection with last week's botched lethal injection of Christa Pike, including log books, medical waste and all messages sent or received by officials associated with the execution attempt.
@wkmsfm.bsky.socialPresident Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the former U.S. Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009. It would be the first U.S. military execution in over six decades — and the first by firing squad since World War II.
@wkmsfm.bsky.socialAfter more than a decade of being outpaced by Republicans on voter registration, Kentucky Democrats received a rare piece of positive news last week: They gained more registered voters in September than their GOP rivals for the first time in eight years.
