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- President Donald Trump is urging Congress to eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the private, nonprofit corporation that Congress established in the 1960s.
- Lookout photojournalist John Partipilo captured Friday night ICE raids in Nashville's Madison community. This series shows Tennessee Highway Patrol officers in the background as ICE agents pulled a driver over and detained him.
- The Trump administration has ousted Cam Hamilton of the Federal Emergency Management Agency just one day after he testified before Congress about the size and scope of the federal agency.
- Commentary: Elon Musk's xAI project in Memphis has been shrouded in secrecy, half-truths, and outright lies, writes Tyler Foster. The supposed economic development we were promised comes at a devastating cost to public health and environmental safety.
- Commentary: The buck stops here - Accountability reporting on payday lenders in Tennessee. "What good is a loan, held out as a means to get by, if it doubles or triples in cost? How does it benefit a desperate borrower in the short term if the long-term consequences follow them for years?"
- Reposted by Tennessee LookoutAhead of this afternoon's committee meeting at which MNPD will be questioned about its role in federal immigration arrests, Nashville legal director Wally Dietz just sent this timeline (with call recordings) to councilmembers. "no evidence to suggest MNPD involvement in the joint operation"
- Reposted by Tennessee LookoutTennessee governor issues first veto on parole authority expansion (via @tennesseelookout.com) pulse.ly/xvxltafhti
- Reposted by Tennessee LookoutIt would not be unfair to describe the historic Clayborn Temple as a bulwark for American civil rights. "I remember running from the police and running back to Clayborn Temple because that was our sanctuary," Dwania Kyles said.
- Just in: U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey will be at Nashville's historic first Baptist Church Capitol Hill at 4 PM Friday to discuss recent detentions of Nashville immigrants and the effects of President Donald Trump's tariffs. The event is being held by the Tennessee Democratic Party.
- Wednesday morning: No mistrial in Casada case, now in its third week.
