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President Joe Biden promised on Wednesday to block the acquisition of U.S. Steel by a Japanese competitor in remarks to a crowd in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, made up of unionized steelworkers. The Japanese Nippon Steel Corporation, the fourth-largest steel producer, first announced that it would be acquiring U.S. Steel in December for around $14.9 billion after turning down other offers, including from American steel company Cleveland Cliffs. The president, in his remarks, emphasized the importance of […]

Four former D.C. National Guard officials turned whistleblowers excoriated military leadership for their response to the January 6 riot at a hearing held by the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight Wednesday. Based their firsthand accounts, they said that senior leadership failed to act decisively to authorize the deployment of the D.C. National Guard to the Capitol and subsequently crafted a misleading narrative about their actions that day to paper over […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - You read about it in books: the American Dream. It's a promise of a house, with money left over. For many Americans, however, that dream is far from reality. Home prices are higher than ever, and if you think renting could be the solution, think again. "We see them there, the cranes, the new buildings," described Tereva Parham with Stand Up Nashville. "I do believe that […]

State lawmakers agreed on a $52.8 billion budget Thursday. Of that, more than $1.5 billion could be put aside for businesses that are expected to request refunds under the state’s previous franchise tax rules, and a school choice bill. More: How much money will Tennessee businesses get back after the state changes how they’re taxed? The state House and Senate can’t agree. What’s in the budget There are several items […]

Aaron Gulbransen, executive director of the Tennessee Faith and Freedom Coalition, said the Tennessee House of Representatives should have introduced a “clean” universal school choice bill instead of attaching additional incentives not particularly related to school choice to the bill. While the governor’s school choice bill in the House includes additional incentives, the Senate’s version solely focuses on the governor’s proposal.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — It's being called a "college crisis" for high school seniors in Tennessee. The federal application students use to get financial aid, FASFA, has been plagued with issues. Now there's a sign some students are just giving up because Tennessee had the biggest decrease in applications in the country. “I think the core of the issue is the delay with the FASFA of this year,” Kelly Pietkiewicz, […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — April is Autism Awareness Month. Emergency officials said a program to bridge gaps between first responders and people with autism is working well. A Maury County 911 dispatch center became one of the first in the country to use the life-saving database. Fabian Oden, a life-long first responder, developed the Rapid Guardian database in Maury County in 2022. The county-wide database helps first responders when they […]