For four years, the previous administration ignored the crisis at our border, thus ignoring the safety and security of the American people.

Southern State is observing its 50th anniversary this year, and April is Community College Month, so this seems like the perfect time to celebrate the value the college brings to our community.

We need a national concurrence as to what are appropriate government-funded activities.

This is not a triumphalist declaration from the Kremlin or Beijing. It is a sober diagnosis, grounded in realism and restraint. And it should be a wake-up call in Washington, Ottawa, Berlin, and beyond.

Their concern and frustration grew ever more intense because the facts of wrongdoing the agents uncovered were so clear. Between 2014 and 2019, they found that Hunter Biden had failed to pay taxes on more than $8.3 million in income derived from various sources, including those in China, Ukraine, and Romania.

Trump's decision to suspend tariffs came after tough questions from Republicans, including U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La.

While congressmen are right to be angry over how NPR and PBS covered certain stories, a more important issue is at stake: The federal government should not be funding journalistic outlets, and Congress should end all funding for these companies. 

Tennesseans and Americans across the country want a government that is transparent, efficient, and accountable to the people. Yet, after President Trump moved to cut down the size of the federal bureaucracy, a district judge in San Francisco blocked the order, directing the administration to rehire thousands of terminated bureaucrats.

Starting a trade war based on retaliatory tariffs is counterproductive. While some countries will do whatever the U.S. demands, many will reconsider the U.S. dollar and trade alliances. U.S. inflation will rise and growth will slow.

When the New York Post broke the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020, detailing the overseas business dealings of the Biden family, they were not heralded as the New York Times had been in 1971 when that paper put the Pentagon Papers on the front page. Instead, they were censored.

In 1986, President Ronald Reagan’s former Secretary of Defense, Caspar Weinberger, formally established the month of April as the Month of the Military Child. Ever since then, the DoD has joined national, state, and local governments, schools, military serving organizations, companies, and all Americans in recognizing the over 1.6 million children of our courageous men and women in uniform every April.

In an increasingly dangerous world, American leadership is frequently being questioned and tested. The United States’ influence, as well as our resolve, is under pressure from volatility or outright conflict in many regions around the globe.

Now, at the age of 96, 123 years after my grandparents came to this country with my one-year-old father in their arms, as I look back on my life, I am even more grateful to them for having the courage to make the trip. And I want to preserve the gift they gave me for my children, grandchildren, and seven – so far – great-grandchildren.

In the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, adopting tactics of the minority will never yield substantive wins for the majority. Caving to that temptation will backfire and undercut our own ability to govern and legislate.

Perhaps this homeless man had used this line many times before, perhaps not, but it didn't matter. He had given me so much more than a line.