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The Tennessee General Assembly has had enough of Memphis’ soft-on-crime officials. To address a city that most Tennesseans avoid like the plague for its lack of safety, the House of Representatives and the Senate have passed HB 483 and SB 443 respectively, which give the attorney general the authority to audit the Shelby County district attorney’s office and replace the DA if deemed appropriate. The audit powers would only apply to this county. The bill is awaiting Republican Gov.

Chicago, Illinois, once again proved itself to be one of the worst cities in the nation. A father and former business owner died after receiving blunt force trauma from his assailants during an altercation at a bar last month. CBS News reported that 25-year-old Alexander “Zander” Kazanowski was discovered unresponsive around 3:30 a.m. on March 25. Chicago Police and Cook County Crime Stoppers are looking for four people in connection with his death — three men and one woman.

Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church while tightening surveillance and travel restrictions on all of China’s estimated 12 million Catholics, a rights group said Wednesday.

The Houston City Council got a rude awakening when they decided to impede the work of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Center Square reported Wednesday that Houston Democratic Mayor John Whitmire called an emergency city council meeting to discuss repealing Proposition A, which limits how much contact Houston Police Department can have with ICE, effectively making the latter’s job more difficult in apprehending illegal aliens in the city. Why the sudden change of heart?

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(Note: Thank you for supporting businesses like the one presenting a sponsored message below and working with them through the links below, which benefits The Western Journal. We appreciate your support!) For the past two years, AI has been trapped inside our computers … Chatbots like ChatGPT. Image generators. Voice assistants. All impressive … but all confined to our digital screens. That’s about to change in a big way.

Is transgender madness among the youth seeing a decline? One statistic out of California looks hopeful. According to the San Francisco Standard, the number of teens identifying as “nonbinary” on their driver’s license has seen a decline. The outlet reported that the state added the classification alongside male and female — which the mentally stable are still apt to choose — beginning in 2019. Just 38 16-year-olds chose it that first year. The number went as high as 164 in 2023.

Texas Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick decided to correct a common misconception secular America has about the Constitution — there’s nothing in it about a “separation of church and state.” As noted by a report from KRIV on Tuesday, Patrick chairs the new Religious Liberty Commission which was created by President Donald Trump via executive order last May.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman did not give a straight answer when directly asked why people should trust him to spearhead artificial intelligence (AI) development during a Monday interview.

NATO is reprising its usual role as a spectator while President Donald Trump launches a blockade of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. By Jack Davis April 13, 2026