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Ledger The Power of Information. Front page news, public records, public notice. Covering counties in Middle Tennessee since 1978. Formerly the Westview.

The Ledger, formerly known as The Westview, was founded in 1978 by Doug Underwood. In 2010, the paper was acquired by The Daily News Publishing Co. Since its beginnings in 1886 as The Daily Abstract of Transfers, The Daily News has served a vital role in the Memphis metro area as the source for daily news and information on business and commerce -- information available nowhere else.

06/02/2026

Blanche is set to return to Capitol Hill as Trump reconsiders plans for his $1.8 billion fund

WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is set to return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday after the Trump administration signaled it was pausing contentious plans to move forward with a nearly $1.8 billion fund that could compensate allies of President Donald Trump who believe they have b...

06/02/2026

How Trump has used the presidency to benefit himself and his allies

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump tried to create a near $1.8 billion fund that could be funneled to his supporters as a means of settling a lawsuit he filed against his own government — even arguing that he "gave up a lot of money in allowing" it.

06/02/2026

'Love my woke pope': Why Leo's first encyclical went viral and how it speaks to his papal approach

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shortly after Pope Leo XIV issued his sweeping manifesto calling for the robust regulation of artificial intelligence, the Instagram meme account Saint Hoax posted a video to its more than 3 million followers about the pope's call to "disarm" AI. "Love my woke pope (I'm not even...

06/01/2026

Pentagon policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service, appeals court panel rules

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service, a divided panel of federal appeal court judges ruled on Monday.

06/01/2026

Young and unemployed? Remote work, not AI, may be the problem, study finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — The rise of remote work since the pandemic has made businesses more reluctant to hire young, inexperienced workers and is the key driver of higher unemployment rates for recent college graduates, a study released Monday has found.

06/01/2026

Jerome Powell uses JFK award speech to warn against political pressure on Fed, courts and schools

BOSTON (AP) — Former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell used one of his first major public appearances since leaving office to defend independent institutions while accepting an award Sunday honoring his efforts to preserve the central bank's independence.

06/01/2026

A robot is helping an ailing couple stay in their home. Are more to come for an aging population?

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — After outliving Booker T. Bones, their second service dog, Brenda and Brian Marquis still needed help with some of the more difficult parts of daily life.

06/01/2026

Experimental pill promises new hope for deadly pancreatic cancer

WASHINGTON (AP) — A novel pill helped people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer, researchers reported Sunday, raising hopes of long-needed better treatments for one of the deadliest types of cancer.

06/01/2026

AI helped a musician with Parkinson's finish his new album when he could no longer play guitar

Now, the London-based singer-songwriter is using artificial intelligence tools to help him continue making Americana music after Parkinson's disease largely took away his ability to play guitar.

06/01/2026

From her bookstore in Nashville, Ann Patchett drives the literary conversation

NASHVILLE (AP) — When she isn't working on a novel, Ann Patchett is often thinking of what she can do for others: maybe coming up with a blurb for Douglas Stuart, or recording a video birthday message for fellow author-bookseller Emma Straub, or beginning an interview with a plug for another admir...

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