Republican Ralph Alvarado has reentered Kentucky politics by announcing his bid for a congressional seat targeted by Democrats in 2026. Alvarado is a doctor who made history as Kentucky’s first Hispanic state lawmaker but then left to become Tennessee’s top public health leader.
Vanderbilt part of research trying new ways of preserving hearts for transplants
Vanderbilt is among two university hospitals pioneering new ways to expand access to the lifesaving heart transplants for adults and babies.
Senate confirms Tennessee attorney as Trump’s first judicial nominee of second term
The Senate has confirmed Whitney Hermandorfer as a judge for the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Hermandorfer worked for Tennessee’s attorney general.
University of Tennessee among universities urged to cut ties with Chinese-backed scholarship program
Leaders of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party said Wednesday they’d sent letters to Dartmouth, Notre Dame, Temple University, the University of Tennessee and three University of California locations raising concerns about the schools’ partnerships with the China Scholarship Council.
Some education grants in limbo were used for ‘leftwing agenda,’ Trump administration says
The Trump administration has accused states and schools of using federal education grants to help fund “a radical leftwing agenda.” The administration this week froze over $6 billion in federal education grants meant for immigrant and low-income students.
Tennessee military veteran gets life sentence for plotting an FBI attack after his Jan. 6 arrest
A military veteran has been sentenced to life in prison. He was one of the first rioters to breach the building that day. Authorities say Kelley later made plans with another man to attack the FBI office in Knoxville.
Senate strikes AI provision from GOP bill after move by Blackburn
A proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, thwarting attempts to insert the measure into President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts.
Judge again delays Abrego Garcia’s release from Tennessee jail over deportation concerns
A federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns from his lawyers that he could be deported if he’s released. The judge was preparing to release him to await trial on human smuggling charges.
Fireworks will light up this Fourth of July. Next year could be different if tariff talks fizzle
Fireworks are as American as apple pie. But nearly all of those aerial shells, paper rockets and sparkly fountains are imported from China.
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