Nashville’s leaders, including Mayor Freddie O’Connell and Vice Mayor Angie Henderson are condemning the demonstration. “These are hateful, Trump-emboldened cowards,” the vice mayor wrote.
Tennessee lawmakers react to Donald Trump’s guilty verdict
Republicans are reiterating their support for former President Donald Trump after a New York jury found him guilty on all counts in a history-making criminal case.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn eyed as potential running mate for former President Donald Trump
Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn is one of several Republicans being considered as a potential running mate for former President Donald Trump. The co-director of the Vanderbilt Poll weighs in on the pros and cons for Trump of that possible choice for vice president.
Analysis: Tennessee’s congressional delegation is particularly partisan
Knoxville Republican Tim Burchett is the member of Tennessee’s congressional delegation most likely to reach across the aisle. But taken as a whole, the people who this state’s voters have sent to Washington D.C. rank pretty low for bipartisanship.
Tennessee political leaders weigh in on dispute over reproductive health care for military personnel
Political battle lines are hardening over how military personnel get access to abortions.
Parents of trans kids urge the U.S. Senate to oppose Marsha Blackburn’s Kids Online Safety Act
More than 100 parents of transgender kids have signed an open letter, urging the U.S. Senate to oppose the Kids Online Safety Act, or KOSA. The legislation aims to make the internet safer for kids, but LGBTQ advocates take issue with comments made by the bill’s sponsor, Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn.
Why Marsha Blackburn is still pushing to drop COVID vaccine mandate for the military
Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn is helping lead an effort to reverse the mandate that servicemembers get the COVID vaccine. Republicans pushed for the concession in exchange for their votes on the defense spending bill that has to pass by the end of the year. Their suggested language was included in the text of the bill […]
Tennessee Republicans are mostly quiet about Trump’s latest bid for president, but one is already backing a rival
Former President Donald Trump formally announced he’s making a third bid for the White House in 2024, but many of his former supporters are staying quiet about the prospect of another term. That includes several top Tennessee Republicans, who will not say whether they will back him.
Tennessee lawmakers vow to ban gender-affirming surgeries at noisy anti-trans rally
They pledged to end “irreversible body altering surgeries on minor children,” though there’s little evidence many are occurring right now in Tennessee.
A 15-week federal abortion ban has the support of two Tennessee Republicans in Congress
Several Republicans in Tennessee’s federal delegation say they are open to a proposed federal ban on abortions after 15 weeks. The federal legislation would still leave Tennessee’s full abortion ban intact.
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