As Tennessee lawmakers trickle back to the state Capitol Tuesday to resume their session, the primary order of business is grappling with a projected coronavirus-created state revenue shortfall that will dictate spending cuts in both the current budget and the new one taking effect July 1.

One thing is clear in the complicated, sometimes contradictory and often chaotic story of Tara Reade: Her life has not been easy.

FBI Director Christopher Wray has ordered an internal review into possible misconduct in the investigation of former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn, the bureau said Friday.

Joe Biden declared he "should not have been so cavalier" on Friday after he told a prominent black radio host that African Americans who back President Donald Trump "ain't black."

Georgia state Sen. Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga, will introduce a bill that would cut legislator pay by 14% - the same cut state agencies are being asked to make - as the state grapples with budget shortfalls due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Georgia has been counting a class of tests not included by most other states in its coronavirus screening numbers, artificially raising testing totals and lowering the state's percentage of positive results.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Friday signed his latest COVID-19 executive order, No. 38, which increases the number of people who can participate in social and recreational activities from 10 to 50.

President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell huddled Thursday at the White House as Republicans stake out new plans to phase out coronavirus-related unemployment benefits to encourage Americans to go back to work.

President Donald Trump won at least a temporary reprieve from the Supreme Court earlier this week in keeping secret grand jury materials from the Russia investigation away from Democratic lawmakers. The president and his administration are counting on the justices for more help to stymie other investigations and lawsuits.

A group of state Democratic lawmakers say Gov. Bill Lee is "failing" thousands of jobless Tennesseans who remain in financial "limbo" amid continuing logjams of unprocessed unemployment claims.

Nearly two weeks after controversy halted plans to bring the National Guard to Chattanooga for COVID-19 testing, the guard was in public housing communities Thursday testing residents for the coronavirus.

Children will not be required to wear face masks at Hamilton County Schools' school-age child care locations this summer, district officials confirmed Thursday.

School voucher advocates are asking the Tennessee Supreme Court to take up the case of a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a program that would let parents use public tax dollars for private school tuition.

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence, installing a new head of the nation's intelligence agencies at a time when President Donald Trump has ousted multiple officials.

The Hamilton County Health Department announced 40 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the county's total case count to 487 and continuing the trend of more than three weeks of rising cases.

Chattanooga businessman Tim Kelly is running for mayor of Chattanooga, saying he wants to get the city "back on the right track."

Before COVID-19 killed thousands of nursing home residents, about 4 in 10 homes inspected were cited for infection control problems, according to a government watchdog report Wednesday that finds a "persistent" pattern of lapses.

Democrats on Wednesday blasted the Trump administration's moves to roll back environmental regulations during the coronavirus crisis, with one senator saying a "pandemic of pollution'' has been released.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he's considering holding a meeting in the U.S. with the leaders of the world's major economies after all because it would be a "great sign to all" of things returning to normal during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily prevented the House of Representatives from obtaining secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.

Property owners who haven't paid annual Business Improvement District fees won't owe interest or penalties through June, though the fees were due in October and became delinquent in March.

Tennessee National Guard medical personnel will be in Hamilton County on Thursday and Friday to help the Chattanooga Housing Authority provide free, voluntary COVID-19 testing to families and residents at four CHA communities, Gov. Bill Lee's administration announced Wednesday.

California Republicans have been waiting for a turning point and some think it's finally arrived.