A U.S. Senator from Tennessee is calling on President Joe Biden to take an "urgent, all-hands" approach to the shutdown of a bridge that connects Tennessee and Arkansas.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed into law a "bathroom bill" that allows public schools to be sued if officials allow transgender students, teachers and staff to use multi-person bathrooms, locker rooms or changing facilities that don't match the gender listed on their birth certificates.

Reports of unaccompanied migrant children being forced to stay overnight in parked buses at the Dallas convention center are "completely unacceptable" if true, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Friday.

The head of a national conservative group told supporters it secretly helped draft legislation in Republican-controlled statehouses across the country as part of a coordinated network of organizations pushing to tighten voting laws across the country.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday ordered that state taxes on motor fuels remain suspended for another week to offset higher prices after a computer hack shut down the Colonial Pipeline that carries fuel to much of Georgia.

Armed with a new legal opinion, Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally and House Speaker Cameron Sexton plan to mount a final charge against Gov. Bill Lee's plan to remove the bronze bust of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest from the state Capitol building.

A year before her election to Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene searched for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at her Capitol office, taunting the New York Democrat to "get rid of your diaper" and "talk to the American citizens," as shown in video unearthed by CNN.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has shrugged off the idea of a special session to deal with billions of dollars in federal funding, but some key lawmakers say legislators might need to be called back to Nashville late his summer to handle the overflow of money.

Starting next year, Tennessee teachers will have to restrict their instruction on race and racism under recently passed legislation that Gov. Bill Lee is expected to sign into law.

Dr. Anthony Fauci urged Vanderbilt University graduates on Friday to get involved in public service and to help heal the country's destructive political divisiveness.

Federal health officials this week released new guidelines for fully vaccinated people, saying they no longer need to wear face masks or socially distance to protect themselves from COVID-19.

Republicans vaulted Rep. Elise Stefanik into the ranks of House leadership Friday, electing an ardent Donald Trump defender in hopes of calming the waters of deposed Rep. Liz Cheney's unrelenting criticism of the former president.

Former NFL player Tim Tebow joined Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee at the state Capitol on Thursday to announce a multimillion-dollar partnership to fight human trafficking.

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The Hamilton County school board voted 5-3 on Thursday evening to continue requiring masks for students and teachers through the end of the school year.

A bill barring state and local government agencies from requiring COVID-19 vaccines — including public schools and universities — is heading to Gov. Bill Lee's desk after it passed the Tennessee General Assembly last week.

Two former Tennessee Supreme Court justices are taking bipartisan shots at General Assembly legislation setting up a three-judge panel to hear constitutional challenges, and they're calling for the governor to veto the plan.

Suppose you were Mark Zuckerberg, recently ordered by an advisory board to decide how long former President Donald Trump should stay banned from Facebook.

Georgia will cease paying the $300 federal supplement for jobless benefits next month to encourage more workers to return to work and fill the growing number of job vacancies as the pandemic eases and the economy recovers.

Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly said he has zero tolerance for white nationalists in the police department and his administration will be transparent with releasing information if violence involving officers occurs.

Apple seems to be prevailing in an antitrust trial examining whether its mobile app store illegally skims profits from smaller companies.

Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston defended his marriage to a subordinate in his office on Thursday, saying his management decisions "are both legal and ethical."

The Biden administration swung aggressively into action after a primary gasoline pipeline fell prey to a cyberattack - understanding that the situation posed a possible series of political and economic risks.