Democratic Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota announced Thursday that she will not be seeking re-election. Smith made her ...

Smith is the second Democratic senator to announce their retirements ahead of the midterms in 2026, when the party wants to contend for the majority but faces obstacles.

As the longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell developed a reputation for keeping his rank-and-file members in line and frustrating Democrats by relentlessly using procedural tactics to ...

The U.S. Senate passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support — including both of Arizona’s Democratic senators — keeping a crackdown on illegal immigrants involved in criminal cases on ...

Rep. Mike Sparks, R-Smyrna, filed the declaration in Kelsey's drawn-out federal corruption case. In a new twist, Kelsey last ...

The Department of Transport has been directed to distribute funding to states dependent on their birth and marriage rates.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has a new plan to send students to Tennessee trade schools for free. It's a concept most lawmakers ...

Both Republicans and Democrats have filed bills to end Tennessee’s 4% grocery tax this legislative session, but their plans look very different.

The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including budget resolutions and retirements.

Bills by Democrats and Republicans that would cut the state's grocery tax are moving through the Tennessee General Assembly, ...