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 ...

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 ...

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

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

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines on Thursday to advance the nomination of Kash Patel, Donald Trump's ...

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) spoke at the Senate Judiciary Committee about the need to confirm Kash Patel as FBI Director, and his commitment to release the Epstein files. SENATOR MARSHA BLACKBURN ...

Decisions by House members to run for governor could have an impact on which party controls Congress after the 2026 midterm ...

State lawmakers renewed a proposal to amend the state constitution so judges could deny bond to more suspects.