Protesters leave Tennessee capitol area after bill … Protesters who have been on Tennessee’s capitol hill around the clock for more than two months are gone, at least for the moment.
House passes $900 billion COVID relief, catchall … WASHINGTON (AP) — The House easily passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. Lawmakers tacked on a $1.4 trillion catchall spending bill and thousands of pages of other […]
House Dems call for $1,400 stimulus checks, no change … House Democrats unveiled a proposal Monday that rejects capping individual income thresholds at $50,000 and would provide $1,400 stimulus payments to Americans making $75,000 a year.
Listen: President Trump calls Fauci a ‘disaster’ … President Donald Trump called coronavirus expert Anthony Fauci a “disaster” on Monday and sought to reassure campaign workers he still has a path to victory on Election Day, 15 days away.
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died … One would have to go back hundreds of years to find a monarch who reigned longer than Queen Elizabeth II. In her 70 years on the throne, she helped modernize the monarchy across decades of enormous social change, royal marriages and births, and family scandals. For most Britons, she was the only monarch they had […]
Trump vs. Biden: Where they stand on health, economy, … WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid the tumult of the 2020 presidential campaign, one dynamic has remained constant: The Nov. 3 election offers voters a choice between substantially different policy paths. President Donald Trump, like many fellow Republicans, holds out tax reductions and regulatory cuts as economic imperatives and frames himself as a conservative champion in the culture […]
Tennessee House advances bill seeking to overhaul … Tennessee would dramatically overhaul how it provides health care to its lower-income and disabled residents under a proposal the House advanced Thursday.
Sesame Workshop enlists Elmo, Cookie Monster on hand … Elmo, Rooster and Cookie Monster are doing their part to help keep kids safe as the coronavirus pandemic grinds on.
Tennessee seeks to overhaul Medicaid with block grants Tennessee Republican lawmakers who have long balked at taking millions in federal dollars to expand Medicaid advanced a plan Wednesday that would overhaul how the state provides health care to its lower-income and disabled residents.
Gov. Lee grants mayors in 89 counties authority to … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Lee has signed an executive order granting mayors in 89 Tennessee counties the authority to issue local mask requirements. The executive order comes after Tennessee reported an increase of more than 1,800 new coronavirus cases Friday. It’s the highest single-day increase the state has seen. “This targeted approach ensures we […]
One month out, battered Trump campaign faces big … WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s long-hidden tax returns leaked out. His first debate performance ignited a firestorm over white supremacy. He was hospitalized for COVID-19 after months of playing down the threat of a pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans. And that was just this week. Trump’s reelection team, battered on all […]