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We've had blistering heat and humidity in much of the nation over the past week. Politics took a very brief break over the Memorial Day weekend, but with primaries and other political events this coming week, we're heading into the "dog days" or perhaps more fitting, the "dog daze" of summer.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn, the day after President Donald Trump traveled to Nashville to support her campaign for Senate, said Wednesday she wants to continue taking Tennessee values, as she has done throughout her career. "That is what Tennesseans want to see," the Republican candidate told Fox News' "Fox and Friends ."
President Donald Trump is resurrecting his rallying cry that Mexico will pay for his proposed border wall, despite sensitive ongoing negotiations over the future of a key North American trade deal. Acknowledging the sensitivity of the subject but abandoning caution, Trump says, "I don't want to cause a problem, but in the end, Mexico's gonna pay for the wall."
President Donald Trump gestures as he walks toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 29, 2018, as he heads to Nashville for a rally. President Donald Trump has taken the stage in Tennessee for a campaign rally to boost Republican Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn.
For Democrats to take back control of the Senate this November, they need to pick up two seats - more if any of their senators running for reelection in Trump-friendly states lose. Take Tennessee, for example.
President Donald Trump is turning his attention to Tennessee, where he will raise money and rally supporters Tuesday in a crucial race for control of the U.S. Senate. Trump hopes to boost Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn in the open contest to replace GOP Sen. Bob Corker, who is retiring.
This pipe is one of three - and the largest - that delivers water to the 20,000 customers on the north side of Chattanooga, Red Bank and Signal Mountain.
With three months to go before Tennessee's Republican primary for governor, none of the big four candidates seems ready to throw in the towel. If the well-financed quartet of U.S. Rep. Diane Black, businessman Randy Boyd, state House Speaker Beth Harwell and businessman Bill Lee hang in until Aug. 2 in the hopes of replacing term-limited Republican Gov. Bill Haslam, the eventual winner may have as little as 25 percent of the vote before taking on the Democrat primary winner - who will have had to spend considerably less time and money - in November.
The 110th Tennessee General Assembly Thursday filed an appeal in its lawsuit attempting to block refugee resettlement in the state. Last March a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit on multiple grounds, including the Tennessee General Assembly's lack of standing to bring the lawsuit and the state's failure to show that refugee resettlement in Tennessee violates the U.S. Constitution.
Hatcher Yoest, 4, drinks fresh milk made on his family's farm, Hatcher Family Dairy, with gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee. Yoest preferred chocolate milk.
After Sen. Bob Corker said he was retiring, former Gov. Phil Bredesen -- a top Democratic recruit -- jumped into the race. Retiring Sen. Bob Corker could muster up only lukewarm praise for his party's leading contender to replace him in November's election, and again offered kind words for the main Democratic candidate.
Outgoing Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker on Sunday defended his praise of the Democrat running in the race to replace him, but said he still plans to support the Republican nominee. "He is my friend," Corker said of the candidate, former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen,to CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union."
Retiring Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee on Sunday said that former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, a Democrat running to replace him, is "my friend" but that he will vote for fellow Republican Marsha Blackburn this fall. Yet Mr. Corker, a Republican, had little to say in support of Ms.
Republican Sen. Bob Corker heaped lots of praise Wednesday on one of the candidates looking to succeed him when he leaves office at the end of the year. Unfortunately for Rep. Marsha Blackburn, the likely GOP nominee for the Tennessee seat, it was Democrat Phil Bredesen who was the beneficiary of Corker's remarks.
TBI seeks man wanted on felony forgery, lien charges Wanted by TBI, FBI on charges of unlawfully filing liens and making false entries into records Check out this story on jacksonsun.com: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is seeking the public's assistance in locating a man wanted on numerous felony charges related to filing false liens and forgery. Mark Anthony McConnell, 61, of Knoxville, is wanted by the TBI and the Federal Bureau of Investigation on charges of unlawfully filing liens and making false entries into records.
The state is ranked #24 out of 50 states in terms of gun law strength but sits at #14 when it comes to the number of gun-related deaths per capita, according to a Giffords Law Center gun law scorecard. According to Gabrielle Giffords' Law Center, Tennessee isn't making the grade on gun safety laws.
Gov. Bill Haslam is joining several other Tennessee officials voicing concerns over President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. The Republican governor told reporters Tuesday he's concerned about additional costs to manufacturers, particularly the state's car industry.
Former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen says in his U.S. Senate campaign's second TV ad that he's "not running against Donald Trump." Bredesen is running as a moderate Democrat who will work across party lines for a red state that strongly supported Trump in 2016.
The East Tennessee Political Items Collectors will sponsor its fourth political memorabilia show and sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 24 at Maryville First Baptist Church Family Life Center in conjunction with the Alcoa Kiwanis Antiques Appraisal Fair. The ETPIC is a local affiliate of the American Political Items Collectors organization, a nonprofit group established in 1945 to promote and encourage the study of the history of American political campaigns, and the collection and preservation of political memorabilia.
In Tennessee's U.S. Senate race, Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn and ex-Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen are concerned about President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. On Thursday, Bredesen compared broad tariffs to taking a big ax to a problem that needs a scalpel.