President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House on July 24, 2024 in Washington, D.C. The president addressed reasons for abruptly ending his run for a second term after initially rejecting calls from some top Democrats to do so, and outlined what he hopes to accomplish in his remaining months in office. (Photo by Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden explained his decision not to seek reelection during a prime-time address from the Oval Office on Wednesday, saying now is the time to turn over power to the next generation. “I’ve made it clear that I ..read more

Vice President Kamala Harris, who has gained the support of enough delegates to win the Democratic presidential nomination, speaks to the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Grand Boule at the Indiana Convention Center on July 24, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Yesterday Harris spoke to potential voters during a stop in Wisconsin and tomorrow is scheduled to attend an event in Texas. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee will move forward with a virtual nomination vote for its presidential candidate as soon as Aug. 1, after its Rules Committee approved the proc ..read more

(Getty Images) Democrat Maryam Abolfazli, candidate for Congress in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District, is touting her contributions from small-dollar donors.  Abolfazli, who is running unopposed in the Democratic primary, tails in fundraising the competitive Republican primary featuring Metro Councilmember Courtney Johnston against first-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles.  Abolfazli reported raising $5,677 for the pre-primary reporting period which ended July 20.  Johnston raised $63,615 for the same period, while Ogles raised $13,996.08.  According to both a press ..read more

Pennsylvania state police officers stand near the stage of a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania’s top police officer faced questions Tuesday from lawmakers who wanted details on how the U.S. Secret Service and state and local law enforcement communicated when a gunman attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump, killed one rallygoer and injured two others in Butler, Pennsylvania. Lawmakers were aghast to learn state police rela ..read more

The Tennessee Registry of Election Finance the Registry of Election Finance is set to subpoena members of two Constitutional Republican groups to answer questions about operating as a PAC. (Photo: John Partipilo) Dissatisfied with a Tennessee Attorney General’s investigation, the Registry of Election Finance is set to subpoena members of two Constitutional Republican groups to have them explain how they operate without registering as a political action committee. The registry board voted Tuesday to order members of the Tennessee and Sumner County Constitutional Republicans to answer questions ..read more

The corporate office of CoreCivic, a private prison contractor, in Brentwood, Tenn. The company is using a loophole in state law to scoop up government contracts. (Photo: John Partipilo) Flush with donations from CoreCivic, Tennessee’s lawmakers have spent the past three years enacting tough-on-crime policy that could help the state’s private-prison operator in spite of complaints that profiting on the backs of inmates is bad business. Moves to create laws that require teenagers to be tried as adults for certain crimes and remove rewards for prisoners’ good behavior are likely to lead to high ..read more

Democratic delegates face big decisions on a presidential nominee WASHINGTON — Democratic National Convention delegates from across the country praised President Joe Biden’s decision Sunday to end his reelection bid, and a few state party leaders followed Biden’s endorsement and immediately threw their support to Vice President Kamala Harris. Delegates are scheduled to hold a virtual roll call vote early next month to officially select the party’s pick to face Republican Donald Trump in November, with the nominee to accept the nod at the party’s convention on August 22. Until recently, that c ..read more

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden return to the White House on July 7, 2024 in Washington, D.C. Biden announced Sunday he will not run for reelection. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Tennessee delegates to the Democratic National Convention are leaning towards Vice President Kamala Harris after President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the U.S. Presidential race Sunday. Chip Forrester, an at-large delegate to the convention and co-chair of the Biden-Harris Southern Finance Committee, said after Biden endorsed Harris that it would make sense for all the party’s del ..read more

U.S. President Joe Biden departs the White House on July 15, 2024 in Washington, DC. Biden was traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada to deliver remarks at the NAACP National Convention and the UnidosUS Annual Conference. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race Sunday, he said in a letter posted to social media, creating an unprecedented vacancy atop the Democratic ticket one month before he was scheduled to officially accept his party’s nomination. In a followup post less than 30 minutes later, Biden endorsed Vice President Kam ..read more

Republican vice presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, speaks on stage on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MILWAUKEE — J.D. Vance — the freshman Ohio senator who used to rebuke Donald Trump’s character and policies before becoming one of his most ardent supporters in Congress — formally accepted the nomination as Trump’s running mate Wednesday at the Republican National Convention. Vance spoke directly to the swing-state voters who will determine the outcome ..read more