Rep. Andy Ogles, a Tennessee Republican endorsed by President Trump, lost his primary Thursday to Charlie Hatcher, a former state agriculture commissioner, by a margin of 53.2% to 46.8% with more than 95% of the vote counted.
A three-judge federal panel on Thursday denied a request to block Tennessee's redrawn congressional map, clearing the way for the new districts to take effect in the state's Aug. 6 primary elections.
A professor at the University of Tennessee will receive nearly $2 million to settle a lawsuit after officials sought to remove her after she shared social media posts condemning slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
Tennessee Republican lawmakers unveiled new congressional maps Wednesday that would eliminate the state's only Democratic-held seat, acting days after a Supreme Court ruling cleared the path for partisan redistricting.
President Donald Trump called Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday and pressed him to redraw the state's congressional maps, a move that could eliminate the state's only Democratic House seat, held by Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis.
