“If there is any chance whatsoever that Joe Biden will be the next president...the Trump Administration should provide the Biden team with all transition materials, resources, and meetings necessary to ensure a smooth transition so that both sides are ready on day one."
Trump’s own election security agency has declared the 2020 presidential election to have been the most secure in history. Days after that statement was issued, Trump fired the agency’s leader.
Memphis City Councilman J.B. Smiley, Jr. has filed an ethics complaint and is calling for an ethics committee to be appointed to investigate fellow councilman Edmund Ford, Sr.
Senator-elect Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, is stepping in to replace longtime Tennessee public servant Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, who did not seek reelection.
According to NBC’s projected electoral count, Biden has 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232. It’s the same spread from the 2016 election when Trump defeated Hillary Clinton 306 to 232.
Governor Tate Reeves has released a statement concerning the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department saying they will not enforce a state mandate on social distancing nor issue citations for not wearing a mask.
State elected officials are wading deeper into presidential politics, with Tennessee Democrats hitting Republican Governor Bill Lee Wednesday for not recognizing Joe Biden as president-elect.
Under a system that’s been tweaked over two centuries, there is still a weeks-long timeline during which the 538-member Electoral College picks the president.
The unusual way the Trump campaign is divvying up the contributions has drawn scrutiny from election watchdogs, who say Trump and his family are poised to financially benefit from the arrangement.
The European Union on Wednesday said it looked forward to better relations with the United States under the leadership of President-elect Joe Biden, and expressed hope the presidential transition will not be “bumpy.”
Biden stepped away from his closed-door planning only to honor the nation’s fallen soldiers for a Veterans Day tribute at the Korean War Memorial in Philadelphia.
Pompeo told reporters Tuesday with a grin that the “transition” to a second Trump term would be “smooth,” but later said the State Department was prepared for any eventuality.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on the Affordable Care Act, more specifically, the individual mandate, or requirement that all Americans obtain health insurance.
Republicans in the Tennessee Senate released a letter Tuesday in support of President Donald Trump as he “contests the unofficial results” of this year’s presidential election.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says he isn’t ready to recognize Joe Biden as the president-elect, joining a growing list of Republican leaders who say they are waiting on the outcome of various vote recounts and legal challenges.
President Donald Trump has not conceded the election and is instead claiming without evidence that there has been a widespread, multi-state conspiracy by Democrats to skew the vote tally.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says President Donald Trump is “100% within his rights” to question election results and consider legal options.
Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t congratulate President-elect Joe Biden until legal challenges to the U.S. election are resolved and the result is official, the Kremlin announced Monday.
The European Union said Monday it would impose tariffs on up to $4 billion worth of U.S. goods and services over illegal aid for plane maker Boeing - but expressed hope that trade ties would improve once President Donald Trump leaves office.
Locally in the Mid-South, representatives from the National Civil Rights Museum say the barriers being broken by Vice President Kamala Harris are remarkable and something everyone can be proud of.
Trump has pointed to delays in processing the vote in some states to allege with no evidence that there was fraud and to argue that his rival was trying to seize power.
The prospect of Georgia turning blue in the 2020 presidential election has Democrats in Tennessee wanting to follow that state’s lead in the years to come.
Despite long lines on election day, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announced Thursday, that he will never support early voting or universal mail-in voting in his state.
The result of the Presidential Election is still up in the air, but one thing that’s clear -- Latinx voters made a historic impact on the 2020 election.
With the vote count in some states taking days, many are wondering how that could be possible and if the process is fair. Officials at the Shelby County Election Commission said Thursday the country’s elections system is working properly.
Poll workers worked in teams of two, one Democrat and one Republican. They then had to do something that this nation has struggled with: agree on something.
Results for the state of Tennessee are rolling in after thousands of Tennesseans hit the polls on Election Day and even more absentee ballots were mailed in throughout the early voting period.
White has spent a decade as a state lawmaker but said he still has work to do in Nashville, starting with getting students and teachers through the COVID-19 pandemic.
John Gillespie, a Memphis native with a decade of experience in banking and nonprofit development is the new representative for Tennessee House District 97 after his first public run for office.
One of the most-watched Tennessee House race has come to an end naming Democratic candidate Torrey Harris as the representative for Tennessee’s 90th district.
Tuesday, thousands across the state cast their vote for or against a new state flag design after the former flag, bearing a Confederate symbol, was retired this summer.
Congressman Steve Cohen will continue to serve the 9th District of Tennessee, including Memphis and Shelby County, after results were totaled on election night.
A Memphis Democrat is hoping her grassroots campaign can pull off a stunning upset in the U.S. Senate race in Tennessee to replace retiring Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander.
A legal fight between Democratic Senate candidate Marquita Bradshaw’s campaign and the Tennessee Secretary of State has come to a head on Election Day.
The Tennessee Democratic Party and the Marquita Bradshaw for U.S. Senate campaign have sued Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett over a refusal to provide a list of people who have requested an absentee ballot but not sent it back.
