WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a short phrase in the Constitution, mentioned in passing. But it's already taking on an outsize significance as President-elect Donald Trump charts his return to office.

The withdrawal of Matt Gaetz as Trump's nominee for attorney general dramatically affirmed that the Senate still maintains its "advice and consent" powers when it comes to vetting and installing a president's Cabinet. Yet it may be only a brief reprieve from the intense struggles to come as Senate Republicans try to preserve their constitutional role.

2. Speaker Mike Johnson wins GOP nomination to remain in job, faces full House vote in new year - Friday, November 15, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson won the House Republican nomination Wednesday to stay on the job, on track to keep the gavel after a morning endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump ahead of a full House vote in the new year.

3. Senate Republicans are gathering behind closed doors to pick a new majority leader - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators will gather behind closed doors Wednesday to decide who will replace longtime Senate leader Mitch McConnell and lead their new majority next year — a decision that could shape the future of the Senate, and the party, as Donald Trump reclaims the presidency.

4. Speaker Johnson begins fight for the House gavel promising to be Trump's 'quarterback' - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight for his gavel, a weeks-long campaign that starts Wednesday during internal House Republican leadership elections and will establish the new power centers in Congress for a Washington dominated by President-elect Donald Trump.

5. Collapse of national security elites' cyber firm leaves bitter wake - Friday, October 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The future was once dazzling for IronNet.

Founded by a former director of the National Security Agency and stacked with elite members of the U.S. intelligence establishment, IronNet promised it was going to revolutionize the way governments and corporations combat cyberattacks.

6. Bernie Sanders preparing resolutions to block $20B in US arms sales to Israel - Friday, September 13, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders is preparing several resolutions that would stop more than $20 billion in U.S. arms sales to Israel, a longshot effort but the most substantive pushback yet from Congress over the devastation in Gaza ahead of the first year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war.

7. House Oversight panel subpoenas Secret Service director to testify on Trump assassination attempt - Friday, July 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee issued a subpoena Wednesday to the Secret Service director compelling her to appear before the committee on Monday for what is scheduled to be the first congressional hearing into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

8. Ukraine uses US weapons to strike inside Russia, according to a senator and a Western official - Friday, May 31, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine has used U.S. weapons to strike inside Russia in recent days, according to a U.S. senator and a Western official familiar with the matter.

The weapons were used under recently approved guidance from President Joe Biden allowing American arms to be used to strike inside Russia for the limited purpose of defending Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city.

9. House to vote on requiring delivery of bombs to Israel in GOP-led rebuke of Biden policies - Friday, May 17, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House was set Thursday to deliver a rebuke to President Joe Biden for pausing a shipment of bombs to Israel, voting on legislation that would seek to force the weapons transfer as Republicans worked to highlight Democratic divisions over the Israel-Hamas war.

10. Senators urge $32 billion in emergency spending on AI after finishing yearlong review - Friday, May 10, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and place safeguards around it, writing in a report released Wednesday that the U.S. needs to "harness the opportunities and address the risks" of the quickly developing technology.

11. Zelenskyy presses the US and allies for Patriot missiles, expected in new $6B aid package - Friday, April 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Kyiv needs Patriot missiles to create an air shield against further Russian missile attacks, and it's likely he'll get them in an additional $6 billion aid package expected to be announced by the U.S. as soon as Friday.

12. Biden says the US is rushing weaponry to Ukraine as he signs a $95 billion war aid measure into law - Friday, April 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he was immediately rushing badly needed weaponry to Ukraine as he signed into law a $95 billion war aid measure that also included assistance for Israel, Taiwan and other global hotspots.

13. Pentagon set to send $1 billion in new military aid to Ukraine once bill clears Senate, Biden - Friday, April 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is poised to send $1 billion in new military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday as the Senate began debate on long-awaited legislation to fund the weapons Kyiv desperately needs to stall gains being made by Russian forces in the war.

14. Ukraine, Israel aid advances in rare House vote as Democrats help Republicans push it forward - Friday, April 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a robust coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural hurdle to reach final votes this weekend. Friday's vote produced a seldom-seen outcome in the typically hyper-partisan House, with Democrats helping Republican Speaker Mike Johnson's plan advance overwhelmingly 316-94. Final House approval could come this weekend, when the package would be sent to the Senate.

15. If Congress passes funding, this is how the US could rush weapons to Ukraine for its war with Russia - Friday, April 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon could get weapons moving to Ukraine within days if Congress passes a long-delayed aid bill. That's because it has a network of storage sites in the U.S. and Europe that already hold the ammunition and air defense components that Kyiv desperately needs.

16. Titans go into the NFL draft flexible at No. 7 with lots of needs to fill - Friday, April 19, 2024

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have been among the league's biggest spenders in free agency, and they still won't be able to fill all the remaining holes with only seven selections in this NFL draft.

17. House leaders toil to advance Ukraine and Israel aid. But threats to oust speaker grow - Friday, April 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House congressional leaders were toiling Thursday on a delicate, bipartisan push toward weekend votes to approve a $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as several other national security policies at a critical moment at home and abroad.

18. NATO and the EU urge G7 nations to step up air defense for Ukraine and expand Iran sanctions - Friday, April 19, 2024

CAPRI, Italy (AP) — Top NATO and European Union officials urged foreign ministers from leading industrialized nations on Thursday to take quick, concrete steps to provide more air defense systems and artillery to Ukraine, warning that continued delays could tilt the war in Moscow's favor.

19. Speaker Johnson to meet with Trump, offers Marjorie Taylor Greene advisory role as own job teeters - Friday, April 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — His job on the line, House Speaker Mike Johnson is dashing to Florida to meet with Donald Trump this week and has offered far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a seat on his own "kitchen cabinet" as he draws closer to the MAGA forces that now dominate the GOP.

20. Ukraine will be outgunned by Russia 10 to 1 in weeks without US help, top Europe general says - Friday, April 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top general for U.S. forces in Europe told Congress Wednesday that Ukraine will be outgunned 10 to one by Russia within a matter of weeks if Congress does not find a way to approve sending more ammunition and weapons to Kyiv soon.

21. TikTok bill faces uncertain fate in the Senate as legislation to regulate tech industry has stalled - Friday, March 22, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The young voices in the messages left for North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis were laughing, but the words were ominous.

"OK, listen, if you ban TikTok I will find you and shoot you," one said, giggling and talking over other young voices in the background. "I'll shoot you and find you and cut you into pieces." Another threatened to kill Tillis, and then take their own life.

22. Pentagon to give Ukraine $300M in weapons even as it lacks funds to replenish US stockpile - Friday, March 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding some cost savings in its contracts, even though the military remains deeply overdrawn and needs at least $10 billion to replenish all the weapons it has pulled from its stocks to help Kyiv in its desperate fight against Russia, the White House announced Tuesday.

23. Biden warns opposing Ukraine funding plays 'into Putin's hands,' but faces resistance in House - Friday, February 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday called for House Republicans to urgently bring a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan to a vote, warning that refusal to take up the bill, passed by the Senate in the morning, would be "playing into Putin's hands."

24. Trump's threat to NATO allies draws little condemnation from GOP, reflecting his grip on the party - Friday, February 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's claim that he once told a NATO ally that he would encourage Russia "to do whatever the hell they want" to "delinquent" members of the group sent shockwaves through Europe over the weekend.

25. Lee, other GOP governors back at Texas border to keep pressure on Biden over migrant crossings - Friday, February 2, 2024

EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — As more than a dozen Republican governors gathered Sunday on the Texas border, Kyle Willis was across the river in Mexico considering his next move to enter the U.S.

26. The Biden administration once more bypasses Congress on an emergency weapons sale to Israel - Friday, December 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time this month the Biden administration is bypassing Congress to approve an emergency weapons sale to Israel as Israel continues to prosecute its war against Hamas in Gaza under increasing international criticism.

27. Congress departs without a deal on Ukraine aid, border security, Senate will work next week - Friday, December 15, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress was departing Washington on Thursday without a deal to pass wartime support for Ukraine, but Senate negotiators and President Joe Biden's administration were still racing to wrap up a border security compromise to unlock the stalemate before the end of the year.

28. With Ukraine aid in peril, Zelenskyy pleads his cause on Capitol Hill and at the White House - Friday, December 8, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — His country's future at stake, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used inspirational words, optimistic resolve and a nod to Christmas in appealing Tuesday to leaders in Congress for U.S. aid for his fighters in the war with Russia.

29. Kevin McCarthy was booted as House speaker two months ago. Now he's leaving Congress by year's end - Friday, December 1, 2023

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two months after his historic ouster as U.S. House speaker, Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday that he is resigning and will leave Congress by the end of the year.

30. McConnell, standing apart in a changing GOP, digs in on his decades-long push against Russia - Friday, November 10, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell often tells the story of a letter that his father, a foot soldier in World War II, wrote to his mother while he was stationed in Eastern Europe in 1945, as the United States was liberating the region from Nazi rule.

31. Emmer withdraws as GOP nominee for speaker - Friday, October 20, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Tom Emmer abruptly abandoned his bid to become House speaker, withdrawing hours after winning the internal party nomination once it became clear he would not have enough support from GOP colleagues for the gavel.

32. Day 20 with no House speaker as Republicans struggle and lower-level names reach for the gavel - Friday, October 20, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Day 20 without a House speaker, and Republicans found themselves starting over on Monday — bumbling ahead with few ideas about who will lead, what they are fighting over and when they will get Congress working again.

33. GOP's Jordan is shoring up support, peeling off detractors ahead of a House speaker vote - Friday, October 13, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks without a House speaker, Republicans will meet behind closed doors Monday evening to try to unite around their new nominee, far-right firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan, a Donald Trump ally who appears to be quickly shoring up support to win the gavel.

34. As Republicans split over who will be House speaker, McCarthy positions himself as a de facto leader - Friday, October 6, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have no clear idea who will be the next U.S. House speaker, leaving an unprecedented power vacuum in Congress and severely limiting America's ability to quickly respond to the crisis in Israel — or any number of other problems at home and abroad.

35. As Republicans split over who will be House speaker, McCarthy positions himself as a de facto leader - Friday, October 6, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have no clear idea who to elect U.S. House speaker, leaving an unprecedented power vacuum in Congress and severely limiting America's ability to quickly respond to the crisis in Israel — or any number of other problems at home or abroad.

36. McCarthy's ouster leaves the House adrift as divided Republicans seek to unite behind a new leader - Friday, September 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The stunning removal of Kevin McCarthy as speaker has left the House adrift as Republicans struggle to bring order to their fractured majority and begin the difficult and potentially prolonged process of uniting around a new leader.

37. These 8 Republicans stood apart to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker - Friday, September 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Kevin McCarthy had support from 208 members of his conference to remain as House speaker. But it took only eight dissenters in his party to boot him from the job.

A handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to make history as McCarthy became the first speaker in U.S. history to be voted out of the position by his colleagues.

38. Rep. Gaetz is threatening to oust Speaker McCarthy. It won't be easy - Friday, September 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — "How would you be different as speaker, compared to Mr. Boehner?" a reporter asked then-House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy in September 2015 as the California Republican pursued, and eventually gave up, his first attempt at the speakership.

39. Tech titans will give senators advice on artificial intelligence in a closed-door forum - Friday, September 8, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been talking for months about accomplishing a potentially impossible task: passing bipartisan legislation within the next year that encourages the rapid development of artificial intelligence and mitigates its biggest risks. On Wednesday, he's convening a meeting of some of the country's most prominent technology executives, among others, to ask them how Congress should do it.

40. Mass shootings spur divergent laws as states split between gun rights and control - Friday, August 18, 2023

Tennessee's Republican-led Legislature is meeting in special session this week to consider a package of public safety proposals, including some stemming from a deadly shooting at a Nashville elementary school earlier this year.

41. Senate passes defense bill with bipartisan support, but clash looms with House over social issues - Friday, July 28, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a massive annual defense bill that would deliver a 5.2% pay raise for service members and keep the nation's military operating, avoiding partisan policy battles with an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote.

42. AI is a 'moment of revolution,' top Democrat says in urging swift action on regulations - Friday, June 16, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling the rapid growth of artificial intelligence tools a "moment of revolution," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that the government must act quickly to regulate companies that are developing it.

43. Amid fight over Covenant school shooting records, medical examiner releases autopsy report - Friday, June 9, 2023

NASHVILLE (AP) — The former student who shot through the doors of a Nashville Christian elementary school in March and killed three children and three adults died from gunshot wounds to the head, torso and other parts of the body, an autopsy report released Monday showed.

44. Speaker McCarthy eyes new commission to tackle nation's debt, but many Democrats are wary - Friday, June 9, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is studying the history books and considering the appointment of a mix of lawmakers and business leaders as he lays the groundwork for a new commission to tackle the nation's growing debt.

45. Attorney: Ownership of Nashville shooter's writing will go to - Friday, June 9, 2023

NASHVILLE (AP) — Ownership of the writings of a shooter who killed six people at a Nashville school earlier this year will be transferred to the families of students at the school, an attorney representing the shooter's parents announced Thursday.

46. Judge: Covenant parents at school can try to keep shooter's writings secret - Friday, May 26, 2023

NASHVILLE (AP) — A Tennessee judge has ruled that a group of parents can have their say in a lawsuit over the writings of a shooter who killed six people at their children's school.

The judge ruled Wednesday night that the Covenant School parents have a right to intervene against other groups that want the shooter's writings — along with some other documents in the police investigation — released according to the Tennessee Public Records Act.

47. Parents hope to keep Covenant shooter's 'dangerous and harmful' writings secret - Friday, May 19, 2023

NASHVILLE (AP) — A group of Tennessee parents whose children attend The Covenant School, where a deadly shooting in March took the lives of three 9-year-olds and three adults, filed a motion Wednesday seeking to keep the shooter's writings from being released to the public.

48. US to control land sales to foreigners near 8 military bases - Friday, May 5, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign citizens and companies would need U.S. government approval to buy property within 100 miles (160 kilometers) of eight military bases, under a proposed rule change that follows a Chinese firm's attempt to build a plant near an Air Force base in North Dakota.

49. Titans didn’t get immediate help they needed - Friday, May 5, 2023

The Tennessee Titans needed to find two to three plug-and-play starters in the 2023 NFL Draft to shore up the roster for the coming season.

But when the draft – new general manager Ran Carthon’s first – was over, the Titans had fallen far short of that goal.

50. Titans' new GM uses all NFL draft picks to fix bad offense - Friday, April 28, 2023

NASHVILLE (AP) — Improving one of the NFL's worst offenses wound up the focus of Tennessee general manager Ran Carthon 's first NFL draft.

So much so that he used all of his picks on offense, a first for this franchise since the NFL switched to a seven-round draft in 1994.

51. Funeral held for custodian killed in Nashville attack - Friday, March 31, 2023

NASHVILLE (AP) — Mike Hill, a 61-year-old custodian who was among the six people killed in last week's attack at a Nashville elementary school, was remembered Tuesday for his loving nature, his culinary skills and his faith.

52. Police: Shooter planned school attack for months - Friday, April 7, 2023

Metro Police said the person who killed six people, including three 9-year-old children, had been planning the massacre for months.

Police have not established a motive for the shootings at The Covenant School, a small Christian elementary school where the 28-year-old shooter was once a student, according to a Monday news release from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. Both Nashville police and FBI agents continue to review writings left behind by Audrey Hale, both in Hale’s vehicle and home, police said.

53. Nashville police: School shooter planned attack for months - Friday, March 31, 2023

NASHVILLE (AP) — As students across Nashville walked out of class on Monday to protest gun violence at the Tennessee Capitol following a school shooting last week, police said the person who killed six people, including three 9-year-old children, had been planning the massacre for months.

54. With Saudi deals, US, China battle for influence in Mideast - Friday, March 17, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a matter of days, Saudi Arabia carried out blockbuster agreements with the world's two leading powers — China and the United States.

Riyadh signed a Chinese-facilitated deal aimed at restoring diplomatic ties with its arch-nemesis Iran and then announced a massive contract to buy commercial planes from U.S. manufacturer Boeing.

55. House GOP meets with Zelenskyy as far-right oppose future aid - Friday, February 17, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — A handful of congressional Republicans met Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a signal of continued U.S. support even as hard-right members of the party vow to block future aid to the embattled country.

56. IRS nominee Werfel faces questioning on "thankless' job - Friday, February 10, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic senators who have been arguing over how much money to give the IRS and how it should be spent found at least one point of unanimity Wednesday as they considered President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the agency: Both sides wished Danny Werfel good luck with the worst job in Washington.

57. GOP leaders start laying groundwork for more Ukraine aid - Friday, February 10, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Testimony on Russian war crimes. Monthly classified briefings. High-profile hearings, TV appearances and even op-eds in conservative media outlets.

Leading Republicans in Congress are not waiting for the next debate over assistance to Ukraine, instead launching an early and aggressive effort to make the case for why the U.S. should continue spending billions of dollars on the war effort.

58. Titans turn from losing AFC South title to hiring new GM - Friday, January 6, 2023

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Titans enter the offseason at their earliest point since the 2018 season with more questions than wins, and they must hire a general manager before they can start figuring out their future.

59. McCarthy makes big gains for speaker, still falls short - Friday, January 6, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leader Kevin McCarthy flipped 15 colleagues to support him in dramatic votes for House speaker on Friday, making extraordinary gains on the fourth day and the 12th and 13th ballots of a grueling standoff that was testing American democracy and the Republicans' ability to govern.

60. McCarthy foes relish the fight: 'A really beautiful thing' - Friday, January 6, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rest easy, America ... we got this. What others see as dysfunction and chaos, many of Rep. Kevin McCarthy's opponents see as democracy at work.

61. McCarthy fails and fails again: GOP stalemate on new speaker - Friday, January 6, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — For a third day, divided Republicans left the speaker's chair of the U.S. House sitting empty Thursday, as party leader Kevin McCarthy failed and failed again in an excruciating string of ballots to win enough GOP votes to seize the chamber's gavel.

62. McConnell celebrates milestone as Senate Dems retain power - Friday, December 30, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are again claiming the Senate majority, but much of the chamber's focus Tuesday is on the top Republican as Mitch McConnell becomes the longest serving Senate leader in history.

63. House passes $1.7 trillion spending bill with Ukraine aid - Friday, December 23, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — A $1.7 trillion spending bill financing federal agencies through September and providing more aid to a devastated Ukraine cleared the House on Friday as lawmakers raced to finish their work for the year and avoid a partial government shutdown.

64. Lawmakers unveil $1.7T bill to avoid shutdown, boost Ukraine - Friday, December 16, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders unveiled a government-wide $1.7 trillion spending package early Tuesday that includes another large round of aid to Ukraine, a nearly 10% boost in defense spending and roughly $40 billion to assist communities across the country recovering from drought, hurricanes and other natural disasters.

65. Trump's Constitution remarks put McConnell, GOP on defense - Friday, December 2, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell delivered another rebuke of former President Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying that anyone who thinks the Constitution can be suspended would have a "very hard time" becoming president in the United States.

66. House approves 'red flag' gun bill unlikely to pass Senate - Friday, June 10, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved a "red flag" bill Thursday that would allow families, police and others to ask federal courts to order the removal of firearms from people at extreme risk of harming themselves or others.

67. Senators talk expanded gun background checks, red flag laws - Friday, May 27, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is considering how Congress should respond to the horrific shooting of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, restarting gun control talks that have broken down many times before.

68. Political reality: Congress can't save — or end — abortion - Friday, May 6, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — After fighting for decades over abortion policy, Congress is about to run into the stark political limits of its ability to save — or end — the Roe v. Wade protections.

President Joe Biden has called on Democrats to enshrine the nearly 50-year-old Supreme Court ruling into law after the disclosure of a draft opinion that would overturn the landmark decision that declared a constitutional right to abortion services.

69. EU energy ministers meet to discuss Russian gas, sanctions - Friday, April 29, 2022

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union energy ministers will meet Monday to discuss Russia's decision to cut gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland, and debate planned new sanctions over Moscow's war on Ukraine.

70. Billions, and growing, for lawmakers' projects in big bill - Friday, April 1, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Home-district projects for members of Congress are back, sprinkled across the government-wide $1.5 trillion bill President Joe Biden signed recently. The official tally shows amounts modest by past standards yet spread widely around the country — and that understate what lawmakers are claiming credit for.

71. Landry sees front 4 as group to lead Titans to Super Bowl - Friday, March 11, 2022

NASHVILLE (AP) — Outside linebacker Harold Landry loves playing for the Tennessee Titans and wanted to do whatever he needed to make that continue.

72. Replacing Tannehill won’t be easy - Friday, February 11, 2022

The offseason has already begun for the Tennessee Titans, and with it comes plenty of questions that must be answered in the coming months.

One that won’t have to be answered concerns the quarterback position. General manager Jon Robinson, head coach Mike Vrabel and anyone who has any authority on the matter has said that Ryan Tannehill will be the Titans quarterback in 2022.

73. Sen. Luján to be out at least 4 weeks, Biden agenda at risk - Friday, February 4, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrats' fragile hold on the Senate majority became vividly apparent Wednesday with the sudden illness of New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Luján, who won't be back to work for at least four weeks, throwing President Joe Biden's Supreme Court pick and lagging legislative agenda in doubt.

74. COVID-19 booster drive is faltering in the US - Friday, January 21, 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 booster drive in the U.S. is losing steam, worrying health experts who have pleaded with Americans to get an extra shot to shore up their protection against the highly contagious omicron variant.

75. GOP paints Biden's choice for bank regulator as radical - Friday, November 19, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's choice to become one of the top banking regulators endured a contentious nomination hearing Thursday, with Republican senators warning she would nationalize the U.S. banking system and Democrats saying she's eminently qualified and would be tough overseer of Wall Street.

76. States, cities slow to spend federal pandemic money - Friday, October 1, 2021

As Congress considered a massive COVID-19 relief package earlier this year, hundreds of mayors from across the U.S. pleaded for "immediate action" on billions of dollars targeted to shore up their finances and revive their communities.

77. Top Dem sees tough pathway for $3.5T social, climate plans - Friday, August 6, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours after clinching an initial budget victory, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer conceded Wednesday that Democrats face a tough pathway to delivering a package surging $3.5 trillion into family, health and environment programs to President Joe Biden's desk.

78. Senate debates Dems' $3.5T budget, GOP launches attacks - Friday, August 6, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats started pushing their expansive $3.5 trillion framework  for bolstering family services, health, and environment programs through the Senate on Tuesday, as Republicans responded with an avalanche of amendments aimed at making their rivals pay a price in next year's elections.

79. Top Senate Dem sets infrastructure vote, pressures lawmakers - Friday, July 16, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is pressuring lawmakers to reach agreement by next week on a pair of massive domestic spending measures, signaling Democrats' desire to push ahead aggressively on President Joe Biden's multitrillion-dollar agenda.

80. Sanders, Biden meet as infrastructure bill swells past $3.5T - Friday, July 9, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Emerging from a private meeting at the White House, Sen. Bernie Sanders said Monday that he and President Joe Biden are on the same page as Democrats draft a "transformative" infrastructure package unleashing more than $3.5 trillion in domestic investments on par with the New Deal of the 1930s.

81. Dems eye $6T plan on infrastructure, Medicare, immigration - Friday, June 18, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are eyeing a $6 trillion infrastructure investment plan that goes far beyond roads and bridges to include core party priorities, from lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60 and adding vision and hearing benefits to incorporating a long-running effort to provide legal status for certain immigrants, including "Dreamers."

82. Bipartisan infrastructure group swells to 21 senators - Friday, June 18, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan senators' group working on a $1 trillion infrastructure compromise more than doubled in size to 21 members Wednesday, a key threshold that gives momentum to their effort as President Joe Biden returns from overseas at a pivotal time for his big legislative priority.

83. What insurrection? Growing number in GOP downplay Jan. 6 - Friday, May 14, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — What insurrection?

Flouting all evidence and their own first-hand experience, a small but growing number of Republican lawmakers are propagating a false portrayal of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, brazenly arguing that the rioters who used flagpoles as weapons, brutally beat police officers and chanted that they wanted to hang Vice President Mike Pence were somehow acting peacefully in their violent bid to overturn Joe Biden's election.

84. GOP White House hopefuls move forward as Trump considers run - Friday, April 16, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than three months after former President Donald Trump left the White House, the race to succeed him atop the Republican Party is already beginning.

Trump's former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has launched an aggressive schedule, visiting states that will play a pivotal role in the 2024 primaries, and he has signed a contract with Fox News Channel. Mike Pence, Trump's former vice president, has started a political advocacy group, finalized a book deal and later this month will give his first speech since leaving office in South Carolina. And Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been courting donors, including in Trump's backyard, with a prominent speaking slot before the former president at a GOP fundraising retreat dinner this month at Mar-a-Lago, the Florida resort where Trump now lives.

85. Who were they? Records reveal Trump fans who stormed Capitol - Friday, January 8, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — They came from across America, summoned by President Donald Trump to march on Washington in support of his false claim that the November election was stolen and to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden as the victor.

86. Analysis: GOP lets doubts about Biden's legitimacy flourish - Friday, November 6, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — In backing President Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud, Republicans risk leaving millions of Americans with the false impression that the results of the 2020 race are illegitimate.

87. Trump Proud Boys remark echoes Charlottesville - Friday, October 2, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday tried to walk back his refusal to outright condemn a far right fascist group during his debate with Democrat Joe Biden, but the inflammatory moment was far from the first time the president has failed to denounce white supremacists or has advanced racist ideas.

88. Trump Proud Boys remark echoes Charlottesville - Friday, September 25, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday tried to walk back his refusal to outright condemn a far right fascist group during his debate with Democrat Joe Biden, but the inflammatory moment was far from the first time the president has failed to denounce white supremacists or has advanced racist ideas.

89. Answer on who's calling Titans' defensive plays elusive - Friday, August 21, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — The big question for months has been how Tennessee coach Mike Vrabel will replace defensive coordinator Dean Pees.

Three weeks before the Titans are scheduled to open the season, a final answer remains elusive.

90. Trump to sign order keeping meat processing plants open - Friday, April 24, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday meant to stave off a shortage of chicken, pork and other meat on American supermarket shelves because of the coronavirus.

91. Titans take Georgia offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson at No. 29 - Friday, April 24, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Titans believe they have drafted a player that will make Derrick Henry and Ryan Tannehill very happy.

The Titans added offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson out of Georgia Thursday, a player general manager Jon Robinson said reminds him of late wrestler Andre the Giant.

92. Nurses push back on pressure to work without right equipment - Friday, April 17, 2020

Nurse Mike Gulick was meticulous about not bringing the coronavirus home to his wife and their 2-year-old daughter. He'd stop at a hotel after work just to take a shower. He'd wash his clothes in Lysol disinfectant. They did a tremendous amount of handwashing.

93. Drafting for an NFL season that might never be played - Friday, April 17, 2020

Are NFL teams using next week’s draft to fill their roster needs for one year or two? It’s a question that’s never been relevant with previous drafts, but these are unprecedented times thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.

94. 'Very much alive': Biden victorious in 4 more primary states - Friday, March 6, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden decisively won Michigan's Democratic presidential primary, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders' insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vice president's victory there, as well as in Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho, dealt a serious blow to Sanders and substantially widened Biden's path to the nomination.

95. Powell hears bipartisan Senate support for Fed independence - Friday, February 7, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic senators voiced strong support for an independent Federal Reserve during a hearing with Fed Chair Jerome Powell, one day after President Donald Trump launched another attack directed at Powell on Twitter.

96. Tennessee House GOP nominates new speaker after scandal - Friday, July 19, 2019

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee House Republicans nominated a new leader Wednesday as part of their latest attempt to calm the mounting controversies surrounding the GOP-controlled chamber, which has been plagued by scandals involving its outgoing speaker.

97. Analysis: Budget deal is epitaph for bid to control spending - Friday, July 19, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight years ago, Washington's power players reluctantly sealed a pact to curtail federal spending and the debt. Now, with help from President Donald Trump, they are writing its epitaph.

98. Lawmakers return to assess budget and debt agreement - Friday, July 19, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers are returning to Washington to assess a budget and debt deal between Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump, but there's no evidence of any last-gasp drama that could upset the hard-won compromise.

99. Deal sealed on federal budget ensures no shutdown, default - Friday, July 19, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and congressional leaders have announced a critical debt and budget agreement that's an against-the-odds victory for Washington pragmatists seeking to avoid political and economic tumult over the possibility of a government shutdown or first federal default.

100. Rutschman goes 1st, VU's Bleday 3rd in MLB draft - Friday, May 31, 2019

SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — Adley Rutschman heard the chatter for months that he'd be the No. 1 pick in the Major League Baseball draft.

The switch-hitting Oregon State catcher just kept slugging at the plate and throwing out would-be basestealers all season from behind it — making it an easy call for the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night.