WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a team of medical contrarians and health care critics to fulfill an agenda aimed at remaking how the federal government oversees medicines, health programs and nutrition.

2. Trump issues early challenge to GOP Senate with defiant nominations - Friday, November 15, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just hours after Republican Sen. John Thune was elected as the incoming Senate majority leader on Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump presented him with one of his first tests — an announcement that he intends to nominate controversial Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general.

3. Senate Republicans settle on a new party leader after seizing the majority on Election Day - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades.

Three senators were competing to succeed longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, when he steps down from the post at the beginning of next year and Republicans take back the Senate majority.

4. Russian Bomb threats in swing states disrupt a mostly smooth Election Day - Friday, November 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A series of bomb threats across multiple battleground states and baseless claims of wrongdoing by former President Donald Trump disrupted an otherwise smooth Election Day that capped a tumultuous presidential campaign.

5. Failing to fix a porous defense has been coach Billy Napier's biggest blunder at Florida - Friday, October 4, 2024

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's historically porous defense can be traced to having three coordinators in as many years, the team's top two pass rushers transferring and bringing together so many new faces that communication, cohesion and consistency seem more like pipedreams than principles.

6. Biden makes rare dip into battleground state fray with a visit to Pennsylvania and Wisconsin - Friday, October 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is making a rare jump into the 2024 political battleground fray since taking a step back after ending his reelection bid.

He'll campaign on Tuesday in Pennsylvania for a close ally and visit Wisconsin to spotlight a signature legislative achievement.

7. How important is Wisconsin? Trump's now visited 4 times in 8 days - Friday, October 4, 2024

JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) — Donald Trump on Sunday visited Wisconsin for the fourth time in eight days as his campaign showers attention on a pivotal state where Republicans fret about his ability to match Democrats' enthusiasm and turnout machine.

8. Secret Service failures before Trump rally shooting were 'preventable,' Senate panel finds - Friday, September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Multiple Secret Service failures ahead of the July rally for former President Donald Trump where a gunman opened fire were "foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day," according to a bipartisan Senate investigation released Wednesday.

9. Trump was the subject of an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, the FBI says - Friday, September 13, 2024

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump was the target of what the FBI said "appears to be an attempted assassination" at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, just nine weeks after the Republican presidential nominee survived another attempt on his life. The former president said he was safe and well, and authorities held a man in custody.

10. Harris' pick of Walz amps up excitement in Midwestern states, inspires big donations - Friday, August 2, 2024

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are spending their first full day as running mates Wednesday rallying Democrats across the Midwest, a politically divided region that is crucial to their effort to win the White House in less than three months.

11. 'Bob's Burgers' actor pleads guilty to interfering with police during Capitol riot - Friday, July 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — An actor who played a street-brawling newsman in the movie "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" and a pizzeria owner in the television series "Bob's Burgers" pleaded guilty on Monday to interfering with police officers trying to protect the U.S. Capitol from a mob's attack.

12. Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans - Friday, June 21, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — From his home office in small-town Kentucky, a seasoned political operative is quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to the policies of Republican Donald Trump, a highly unusual and potentially chilling effort that dovetails with broader conservative preparations for a new White House.

13. Trump is proposing to make tips tax-free. What would that mean for workers? - Friday, June 21, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's new proposal to exclude tips from federal taxes is getting strong reviews from some Republican lawmakers, though major questions remain about the impact of the policy and how it would work.

14. Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work - Friday, May 24, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — During the presidential election four years ago, the Equal Ground Education Fund hired over 100 people to go door-to-door and attend festivals, college homecomings and other events to help register voters across Florida. Their efforts for this year's elections look much different.

15. Brad Parscale helped Trump win in 2016 using Facebook ads. Now he's back, and an AI evangelist - Friday, May 3, 2024

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump's former campaign manager looked squarely into the camera and promised his viewers they were about to witness a bold new era in politics.

"You're going to see some of the most amazing new technology in artificial intelligence that's going to replace polling in the future across the country," said Brad Parscale in a dimly lit promotional video accentuated by hypnotic beats.

16. Boeing put under Senate scrutiny during back-to-back hearings on aircraft maker's safety culture - Friday, April 12, 2024

Boeing was the subject of dual Senate hearings Wednesday as Congress examined allegations of major safety failures at the embattled aircraft manufacturer, which has been pushed into crisis mode since a door-plug panel blew off a 737 Max jetliner during an Alaska Airlines flight in January.

17. House passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program after days of upheaval over changes - Friday, April 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Friday to reauthorize and reform a key U.S. government surveillance tool following a dramatic showdown on the floor over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans' data.

18. Conservative revolt in the House blocks effort to reauthorize a key US spy tool - Friday, April 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that would reauthorize a crucial national security surveillance program was blocked Wednesday by a conservative revolt, pushing the prospects of final passage into uncertainty amid a looming deadline. The legislative impasse follows an edict earlier in the day from former President Donald Trump to "kill" the measure.

19. Conservative revolt in the House blocks effort to reauthorize a key US spy tool - Friday, April 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that would reauthorize a crucial national security surveillance program was blocked Wednesday by a conservative revolt, pushing the prospects of final passage into uncertainty amid a looming deadline. The legislative impasse follows an edict earlier in the day from former President Donald Trump to "kill" the measure.

20. 4 Canadian school boards sue Snapchat, TikTok and Meta for disrupting students' education - Friday, March 29, 2024

TORONTO (AP) — Four of the largest school boards in the Canadian province of Ontario said Thursday they launched lawsuits against TikTok, Meta and SnapChat alleging the social media platforms are disrupting student learning.

21. Biden heads back to Wisconsin and Michigan as he looks to shore up Democratic 'blue wall' - Friday, March 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is getting to be a familiar face around the Great Lakes — and with a November rematch against Donald Trump looming, that's no accident.

Biden is off on a two-day swing through Wisconsin and Michigan starting Wednesday, looking to create momentum for his reelection campaign after a fiery State of the Union address last week in which he laced into Trump as a dire threat to the nation's core ideals of democracy and freedom. On Tuesday night, he clinched a second straight Democratic nomination, winning enough delegates after a decisive victory in Georgia. The president has visited Pennsylvania, Georgia and New Hampshire ahead of his latest midwestern trip.

22. Texas Sen. Cornyn announces run for GOP leader as scramble to succeed McConnell begins in the Senate - Friday, March 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas Sen. John Cornyn has informed his colleagues that he intends to run for Senate Republican leader, becoming the first senator to announce a campaign after Sen. Mitch McConnell said he will step down from the post in November.

23. McConnell's exit as Senate leader means new uncertainty as GOP falls in line with Trump - Friday, March 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before Sen. Mitch McConnell surprised colleagues Wednesday announcing he would step down as the Republican leader this fall, he knew the time had come.

Hard-right Republican senators aligned with Donald Trump wanted to oust him. Trump was easily becoming the party's frontrunner for a do-over election with President Joe Biden. And, having largely recovered his health from a devastating fall last year, McConnell was back on his game.

24. Tennessee GOP could change law to prevent Democrat's simultaneous bids for Senate and statehouse - Friday, February 9, 2024

NASHVILLE (AP) — Less than a year after Tennessee Republicans attempted to expel her from the state House, Democrat Gloria Johnson is seeking another term there while simultaneously waging an uphill campaign for U.S. Senate.

25. Biden determined to use stunning Trump-backed collapse of border deal as a weapon in 2024 campaign - Friday, February 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — How it began: President Joe Biden was urgently seeking more money from Congress to aid Ukraine and Israel. He took a gamble by seizing on GOP demands to simultaneously address one of his biggest political liabilities — illegal migration at the U.S.-Mexico border.

26. Trump racks up endorsements from Republicans in Congress as resistance fades - Friday, January 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before Donald Trump announced his campaign to retake the White House, he launched a quieter campaign to rack up Republican endorsements.

In early 2021, after Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden and inspired a mob of supporters to attack the Capitol trying to overturn the 2020 election, the defeated president started laying the groundwork for the support in Congress he would need for a return.

27. Florida can import prescription drugs from Canada, US regulators say - Friday, January 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cleared the way for Florida's first-in-the-nation plan to import prescription drugs from Canada, a long-sought approach to accessing cheaper medications that follows decades of frustration with U.S. drug prices.

28. Few US adults would be satisfied with a possible Biden-Trump rematch in 2024, an AP-NORC poll shows - Friday, December 15, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the presidential election no one is really jazzed about.

Relatively few Americans are excited about a potential rematch of the 2020 election between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, although more Republicans would be satisfied to have Trump as their nominee than Democrats would be with Biden as their standard-bearer, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

29. GOP debate field was asked about Trump; most of the stage's attacks focused on Haley - Friday, December 8, 2023

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Four Republican presidential candidates were given several opportunities Wednesday to criticize former President Donald Trump, who was absent from the debate again. But they mostly targeted each other, with former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley taking the brunt of the attacks as she gets more interest from donors and voters.

30. Trump hints at expanded role for the military within the US. A legacy law gives him few guardrails - Friday, November 24, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Campaigning in Iowa this year, Donald Trump said he was prevented during his presidency from using the military to quell violence in primarily Democratic cities and states.

Calling New York City and Chicago "crime dens," the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination told his audience, "The next time, I'm not waiting. One of the things I did was let them run it and we're going to show how bad a job they do," he said. "Well, we did that. We don't have to wait any longer."

31. 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.

32. Speaker Johnson signals that Ukraine aid, coupled with border security, is next on GOP agenda - Friday, November 3, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Speaker Mike Johnson told Republican senators Wednesday that a fresh Ukraine aid package linked to U.S. border security will come quickly in the House, as soon as lawmakers wrap up the $14.5 billion Israel aid package that is heading for passage later this week.

33. Biden campaign launches account on Trump's Truth Social, saying 'converts welcome' - Friday, October 13, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden 's 2024 campaign launched an account on Donald Trump 's Truth Social on Monday, attempting to poke online fun at the Republican candidate he may well face again in next fall's election.

34. Speaker McCarthy says there's still time to prevent a government shutdown as others look at options - Friday, September 15, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — With no clear strategy, no sure support and not much time left to prevent a government shutdown, Speaker Kevin McCarthy nevertheless vowed on Wednesday he would not give up trying to convince his colleagues to pass a temporary funding bill through the House.

35. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces Black leaders' anger after racist killings in Jacksonville - Friday, August 25, 2023

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Ron DeSantis scoffed when the NAACP issued a travel advisory this spring warning Black people to use "extreme care" if traveling to Florida.

The leading civil rights group argued that the state's loose gun laws and the Republican governor's "anti-woke" campaign to deny the existence of systemic racism created a culture of "open hostility towards African Americans and people of color."

36. President Biden focuses on factory jobs in Wisconsin, ignoring latest Trump indictment - Friday, August 11, 2023

MILWAUKEE (AP) — On the heels of a fourth indictment for Donald Trump, President Joe Biden focused on manufacturing jobs in a speech at a Wisconsin factory — putting his ideas for growth up against his Republican rivals in a bid to win over voters in a key state in next year's presidential election.

37. Trump plans Iowa State Fair stop, though he won't attend candidate chat with GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds - Friday, August 4, 2023

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the Iowa State Fair Saturday, a time-honored rite of presidential candidates working for support in the state's leadoff nominating caucuses next January.

38. Tracking Nashville’s skyward climb - Friday, May 12, 2023

The ratio of iPads-to-people surrounding the pushed-together wedge of tables was surprisingly high for this early on a Saturday morning.

It was Day Two of the Crazy Busy Weekend (Taylor’s Version), and the patio outside the Cooper Branch cafe attached to the downtown Nashville Public Library was just starting to wake up.

39. Pride organizers keep eye on drag laws ahead of festivals - Friday, May 5, 2023

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Tennessee organizers booked more than 50 drag entertainers for next month's Midsouth Pride festival in Memphis now that the state's new law placing strict limits on cabaret shows is temporarily on hold.

40. Trump gets endorsed by Daines, GOP's Senate campaign chief - Friday, April 21, 2023

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has gotten his most high-profile endorsement from a Senate Republican yet, winning the backing of Montana's Steve Daines, chief of the Senate's GOP fundraising arm.

41. Why is Biden announcing 2024 bid now, and what will change? - Friday, April 21, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has formally announced he's seeking reelection. But he's also still the president, with roughly 20 months left in his term regardless of whether he wins a second one on Election Day 2024.

42. How Biden leaves wiggle room to opt against reelection bid - Friday, March 3, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden exudes confidence as the next race for the White House approaches.

During last month's State of the Union address, he lured unruly Republicans into agreeing with him that federal entitlements should be protected. He's intensified travel outside Washington, trumpeting job-creation in Wisconsin and steep federal health care spending to Florida seniors while touting a trillion-dollar public works package that he says can do everything from revitalize Baltimore's port to easing train tunnel congestion under the Hudson River.

43. Dems consider break with tradition to get Biden more judges - Friday, February 24, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as Democrats celebrated the 100th judicial confirmation of Joe Biden's presidency, they are clamoring for more — and some are flirting with ending a century-long Senate practice to help make it happen.

44. Biden warns of GOP plans for Medicare, Social Security cuts - Friday, February 10, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden suggested that Republicans want to slash Medicare and Social Security, the GOP howls of protest during his State of the Union address showcased a striking apparent turnaround for the party that built a brand for years trying to do just that.

45. Biden-McConnell: Personally mismatched, professionally bound - Friday, January 13, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Joe Biden stepped to the lectern in the shadow of the Brent Spence Bridge in northern Kentucky this month, he couldn't stop showering praise on the state's senior Republican senator, who had fought to repair the ramshackle span for decades.

46. GOP opens long-promised investigation into Biden family - Friday, January 13, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Wednesday opened their long-promised investigation into President Joe Biden and his family, wielding the power of their new majority to demand information from the Treasury Department and former Twitter executives as they laid the groundwork for public hearings.

47. First Congress revealed Biden's generational ambition - Friday, December 23, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — When he ran for the White House, Joe Biden told voters his presidency would be a bridge to the next generation. His first two years on the job have revealed it to be a much more ambitious venture.

48. McConnell reelected Senate GOP leader: 'Not going anywhere' - Friday, November 18, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Mitch McConnell was reelected as Republican leader Wednesday, quashing a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, the Senate GOP campaign chief criticized after a disappointing performance in the midterm elections that kept Senate control with Democrats.

49. McConnell reelected Senate GOP leader: 'Not going anywhere' - Friday, November 11, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Mitch McConnell was reelected as Republican leader Wednesday, quashing a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, the Senate GOP campaign chief criticized after a disappointing performance in the midterm elections that kept Senate control with Democrats.

50. Congress faces leaders in flux, big to-do list post-election - Friday, November 11, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is returning to an extremely volatile post-election landscape, with control of the House still undecided, party leadership in flux and a potentially consequential lame-duck session with legislation on gay marriage, Ukraine and government funding.

51. Election takeaways: No sweep for the Republicans after all - Friday, November 4, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — For weeks, Republicans predicted a "red wave" would carry them to power in Congress, as voters repudiated majority Democrats for failing to tame skyrocketing inflation and address worries about rising crime.

52. GOP closing in on House win; Senate control up for grabs - Friday, November 4, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans were closing in Wednesday on a narrow House majority while control of the Senate hinged on tight Arizona, Nevada and Georgia races in a midterm election that defied expectations of sweeping conservative victories driven by frustration over inflation and President Joe Biden's leadership.

53. Republicans in struggle to break Democrats' hold on Congress - Friday, November 4, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The promise of a red wave receding, Republicans slogged state by state in a determined fight to break the Democrats' one-party hold on Washington, a breathtakingly close battle for control of Congress and the future of President Joe Biden's agenda.

54. Election 2022: Turbulent campaign season comes to a close - Friday, November 4, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — A tumultuous election season that tugged again at America's searing political divides and raised questions about its commitment to a democratic future comes to a close on Tuesday with top races around the country that will provide a key test of Joe Biden's presidency.

55. Former NFL players — like Vrabel — finding success as current NFL coaches - Friday, October 28, 2022

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel offered handshakes and high-fives to his players as they exited Nissan Stadium following a victory two weeks ago.

When he saw center Ben Jones limping up the ramp, Vrabel made a beeline for the veteran and grabbed him for an emotional bear hug.

56. Democrats cautiously campaign on Jan. 6, democracy threats - Friday, October 28, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaking last year on the House floor, Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan angrily bemoaned the lack of bipartisanship after the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and said Republican opposition to an investigative commission was a "slap in the face" to the law enforcement officers assaulted by then-President Donald Trump's supporters that day.

57. Biden's midterm 'closing argument': Look at the alternative - Friday, October 21, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — With Republicans increasingly confident about victory in this year's midterm elections, President Joe Biden dismissed the polls in a speech at Democratic Party headquarters Monday, saying there's still time for "one more shift" that will help his party.

58. Bradley’s Miller appointed to Young Lawyers Committee - Friday, October 14, 2022

Five Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP associates have been appointed to DRI Young Lawyers Committee leadership roles, including Casey L. Miller of the firm’s Nashville office.

With more than 1,500 members internationally, DRI is the largest international membership organization of attorneys defending the interests of business and individuals in civil litigation. The DRI Young Lawyers Committee is composed of lawyers within 10 years of bar admission who are practicing across every substantive area within the defense bar.

59. Senators push new oversight to combat federal prison crises - Friday, September 23, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny.

60. Democrats punt same-sex marriage vote until after election - Friday, September 16, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are punting a vote to protect same-sex and interracial marriages until after the November midterm elections, pulling back just days after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to put the Senate on the record on the issue "in the coming weeks."

61. Senate to vote on same-sex marriage in coming weeks - Friday, September 9, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed Wednesday that the Senate will vote on legislation to protect same-sex marriage "in the coming weeks" as a bipartisan group backing the bill negotiates changes to gain more Republican support.

62. Biden blasts 'extreme' GOP in Labor Day swing-state trips - Friday, September 2, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden excoriated "MAGA Republicans" and the extreme right on Monday, pitching personal Labor Day appeals to swing-state union members who he hopes will turn out in force for his party in November.

63. Biden assails 'Trumpies' in Labor Day battleground pitches - Friday, September 2, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden excoriated "MAGA Republicans, the extreme right and Trumpies" on Monday, pitching his Labor Day appeals to union members he hopes will turn out in force for his party in November.

64. Insulin cap for Medicare patients signals hope for others - Friday, August 26, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Years before he came to the Senate, Raphael Warnock spent time bedside with Georgia residents suffering from the long-term effects of diabetes, a condition made worse by limited access to life-saving drugs like insulin.

65. Panel: Trump staffers pushed unproven COVID treatment at FDA - Friday, August 19, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials in the Trump White House tried to pressure U.S. health experts into reauthorizing a discredited COVID-19 treatment, according to a congressional investigation that provides new evidence of that administration's efforts to override Food and Drug Administration decisions early in the pandemic.

66. Planned Parenthood to spend record $50M in midterm elections - Friday, August 12, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Planned Parenthood, the nation's leading reproductive health care provider and abortion rights advocacy organization, plans to spend a record $50 million ahead of November's midterm elections, pouring money into contests where access to abortion will be on the ballot.

67. Takeaways: Trump tightens grip on GOP, narrow Squad victory - Friday, August 5, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — After an uneven start, Donald Trump's election-year tour of revenge succeeded in ousting Republican members of Congress, boosting Trump-backed "America First" candidates who beat back the establishment and strengthening his grip on the party.

68. Some Republicans see good politics in same-sex marriage bill - Friday, July 29, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — When asked if he'd support legislation to protect same-sex marriage, one conservative Republican senator was almost nonchalant.

"I see no reason to oppose it," Ron Johnson of Wisconsin told reporters, bringing Democrats one vote closer to an unexpected victory as they move to safeguard same-sex marriage and other rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide.

69. Hawley, Cruz escape Jan. 6 probe, have no regrets over role - Friday, July 22, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The week before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, Missouri's Josh Hawley became the first Republican senator to announce he would object to the certification of the 2020 election.

70. Prisons chief deflects blame for failures, angering senators - Friday, July 22, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — With just days left in his tenure, the embattled director of the federal prison system faced a bipartisan onslaught Tuesday as he refused to accept responsibility for a culture of corruption and misconduct that has plagued his agency for years.

71. Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has 'very mild symptoms' - Friday, July 22, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and is isolating with "very mild symptoms," the White House said, as new variants of the highly contagious virus challenge the nation's efforts to get back to normal after two and a half years of pandemic.

72. Senate panel subpoenas federal prisons director to testify - Friday, July 15, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The outgoing director of the Bureau of Prisons has been subpoenaed to testify before a Senate committee examining abuse and corruption in the beleaguered federal agency.

Michael Carvajal was served a subpoena to appear at a hearing later this month. The subpoena was announced Monday by Sen. Jon Ossoff, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

73. Feds search Trump-era official's home, subpoena GOP leaders - Friday, June 24, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents searched a former top Justice Department official's home and seized records from key Republicans in at least four states linked to Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, in what were clear signs that authorities are ramping up their investigation of associates of the former president.

74. Jan. 6 takeaways: Trump's state playbook; 'hateful' threats - Friday, June 17, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection is turning to former President Donald Trump's pressure campaign on state and local officials to overturn his 2020 election loss.

75. 1/6 panel: Local 'heroes' rebuffed Trump, then faced threats - Friday, June 17, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House 1/6 committee heard chilling, tearful testimony Tuesday that Donald Trump's relentless pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election provoked widespread threats to the "backbone of our democracy"— election workers and local officials who fended off the defeated president's demands despite personal risks.

76. Wallowing in Watergate 50 years later: A political quiz - Friday, June 17, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — For half a century, every major Washington scandal started with some form of this question: Is this another Watergate?

Watergate spawned an all-purpose suffix. If "gate" were appended to misdeeds it was controversy of first rank.

77. Takeaways from AP interview: Biden on inflation, US psyche - Friday, June 17, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday sat down with the Associated Press to discuss the state of the economy, his concerns about the national mood, and his commitment to standing up to Russia's aggression in Ukraine.

78. Will Congress act on guns after Sandy Hook, Buffalo, Uvalde? - Friday, May 20, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer swiftly set in motion a pair of background-check bills for gun buyers Wednesday in response to the school massacre in Texas. But the Democrat acknowledged Congress' unyielding rejection of previous legislation to curb the national epidemic of gun violence.

79. Senate ships $40B Ukraine aid bill to Biden for signature - Friday, May 20, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has whisked a $40 billion package of military, economic and food aid for Ukraine and U.S. allies to final congressional approval, putting a bipartisan stamp on America's biggest commitment yet to turning Russia's invasion into a painful quagmire for Moscow.

80. Abortion draft puts unusual public pressure on Supreme Court - Friday, April 29, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The traditionally insular Supreme Court is about to face the full force of public pressure and abortion politics as justices make a final decision on whether to throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.

81. Hunter Biden is prime target if Republicans win Congress - Friday, April 22, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Intelligence officials had gathered to brief select members of Congress on future threats to U.S. elections when a key lawmaker in the room, No. 3 House Republican Elise Stefanik of New York, tried to move the discussion to a new topic: Hunter Biden's laptop.

82. Library study finds 'challenged' books soared in 2021 - Friday, April 1, 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, has never been so busy.

"A year ago, we might have been receiving one, maybe two reports a day about a book being challenged at a library. And usually those calls would be for guidance on how to handle a challenge or for materials that support the value of the work being challenged," Caldwell-Stone told The Associated Press. "Now, we're getting three, four, five reports a day, many in need of support and some in need of a great deal of support."

83. 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.

84. Nashville vs. Milwaukee: GOP weighs its convention choices - Friday, March 25, 2022

In Milwaukee, one of two cities vying to host the Republican presidential convention in 2024, Democrats were pilloried by the potential visitors after predawn election results delivered Wisconsin for Joe Biden in the 2020 White House race. Rival Nashville, Tennessee, is run by a mayor whose Democratic brother was effectively redistricted out of his congressional seat by Republicans.

85. 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.

86. With one senator absent, Biden and Democrats' agenda at risk - Friday, January 28, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrats' fragile hold on the Senate majority became even more tenuous Wednesday with the sudden illness of New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Luján, which sent shock waves through the party and threatens President Joe Biden's Supreme Court pick and already lagging legislative agenda.

87. At least 3 judges eyed as Biden mulls Supreme Court pick - Friday, January 28, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is eyeing at least three judges for an expected vacancy on the Supreme Court as he prepares to quickly deliver on his campaign pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the nation's highest court, according to aides and allies.

88. NY Rep. Ocasio-Cortez recovering after positive COVID test - Friday, January 7, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has tested positive for COVID-19 and "is experiencing symptoms and recovering at home," her office said in a statement Sunday evening.

The Democratic congresswoman's office said Ocasio-Cortez received a booster shot last fall, adding that she "encourages everyone to get their booster" and follow the guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

89. How a Kennedy built an anti-vaccine juggernaut amid COVID-19 - Friday, December 10, 2021

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. strode onto the stage at a Southern California church, radiating Kennedy confidence and surveying the standing ovation crowd with his piercing blue Bobby Kennedy eyes. Then, he launched into an anti-vaccine rant. Democrats "drank the Kool-Aid," he told people assembled for a far right conference, branded as standing for "health and freedom."

90. Medicare urged to flex its power and slash back premium hike - Friday, December 10, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of a Senate panel that oversees Medicare says the Biden administration should use its legal authority to cut back a hefty premium increase soon hitting millions of enrollees, as a growing number of Democratic lawmakers call for action amid worries over rising inflation.

91. Organizer of Saturday rally looks to rewrite Jan. 6 history - Friday, September 17, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The architect of a Washington protest planned for Saturday that aims to rewrite history about the violent January assault on the U.S. Capitol is hardly a household name.

Matt Braynard worked as an analyst for the Republican Party, crunched data for a small election firm and later started a consulting business that attracted few federal clients, records show. He started a nonprofit after he was dismissed by Donald Trump's 2016 campaign following several months on the job, but struggled to raise money. The group's tax-exempt status was revoked last year.

92. Biden's vaccine rules ignite instant, hot GOP opposition - Friday, September 10, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's aggressive push to require millions of U.S. workers to vaccinate against the coronavirus is running into a wall of resistance from Republicans threatening everything from lawsuits to civil disobedience, plunging the country deeper into culture wars that have festered since the onset of the pandemic.

93. Top Davidson County commercial sales for July 2021 - Friday, August 20, 2021

Top commercial real estate sales, July 2021, for Davidson County, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

Chandler Reports has been publishing Real Estate Market Data since 1968. That year, Chandler began collecting residential sales information for the Chandler Residential Report, considered the authoritative source for residential real estate sales information. Over the next three decades, the publications have been continually refined, enhanced and expanded, growing to include lot sales data, new residential construction and absorption information, and commercial sales. In 1987, Chandler Reports began one of the first on–line real estate market data services in the country, and is a nationally recognized leader in the industry. In 2004, Chandler Reports was purchased by The Daily News Publishing Co. In 2007, Chandler introduced RegionPlus, including property research for Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Visit online at chandlerreports.com.

94. Biden's complicated new task: keeping Democrats together - Friday, August 13, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden overcame skepticism, deep political polarization and legislative gamesmanship to win bipartisan approval in the Senate this week of his $1 trillion infrastructure bill.

95. Analysis: Breaking down the College World Series teams - Friday, June 18, 2021

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A look at the eight teams competing in the College World Series, which starts Saturday at TD Ameritrade Park. (Capsules in order of CWS opening games. Coaches' records through super regionals):

96. Analysis: Breaking down the College World Series teams - Friday, June 11, 2021

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A look at the eight teams competing in the College World Series, which starts Saturday at TD Ameritrade Park. (Capsules in order of CWS opening games. Coaches' records through super regionals):

97. Senate R&D bill to counter China shelved by GOP opposition - Friday, May 28, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping Senate bill aimed at making the United States more competitive with China and shoring up domestic computer chip manufacturing with $50 billion in emergency funds was abruptly shelved Friday after a handful of Republican senators orchestrated a last-minute attempt to halt it.

98. 'Red' states on U.S. electoral map lagging on vaccinations - Friday, April 9, 2021

SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP) — With coronavirus shots now in the arms of nearly half of American adults, the parts of the U.S. that are excelling and those that are struggling with vaccinations are starting to look like the nation's political map: deeply divided between red and blue states.

99. Trump's heir? Pence reemerges, lays groundwork for 2024 run - Friday, March 26, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — When former President Donald Trump was asked to list those he considers the future leaders of the Republican Party, he quickly rattled off names including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz. Conspicuously absent from the list: Mike Pence.

100. Jan. 6 commission stalls, for now, amid partisan dissension - Friday, March 19, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation creating an independent, bipartisan panel to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is stalled, for now, with Democrats and Republicans split over the scope and structure of a review that would revisit the deadly attack and assess former President Donald Trump's role.