US’s largest public utility names panel to study blackouts
January 19, 2023 GMTNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility has appointed an independent panel to look into power failures that spurred the decision to implement rolling blackouts during dangerously cold conditions late last year, the Tennessee Valley Authority announced Thursday.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump revisits old fictions about Iran money
December 25, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is recycling familiar fictions concerning the Iran nuclear deal as he lashes out at a Republican senator who criticized him and a U...
Bob Corker says Donald Trump 2020 decision could hinge on next three months
December 23, 2018 GMTPresident Trump is widely expected to seek reelection in 2020, but Sen. Bob Corker said his decision could boil down to what happens in the next three months.
The Tennessee Republican, who questioned in April whether Mr.
After CIA briefing, senators lay blame on Saudi crown prince
December 5, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Breaking with President Donald Trump, senators leaving a briefing with CIA Director Gina Haspel on Tuesday said they are even more convinced that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was involved in the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi...
Trump’s embrace of Saudi Arabia causes GOP rift
November 21, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's embrace of Saudi Arabia has exposed a foreign policy rift in the Republican Party, as some of his GOP colleagues warn that not punishing the kingdom for its role in killing a U...
The Latest: Senators demand ‘determination’ on Khashoggi
November 21, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on U.S. response to the murder of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi (all times local):...
Shut out for years, Tennessee Democrats are now optimistic
October 24, 2018 GMTMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Democrats know something about disappointment. The last time voters chose a governor, the party pinned its hopes on a longshot punchline named Charlie Brown, who was trounced by 30 percentage points...
The Latest: Bolton faces tense talks with Russia
October 21, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's decision to pull the U.S. from an arms control agreement with Russia (all times local):...
Bredesen, Blackburn win primaries in race for US Senate
August 3, 2018 GMTNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Tennessee Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen and Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn have been running their campaigns for a critical U...
Trump embraces longtime US foe Putin, doubting own intel
July 17, 2018 GMTHELSINKI (AP) — In an extraordinary embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump on Monday openly questioned his own intelligence agencies' firm finding that Russia meddled in the 2016 U...
Trump questions US intel, not Putin, on Russia 2016 meddling
July 16, 2018 GMTHELSINKI (AP) — Standing next to Russia's Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump openly questioned his own intelligence agencies' conclusions that Moscow was to blame for meddling in the 2016 U...
Group of 10 senators challenge Trump over tariffs
June 6, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of 10 senators introduced longshot legislation Wednesday that would require Congress to sign off on tariffs imposed in the name of national security, defying President Donald Trump on a bedrock issue that once defined the GOP...
Boosting GOP, Trump accuses Pelosi of being an ‘MS-13 lover’
May 30, 2018 GMTNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of being an "MS-13 lover" and dismissed a Democratic Senate candidate as a "tool" of Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a line of attack likely to become familiar as he boosts Republican congressional candidates ahead of midterm elections...
US Sen. Corker meets with Venezuela’s President Maduro
May 26, 2018 GMTCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday, less than a week after the embattled socialist leader was re-elected in a vote the U.S.
Bob Corker won’t campaign against Democrat in Tennessee Senate race
April 18, 2018 GMTRetiring GOP Sen. Bob Corker had some unusually warm words for the Democrat running for his job in November, saying Wednesday he would not campaign against former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen this fall.
Republicans tell Trump: Lay off Mueller _ but they don’t act
March 20, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — More Republicans are telling President Donald Trump in ever blunter terms to lay off his escalating criticism of special counsel Robert Mueller and the Russia probe...
Bob Corker expects Mike Pompeo confirmation to be contentious
March 14, 2018 GMTSen. Bob Corker said Wednesday that the confirmation of Mike Pompeo to the secretary of state post will likely be contentious.
"I can just sense that it's becoming slightly more partisan on these issues.
Budget plan’s $1 trillion deficit sours some Republicans
February 8, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans rode the tea party wave to power eight years ago on a message of fiscal responsibility and attacking budget deficits, and kept at it during President Barack Obama's two terms...
Bob Corker: Democratic caucus divided on DACA
January 30, 2018 GMTSen. Bob Corker said Tuesday that there's a split in the Democratic caucus on whether they actually want to solve the DACA issue.
"I think those people that are running for president in 2020, those people would like to have this as an issue," the Tennessee Republican said on Fox News.
Republicans appear to lock down key Senate votes for tax overhaul bill
December 16, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON — A sweeping overhaul of the tax code gained significant momentum on Friday as GOP negotiators in the House and Senate signed off on a final agreement that sweetened a key tax credit and wavering GOP senators announced their support.
Senate weighs scaling back tax package to win deficit hawks
December 1, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans weighed scaling back the tax cuts in their massive package to secure crucial support as congressional analysts said Thursday the legislation would add $1 trillion to the nation's debt over the next decade...
10 Things to Know for Monday
November 20, 2017 GMTYour daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:...
Mixed signals sent on fate of tax bill’s health provision
November 19, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Two of President Donald Trump's leading economic advisers sent mixed signals Sunday on the fate of a health care provision in the Senate version of a $1...
Micek: Trump just keeps digging
November 5, 2017 GMTIt's the first rule of crisis communications: When you're in the hole, the first thing you do is to stop digging.
But if you're President Donald Trump, you equip yourself with a hardhat with a miner's light, reflective gear, heavy-duty gloves, and fire up Mary Anne, the reliable steam shovel from "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel," and commence digging even deeper.
Bob Corker, Donald Trump feud to fuel foreign policy power plays
October 30, 2017 GMTPresident Trump has dubbed him "Liddle Bob Corker" on Twitter, but the Tennessee Republican still wields big-time influence over American foreign policy.
PATRICK BUCHANAN: It’s Donald Trump’s Republican Party now
October 29, 2017 GMT"More is now required of us than to put down our thoughts in writing," declaimed Jeff Flake in his oration against President Trump, just before he announced he will be quitting the Senate.
Though he had lifted the title of his August anti-Trump polemic, "Conscience of a Conservative," from Barry Goldwater, Jeff Flake is no Barry Goldwater.
Corker: Possible 2020 run against Trump not ruled out
October 28, 2017 GMTGATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee did not rule out a run in 2020 against President Donald Trump when asked about it by reporters Friday, saying he's focused on the next 14 months of his term and isn't thinking that far ahead...
Bob Corker says his relationship with Donald Trump is ‘irrelevant’ to policy goals
October 26, 2017 GMTSen. Bob Corker said Thursday his relationship with President Trump is "irrelevant" to him getting his business done.
"I have not spoken to him, but look, I'm constantly in touch with Tillerson, with Pence, with Mnuchin, who was just in my office recently on the tax issues," Mr.
10 Things to Know for Thursday
October 25, 2017 GMTYour daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:
1. GOP RESPONDS TO DIGRUNTLED SENATORS
The Latest: 2 Republican senators denounce Donald Trump
October 25, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and Republican senators (all times EDT):
AP FACT CHECK: Trump and Corker are going at it again
October 24, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Republican Sen. Bob Corker are lobbing insults at each other again...
GOP need charisma of conviction
October 12, 2017 GMTNot long ago, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., — the chair of the Foreign Relations Committee and a man physically incapable of hyperventilation — questioned Donald Trump’s “stability” and “competence.” Now he has said that chief of staff John Kelly, Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are the “people that help separate our country from chaos.”
Bernstein: Corker not just popping off
October 11, 2017 GMTThe big Washington story over the weekend was the escalating feud between Donald Trump and Bob Corker, the retiring Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, with the senator giving several juicy quotes to The New York Times about Trump’s lack of fitness for the office he holds.
AP FACT CHECK: WH wrong in saying Corker behind Iran deal
October 10, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders missed the mark on Tuesday when she accused Republican Sen...
Trump lashes ‘Liddle Bob Corker’ as senators call for calm
October 10, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Bob Corker as "Liddle' Bob Corker" on Tuesday, escalating a feud with the Tennessee Republican who's dubbed the White House an "adult day care center" and charged that Trump could be setting the nation on the path toward World War III...
10 Things to Know for Tuesday
October 10, 2017 GMTYour daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:...
Corker’s attacks on Trump highlight broader concerns in GOP
October 9, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bob Corker is hardly the only Republican lawmaker raising dark concerns about harm President Donald Trump might cause the U...
Twitter shuts down Blackburn campaign announcement video
October 9, 2017 GMTNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn's Senate campaign announcement ad has been blocked by Twitter over a statement the abortion rights opponent makes about the sale of fetal tissue for medical research.
The Latest: White House slams Corker for criticizing Trump
August 24, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EDT):
LG breaks ground on $250M appliance plant in Tennessee
August 24, 2017 GMTCLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — LG Electronics Inc. has broken ground in Tennessee at the site of the South Korean appliance manufacturer's first washing machine plant in the United States.
Company and local officials were joined at the Thursday ceremony in Clarksville by U.S.
The Latest: Trump won’t back down on Confederate monuments
August 18, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EDT):
10:45 p.m.
President Donald Trump isn't backing away from the racially charged debate over Confederate memorials, even lashing out at members of his own party...
The Latest: New sanctions bill ready for Senate approval
July 27, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on House passage of legislation placing additional sanctions on Russia (all times local):...
GOP senator to block arms sales over crisis with Qatar
June 26, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — An influential Republican senator said Monday that he'll withhold approval of U.S. weapons sales to several Middle Eastern allies until there is a clear path for settling a diplomatic crisis with Qatar.
Gov. Nikki Haley expected to deliver State of the State on Wednesday, a week early
January 6, 2017 GMTCOLUMBIA — Gov. Nikki Haley will deliver her State of the State speech a week earlier than expected, lawmakers said Friday.
The speech originally was scheduled for Jan. 18 — the same day U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker said is being considered for Haley's confirmation hearing as she makes her case for becoming the next U.S.
ECD chief: UAW no deal breaker for West Tenn. site
February 19, 2014 GMTNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials promoting a 6-square-mile "megasite" outside of Memphis say it would be ideally suited for a new auto assembly plant — even if its workers are represented by the United Auto Workers union.