Apr 10 Nashville officials to vote on reinstating recently expelled lawmaker By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press The lawmaker is one of the two recently ousted Black Democratic legislators in Tennessee. Nashville’s Metro Council could return Justin Jones to the Legislature immediately when it votes Monday to fill the vacant position on an interim basis. Continue reading
Apr 09 Both expelled Tennessee lawmakers seeking a return to their seats By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press Two former Black Democratic lawmakers who were expelled by Republican colleagues in Tennessee say they want to be reappointed, then elected back to their seats, following their ouster for a protest on the House floor urging passage of gun-control measures in the wake of a deadly school… Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 10:33 Kamala Harris meets with Tennessee Democrats expelled from state House by GOP lawmakers By Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman, Ian Couzens It was a chaotic scene at the Tennessee Capitol Thursday as two Black members of the state House of Representatives were kicked out of office by the Republican supermajority. In response, Vice President Harris traveled to Nashville to meet with… Continue watching
Apr 07 What's next for Tennessee's expelled Democratic lawmakers? By Associated Press Tennessee Republicans have expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control. Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 10:56 Capehart and Abernathy on Trump's indictment and his hold on the GOP By Amna Nawaz, Ali Schmitz Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and columnist Gary Abernathy join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including Trump's hold on the Republican party as he faces legal issues and the expulsion of two Democratic lawmakers in Tennessee. Continue watching
Apr 07 Vice President Harris meets with expelled Tennessee lawmakers By Zeke Miller, Travis Loller, Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press Harris will meet with lawmakers as well as young people advocating for tougher gun control laws, according to a tweet from her spokesperson. The visit comes after Biden called the expulsions "shocking, undemocratic, and without precedent."… Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 4:05 News Wrap: Tenn. House Republicans move to oust 3 Democrats who joined anti-gun protest In our news wrap Thursday, protesters engulfed the Tennessee State Capitol as Republicans moved to oust three Democratic lawmakers who joined anti-gun protests from the House floor, the Biden administration moved to block states from outright banning transgender athletes in… Continue watching
Apr 06 Tennessee House Republicans expel Democrats who participated in gun protest By Kimberlee Kruesi, Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press Tennessee’s GOP-dominated House on Thursday expelled the first of three Democratic members who were at risk of being thrown out of the Legislature for their role in a demonstration calling for gun control after the Nashville school shooting. Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch 6:40 Tennessee Republicans move to expel Democratic lawmakers who joined gun protest in Capitol By Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris, Dorothy Hastings, Cybele Mayes-Osterman Protests are ongoing in Tennessee after six people were killed in a school shooting in Nashville last week. More than a thousand students in the area walked out of their schools Monday and marched to the state Capitol to call… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 7:26 Deadly storms, tornadoes lay waste to large areas of South and Midwest By John Yang, Harry Zahn A massive line of severe weather wreaked havoc from the Deep South to the Great Lakes. An estimated 85 million people were in the path of the storms, and at least 21 people were killed. We hear from residents affected… Continue watching