A Republican Senate candidate blamed his wife and sleepwalking for past donations to a far-left Democrat as he woos conservative voters in Tennessee. 
Activists with the Tennessee chapter of Planned Parenthood burned the American flag and placed it in a garbage can in a video posted to social media.
Tennessee lawmakers on Friday passed a "heartbeat bill" banning abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which is a regulation on abortion that has run into legal challenges in several states. 
Cary Booker, older brother of senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker (D., N.J.), landed a top education job in the New Jersey governor’s administration in June despite an abysmal record leading a charter school in Tennessee, according to a report by NJ Advance Media. 
Struggling presidential candidate Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke told a group of immigrants that America was founded on white supremacy at a campaign event on Monday. 
Republican members of the Tennessee legislature say they are concerned about the increased willingness for physical confrontation exhibited by protesters, two of whom were charged with assault last week after cornering a group of lawmakers in the Capitol building. 
Several activists protesting a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general during the Civil War, cornered Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada (R.) and other top Republican leaders in the state legislature in an elevator on Thursday. 
Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen proposed a Constitutional amendment to eliminate the "outdated Electoral College," saying he believes the individual who wins the popular vote deserves to win the election. 
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R., Tenn.) announced on Monday that he will not seek reelection in 2020. 
