Posted: 7:46 AM Many if not most states are expected to tell the federal government Friday if they're willing carry out a key part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Posted: 7:44 AM Former CIA Director David Petraeus will testify before the House Intelligence committee on events that led to the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.

Posted: 7:42 AM Less than two weeks after Republican nominee Mitt Romney came up short in his bid to unseat President Barack Obama, the next class of GOP presidential hopefuls is laying the groundwork for bids of their own.

Posted: 8:17 PM An unofficial tally of votes from the recent presidential election shows more than 2.4 million people cast their ballots in Tennessee.

Posted: 6:53 AM A half dozen party leaders predicted the GOP will lose again if it keeps running the same playbook based on platitudes in place of detailed policies

Updated: 6:51 AM It started in May with a spiteful email to the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. An anonymous writer warned Gen. John Allen that a friend with whom he was meeting in Washington the following week was trouble

Posted: 6:48 AM Former CIA Director David Petraeus will testify before the House Intelligence committee Friday on events that led to the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other American

Posted: 6:46 AM Stinging from double-digit election losses among female voters, House Republicans elected a woman to their top leadership team Wednesday

Posted: 6:45 AM President Barack Obama spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi Wednesday night about rocket attacks being launched from Gaza

Posted: 6:41 AM The extramarital affair was between Petraeus and his biographer Paula Broadwell, who U.S. officials say sent harassing, anonymous emails to a woman she apparently saw as a rival for Petraeus' affections.

Posted: 6:39 AM The polling and other data and all the smart people watching the election gave Rep. Paul Ryan an optimistic view on the night of last week's election.

Posted: 6:37 AM Questions about Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s health and political future swirled again Tuesday as the Chicago congressman left the Mayo Clinic for the second time but didn't disclose where he was going.

Posted: 6:36 AM House and Senate minority leaders Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell surrounded themselves with the triumphant faces of newly elected lawmakers Tuesday.

Posted: 8:27 PM .Trial has begun in East Tennessee for state Rep. Jim Cobb, who was charged with assault over a dispute with a woman in a wheelchair during the Aug. 2 primary

Posted: 2:57 PM Jill Kelley is a close friend of Petraeus' and served as a sort of social ambassador for U.S. Central Command in Tampa, hosting parties for the general when he was commander there from 2008-10.

Posted: 2:30 PM There were few complaints of people being turned away from the polls in Tennessee's general election because they did not have an acceptable photo ID.

Posted: 6:55 AM The hearings are for fiscal year 2013-14. Departments scheduled to meet before the governor are TennCare, Correction, Economic and Community Development, and Higher Education.

Updated: 6:51 AM The lecture series begins Tuesday at the Cox Auditorium and was established this year to promote the values of former Sen. Howard Baker Jr. of Tennessee.

Posted: 7:09 PM Republican leaders say the government can raise tax "revenues" without raising tax "rates."

Posted: 7:03 PM A recent poll shows Republican Gov. Bill Haslam has strong bipartisan support among Tennessee voters.

Posted: 7:00 PM - Congress returns Tuesday to a crowded agenda of unfinished business overshadowed by the urgent need for President Barack Obama and lawmakers to avert the economic double hit of tax increases and automatic spending cuts.

Posted: 2:16 PM More than two in three voters, or 68 percent, say they approve of the way Haslam is handling his job as governor. Fourteen percent disapprove, and 16 percent say they don't know.

Posted: 8:10 AM As questions swirl about the extramarital affair that led to the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus, the retired general and his biographer, Paula Broadwell, have been quiet about details of their relationship.

Posted: 8:08 AM The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says she wants to know why the FBI didn't tell her sooner that agents were investigating an extramarital affair by CIA Director David Petraeus.

Posted: 8:06 AM Two senators on opposite sides of the aisle are proposing comprehensive changes to the immigration laws that would include a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants.