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Tennessee has become a new front in the battle for the future of American democracy after Republicans expelled two Black lawmakers from the state Legislature for their part in a protest urging passage of gun-control measures

Expelled Tennessee rep has council support to return

Freshly expelled Tennessee politician Justin Jones appears to have enough votes in the Nashville Metropolitan Council to send him back to the state legislature.

The president invited the Democratic state lawmakers to the White House

‘They chose to show courage in the face of an extreme tragedy’

The expulsion of two Tennessee Democrats over a gun control protest is an extraordinary showcase of how the levers of single-party power in America’s statehouses can be pulled not only to shut down opponents, but also to punish them

It's a rare occurrence, but the expulsion of two Black lawmakers from Tennessee's Republican-led House highlights a new level of "democratic dysfunction," a constitutional law expert tells NPR.

A Republican attempt to cut off debate inside the Tennessee House has turned into a nationwide conversation, Josh Marcus reports

SNEED: Panicky rush to shelter in basement amid growing tornado fears

It will rain in the lower Mississippi and Tennessee valleys, flooding areas where there has already been enough rain.

In an extraordinary act of political retaliation, Tennessee Republicans on Thursday expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Nashville. A third Democrat was narrowly spared by a one-vote margin.