JIM COOPER

Republicans are deciding whether to hold their presidential nominating convention in 2024 in Milwaukee, the largest Democratic stronghold in battleground Wisconsin, or in Nashville, Tennessee, a Democratic city in a GOP-controlled state.

The Democratic Party's brand is so toxic in some parts of rural America that liberals are removing bumper stickers and refusing to acknowledge their party affiliation publicly.

Redistricting Tennessee Pastor Aaron Marble stands in front of a mural in the historically black community of North Nashville, Friday, Feb.11, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. What Tennessee Republicans did in Nashville is a standard gerrymandering technique known as cracking, which dilutes a party's power by spreading its voters among multiple districts. Tennessee Democrats plan to challenge the maps but face significant hurdles. Additionally, Nashville likely doesn't have enough minority voters to make up a district's majority, a key argument under federal voting rights protections. He was vocal about the need to shore up voting rights protections.

Voters in Nashville are facing the potential of congressional representation mostly at odds with their political views.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has approved a proposal to split fast-growing Nashville into multiple congressional seats, a move Democrats have warned will unfairly affect Black voters. Currently, Tennessee’s U.S. House delegation consists of seven Republicans and just two Democrats, whose districts center on Nashville and Memphis. Nashville's seat has largely remained intact for 200 years.

A new House staffer reportedly has a major country music connection, calling Faith Hill and Tim McGraw mom and dad.Maggie McGraw, the middle child of the country music couple's three daughters, is working in Rep. Jim Cooper's (D-Tenn.) office as a staff assistant and legislative correspondent. The retiring congressman's office didn't immediately return ITK's request for comment. LegiStorm was first to report the news on Friday.McGraw's famous...

Election 2022 Congress Cooper FILE - Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., talks to reporters at his Nashville office, on Feb. 16, 2018. Cooper says he won't run for reelection after serving in elected office for more than 30 years. Cooper announced that there was "no way" for him to win his seat under a new congressional map drawn up by state Republicans. Cooper is the 29th Democrat to announce he won't seek reelection to the chamber in the fall. His announcement comes just a day after Tennessee’s GOP-controlled General Assembly approved a new congressional map that would split booming Democratic-tilted Nashville three ways. In the 2020 election, Republicans did not put up a general election opponent against Jim Cooper.

Redistricting-Tennessee U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville, talks to reporters at his Nashville office, Feb. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Jonathan Mattise) (Jonathan Mattise)NASHVILLE, Tenn. — (AP) — Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., announced Tuesday that he won't run for reelection, declaring there was “no way” for him to win his seat under a new congressional map drawn up by state Republicans. Cooper has been in elected office more than 30 years and has represented Nashville's 5th Congressional District since 2003. His retirement announcement comes just a day after Tennessee’s GOP-controlled General Assembly approved a new congressional map that would split booming, Democratic-tilted Nashville three ways. “I cannot thank the people of Nashville enough,” Cooper said in a statement.

Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee is retiring after more than 30 years in elected office.

The Pentagon is taking a rare look at whether it is properly prepared for an emergency in which the portable communications system nicknamed the “nuclear football," which always accompanies the president, is lost or stolen.

WASHINGTON – There's little doubt that Nancy Pelosi will be reelected House speaker when the new Congress convenes Sunday. It could take a high-wire act for her to get there, largely thanks to the pandemic. “Yeah, I do,” Pelosi told a reporter this week when asked if she had the votes wrapped up. Miller-Meeks is certain to vote against Pelosi to be speaker. “It’s extraordinarily tricky” for Pelosi, said Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., an 18-year congressional veteran.

The Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville led to communications outages over hundreds of miles in the southern U.S., raising concerns about the vulnerability of U.S. networks. The blast seriously damaged a key AT&T network facility, an important hub that provides local wireless, internet and video service and connects to regional networks. AT&T customers lost service — phones, internet or video — across large parts of Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. At some hospitals, electronic medical records, internet service or phones stopped working. It's not as if the physical vulnerability of communications networks comes as a surprise.

WASHINGTON – There's little doubt that Nancy Pelosi will be reelected House speaker when the new Congress convenes Sunday. It could take a high-wire act for her to get there, largely thanks to the pandemic. “Yeah, I do,” Pelosi told a reporter this week when asked if she had the votes wrapped up. Miller-Meeks is certain to vote against Pelosi to be speaker. “It’s extraordinarily tricky” for Pelosi, said Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., an 18-year congressional veteran.