There are 11 article(s) tagged Capitol Insurrection:

• June 2026

  • Vote-A-Rama and the War Powers Act. Wanda Halbert’s quest for a recount. Lamar Alexander on ‘Newt’s World’

    From vote-a-rama to recount-a-rama, Tennessee’s representatives in Washington had a busy week and more in this week’s political roundup.

    By Bill Dries June 08, 2026

• May 2026

  • Democrats switch to campaign mode in new congressional districts

    The political roundup looks at a shift in the fight over congressional redistricting and what it says about the tactics of both parties in the state of Tennessee.

    By Bill Dries May 28, 2026

  • Blackburn says Trump’s $1.8B anti-weaponization fund needs ‘a revisit’

    Blackburn’s comments, which came during a stop in Memphis, are her first on the controversial fund that could be used to pay those convicted of violent offenses in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection.

    By Brandon LaGrone II May 27, 2026

  • Cohen’s exit notes and Alexander’s memoir

    In this political roundup, new congressional districts shake up contenders with August primaries around the corner. Plus, a senator explains what he’s learned from “JFK to Trump.” 

    By Bill Dries May 18, 2026

• March 2026

  • Blackburn, Rose and Green mix it up over hockey and power outages

    Also in the political roundup, Tim Burchett at Lincoln Day, xAI surfaces at Democratic mayor’s forum, Henri Brooks on reasons to run and the shape of the new County Commission.

    By Bill Dries March 02, 2026

• November 2025

  • Questions linger for Marsha Blackburn on phone records pay out

    Also in the political roundup, one county mayoral contender calls out current Mayor Lee Harris’ administration for its funding shortfall and another calls for change in the government’s relationship to the school system.

    By Bill Dries November 17, 2025

• January 2022

  • Watch: Pandemic’s long shadow dominates review of 2021’s major local events

    “Behind The Headlines” features a discussion of the year’s major events. The reporters’ roundtable found the long shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic crossed even those events that seemed unconnected to the global public health crisis.

    By Bill Dries January 08, 2022

  • Sanford: Two infamous assaults on democracy, but only one reasonable response

    “It’s easy to draw comparisons between what happened on ‘Bloody Sunday’ at Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965 and the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. ... But there is one major difference between these two infamously historic events.”

    By Otis Sanford January 06, 2022

• July 2021

  • Cohen discusses meeting Hagerty, and more

    He also blasted the disqualification of U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson from the Olympics after she smoked marijuana. “It’s only performance-enhancing if you are in the Coney Island hot dog-eating contest.”

    By Bill Dries July 26, 2021

• June 2021

  • Cohen, Kustoff split on House panel to investigate Capitol insurrection

    Meanwhile, Cohen was named co-chair Wednesday of the Helsinki Commission on European affairs that he has served on for the past decade. Cohen also linked the commission’s concerns about democracy in Europe to concerns in the U.S.

    By Bill Dries June 30, 2021

• May 2021

  • City’s two Congressmen split on Capitol insurrection commission

    U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen voted for the bipartisan panel while U.S. Rep. David Kustoff voted against the investigation. The measure passed the House with 35 Republicans voting with the Democratic majority, none of them from Tennessee.

    By Bill Dries May 19, 2021