Our congressman long supported their release. The only person stopping him is himself. We must ask ourselves why.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Friday said the government shutdown, the longest in modern U.S. history, will stretch past ...

Wednesday marks the longest government shutdown in history, leaving some East Tennesseans looking for answers.

There seems to be no end to the government shutdown after 38 days and counting, as Democrats and Republicans remain at odds ...

Democrats rejected the Republican backed funding bill for the 13th time Tuesday, which was day 28 of the federal government ...

A day after U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett told the Secret Service director she should be fired – and he was backed up by congressional colleagues on both sides of the aisle – Kimberly Cheatle is stepping ...

Letters to the editor reflect the views of individual readers. Today’s issue: Blame for the government shutdown ...

The image Burchett used, however, was actually taken during the administration of Harry S. Truman, as a community note that was later attached to the post revealed ...

A Republican lawmaker went viral after he found a fun way to deal with a longtime Democrat agitator. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) gave a pithy response to a young man who approached him on Capitol Hill, ...

Following former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s viral “clean shot” to Rep. Tim Burchett’s kidneys Tuesday, the assailed Republican from Tennessee says he’s “moved on” and that he’s praying for ...

Tennessee Republican Rep. Tim Burchett on Sunday again called for the release of the Department of Justice's evidence against the late accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, part of a growing cadre of ...

Rep. Tim Burchett told Knox News he can't do much to help constituents, saying it's up to Democratic members of the U.S. Senate to end the shutdown.