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Tennessee Volunteers head coach Derek Dooley watches his team warm up before an NCAA college football game on Sept. 22, 2012, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

Former Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley eyes GOP Senate run against Jon Ossoff in Georgia

Former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley says he is considering running for U.S. Senate in 2026 as a Republican against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff. Gov.
 
Shaquille O'Neal, from left, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley speak at the NBA Awards on Monday, June 25, 2018, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

And with that, an era ends: ‘Thanks for watching us. It’s the NBA on TNT’

 
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs legislation into law addressing eduction and school safety policies at the state Capitol on Monday, April 28, 2025, in Atlanta. (Matthew Pearson/WABE via AP)

Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp won’t run for US Senate seat in 2026 against Democrat Jon Ossoff

 
Doug Collins, President Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, speaks at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Veterans Affairs asks employees to report ‘anti-Christian bias’ for investigation by new task force

 
President Donald Trump speaks at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) dinner at the National Building Museum in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Pool via AP)

Billionaires, trusted allies, media personalities. These are the people Trump picked for top roles

 

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Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-AZ., speaks during the opening session of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) Legislative Conference at the Hilton Washington DC National Mall The Wharf, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

A Democratic senator is putting holds on VA nominees to protest Trump’s plans to cut its workforce

 
A sign for Democrat Gay Valimont is displayed outside the Escambia County Democratic Party office in Pensacola, Fla. on March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Kate Payne)

DOGE cuts are testing some conservative voters’ faith in special election for Matt Gaetz’s old seat

 
Rep. Chuck Edwards talks during a town hall in Asheville, N.C., March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera, File)

Military veterans are becoming the face of Trump’s government cuts and Democrats’ resistance

 
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, March 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump’s deportation orders under scrutiny by courts

 
The seal is seen at the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, June 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo

 
The seal is seen at the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, June 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care

 
Brooke Rollins attends a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee hearing on her nomination for Secretary of Agriculture, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Brooke Rollins confirmed as Trump’s agriculture secretary as tariff fights loom

 
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

With firings and lax enforcement, Trump moving to dismantle government’s public integrity guardrails

 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, is joined from left by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, as they speak about the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats confront limits of their power in bid to stop Trump and Musk

 
Doug Collins, President Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, appears at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Doug Collins confirmed as veterans affairs secretary as Trump Cabinet takes shape

 

Former congressman Doug Collins confirmed as veterans affairs secretary, taking charge of care for America’s veterans

 
Hours before the start of a federal government shutdown, Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., and other Republican conservatives arrive for a meeting with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

A Georgia mayor will challenge U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde in 2026 Republican primary

 
FILE - Former Rep. Doug Collins speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign event at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Oct. 15, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

What to know about Doug Collins, Trump’s pick to oversee veterans affairs

 

Trump says he will nominate former Rep. Doug Collins, Air Force reservist, as veterans affairs secretary

 
Film director Spike Lee is honored at a superfan ceremony at the Basketball Hall of Fame, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Springfield, Mass. Lee, actor Jack Nicholson, comedian Billy Crystal and businessman Alan Horwitz are being added to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's James F. Goldstein SuperFan Gallery. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Spike Lee’s 1st trip, Michael Jordan’s welcome to newcomers and more from basketball Hall of Fame