Jonathan Mattise

Hearings are taking place in two states over the deployment of the National Guard as part of President Donald Trump's crime-fighting efforts.

Thousands of furloughed federal workers are trying to navigate the unemployment system, in a sharp increase that is still a fraction of the 670,000 furloughed during the shutdown.

A new lawsuit by Democratic state officials seeks to uncork emergency money to help tens of millions of Americans keep buying food for their families after federal SNAP funding is expected run dry Saturday due to the U.S. government shutdown.

Federal funds could begin running dry on Saturday that help tens of millions of Americans buy food for their families and send their toddlers to preschool if the government shutdown persists.

Matt Van Epps, a former commissioner in Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s administration, has won a crowded Republican primary in the special election to replace a GOP congressman who left office this summer.

Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to be sentenced for violating the federal Mann Act, an anti-prostitution law with a century-old history. Combs will be sentenced Friday.

President Donald Trump wants to send National Guard troops to Memphis, Tennessee, like he has in Washington, D.C.

Tennessee governor says more federal agents to join fight against crime in Memphis next week

President Donald Trump’s plan to send the National Guard into Memphis for a crime-fighting push has stirred mixed feelings among the populace.

The Memphis mayor says President Donald Trump’s TV announcement was the first hard confirmation he received that Trump would send in the National Guard to address crime.