As President Trump pushes to get National Guard troops patrolling American cities, his administration has, in effect, blurred the lines between the military, traditional law enforcement and immigration enforcement.

Farmers are struggling this fall despite a bountiful harvest. Production costs are high, crop prices are low and the trade war has closed off one of their biggest markets.

Democratic-led states secured a legal victory to keep the personal data of food recipients out of the federal government's reach. But NPR's reporting shows that millions of records on Americans have already been shared.

The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) has announced the finalists for the 2025–26 Principal and Supervisor of the Year awards, recognizing outstanding education leaders from across the state.

The Memphis Art Museum is partnering with Arts Council Korea to debut "Hooks Brothers Studio: Framing Memphis’s Black Sound in Seoul," an exhibition that highlights the city's pivotal role in American music history and launches a new international cultural exchange between the two institutions.

Guard members in Memphis are operating under the governor's command — unlike other cities facing troop deployments, including Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago.

In just four months, Trump has suggested or ordered sending federal intervention to nearly a dozen cities.

Military experts say they also worry how these new deployments will affect recruitment and public trust.

A new report says that the number of books being challenged or removed from public schools across the country has risen exponentially in the past two years. A Clockwork Orange tops their list. The report lists the states with the highest rates of book banning in 2024-25, including Tennessee with 1,622 instances.

The Trump administration has deployed or threatened to deploy National Guard troops in more than half a dozen American cities that it says are crime ridden.