A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from spending some Defense Department money to build a border wall with Mexico, the latest twist in a long-running legal battle over one of the president's signature domestic issues and campaign priorities.

From facades and character to traffic and school capacity, local governments are wrestling with the direction of development in Hamilton County.

Chattanooga Fire Department Capt. Skyler Phillips fought back tears Tuesday as he told City Council members the story of a nearly blind woman with broken glasses who used to regularly call 911 seeking help after tripping and falling.

Of more than $1 million in uncollected misused, misappropriated or stolen public funds reported for the fiscal year ending June 2018, only $47,000 of it is owed to three Southeast Tennessee counties or government entities, according to two new Tennessee Comptroller's Office reports released this week.

Tennessee's population is estimated to grow by 1 million over the next 20 years to nearly 7.8 million, according to the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee.

After the first crash of a Boeing 737 Max last year, federal safety officials estimated that there could be 15 more fatal crashes of the Max over the next few decades if Boeing didn't fix a critical automated flight-control system.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans who rely on the federal food stamp program will lose their benefits under a new Trump administration rule that will tighten work requirements for recipients.

More than three years after California voters broadly legalized marijuana, a state panel is considering if its potent, high-inducing chemical — THC — should be declared a risk to pregnant women and require warnings.

They're calling it a circus, a farce and even zany.

Chattanooga City Councilwoman Demetrus Coonrod has been elected to leadership in the National League of Cities Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials.

Tennessee's federal lawmakers are celebrating the compromise reached Tuesday over President Donald Trump's trade deal with Mexico and Canada.

For the seventh consecutive year, workers compensation insurance rates for most Tennessee employers will decline next year.

Attorney General William Barr leveled blistering criticism at how the Russia investigation was conducted, saying Tuesday that it was based on a "bogus narrative" that the Trump campaign might have conspired with Russia during the 2016 presidential election.

House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, declaring his actions toward Ukraine "betrayed the nation" as they pushed toward historic proceedings that are certain to help define his presidency and shape the 2020 election.

President Donald Trump met Tuesday with the Russian foreign minister at the White House just hours after articles of impeachment were unveiled against him and a day after a Justice Department watchdog report declared the FBI was justified in opening an investigation into ties between Moscow and Trump's 2016 campaign.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday called young Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg a "brat" after she expressed concern about the slayings of indigenous Brazilians in the Amazon.

President Donald Trump lashed out Tuesday at FBI Director Christopher Wray, expressing dissatisfaction that Wray didn't cast a watchdog report on the origins of the Russia investigation as devastating for the bureau.

Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama congressmen are weighing in along partisan lines after U.S. House Democrats Tuesday morning unveiled two articles of impeachment charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

Budget revisions and new student training programs are on the agenda for the next Tennessee Board of Regents meeting.

House Democrats are poised to unveil two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — with an announcement expected early Tuesday.

Months after state lawmakers around the country approved some of the most restrictive limits on abortion seen in decades, some states want to push still further.

At the meeting, called by county Mayor Jim Coppinger and Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Bryan Johnson, all 18 members of the two bodies gathered to discuss the future of the school district and reshape the narrative around education in the county.

Messages by a Sprint executive revealed in federal court suggested he thought an acquisition by T-Mobile might push up mobile-service prices for consumers, undercutting T-Mobile's argument that its deal will benefit Americans.