The Trump administration has quietly transformed the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, forcing out a majority of career managers and implementing new priorities that current and former officials say abandon a decadeslong mission of enforcing laws that prohibit discrimination in hiring, housing and voting rights.

Trump upends DOJ's Civil Rights Division, sparking 'bloodbath' in senior ranks

A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School could lead to breakthroughs in cancer detection and research into longevity. But the scientist who developed computer scripts to read its images and unlock its full potential has been in an immigration detention center for two months — putting crucial scientific advancements at risk.

New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them

Three cities in the Volunteer State have made their way to the bottom of a new study that names the cities with the most affordable rent.

According to the Federal Reserve’s Consumer Price Index, the cost of rent has risen by more than 50% over the past 10 years, but wages haven’t increased.

These Tennessee cities rank at the bottom for most affordable rent in the U.S., study says

Among 182 cities,
Memphis ranked 153
Knoxville coming in at 152
Nashville at 102
Chattanooga at 82

Gabris said different clients have different motivations for opening an account. Many want to diversify away from the dollar, which they believe will weaken even further under the weight of the soaring U.S. debt. Switzerland’s neutral politics, stable economy, strong currency and reliable legal system are all a draw.

More rich Americans are opening Swiss bank accounts fearing U.S. risks

The Supreme Court on Monday is set to hear arguments in a case challenging a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires private insurers to cover health care screenings, tests and checkups for free.

Who in the world would be against preventative care?

Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obamacare rule on free preventive care

He added that after DOGE gained access to the labor board’s systems, there was an increase in attempted logins from locations outside the United States including from a user with an internet protocol (IP) address in Russia. He wrote that the person with the Russian IP address appeared to have a correct username and password, created minutes earlier by DOGE engineers, and was blocked from logging in only because of their location.

Federal employee alleges DOGE activity resulted in data breach at labor board

Whistleblower claims DOGE may have sensitive agency data

“What was interesting about Knoxville in particular is, there really wasn’t a housing crisis up until 2020,” Dr. Solange Munoz with University of Tennessee Department of Geography and Sustainability said.

Evictions on the rise in Knoxville with median rental listing price up 56% since 2020

Has Donald Trump taken over parking in Knoxville?

Representatives from the Department of Government Efficiency have arrived at the Peace Corps' headquarters, the agency confirmed Saturday, signaling possible cuts to a volunteer mission that has long enjoyed bipartisan support.

DOGE staff arrives at Peace Corps headquarters, signaling possible cuts

China said on Friday it will impose reciprocal 34% tariffs on all imports from the United States from April 10, making good on a promise to strike back after US President Donald Trump escalated a global trade war.

On Wednesday, Trump unveiled an additional 34% tariffs on all Chinese goods imported into the US, in a move poised to cause a major reset of relations and worsen trade tension between the world’s two largest economies.

Bullynomics seems destined to fail

China imposes 34% reciprocal tariffs on imports of US goods in retaliation for Trump’s trade war

Fifty years ago, life expectancy in the U.S. and wealthy European countries was relatively similar.

That began to change around 1980. As European life expectancy steadily increased, the U.S. struggled to keep pace — and its life expectancy even began declining in 2014.

Not even wealth is saving Americans from dying at rates seen among some of the poorest Europeans

The Trump administration conceded in a court filing Monday that it mistakenly deported a Maryland father to El Salvador “because of an administrative error” and argued it could not return him because he’s now in Salvadoran custody.

Trump admin. concedes Maryland father was mistakenly deported

The bill, HB 1096, would stop companies from getting incentives from the state if they sign deals with groups like unions and nonprofits.

East TN unions say Republican 'union-busting bill' would stop some companies from hiring union workers

Former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra speaks out about Elon Musk and DOGE accessing Americans' financial data and explains why he believes Musk is gutting the agency.

Fired CFPB chief says Musk may have another goal for gutting the agency

FBI study ranks Tennessee 9th among states with the most cars stolen in 2023

One of those properties is the Internal Revenue Service's offices in the John J. Duncan Federal Building, located in downtown Knoxville. The lease has not been terminated as of Thursday, but having the property included on the department's lists indicates that the General Services Administration could soon cut it.

Downtown Knoxville IRS offices included on list of possible federal real estate spending cuts

The loss of experienced employees who manage Social Security’s fragile and interdependent web of computer systems will likely leave the agency vulnerable to technical outages and, potentially, interrupt the benefit payments that are sent to more than 73 million retirees, people with disabilities and others, Martin O’Malley, who served as commissioner under the Biden administration, told CNN.

The former Maryland governor predicted a meltdown could occur within 90 days...

‘A disruptive effect’: How slashing staff at the Social Security Administration is sparking fears the system could collapse

Watch Trudeau speak directly to Trump during blistering speech

Munger on Trump

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