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In a major blow to student free speech rights, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear the appeal of a Massachusetts seventh-grader who was barred from wearing a T-shirt to school that read, “There are only two genders.” The decision leaves in place a controversial federal court ruling that allowed the school to silence the student while promoting opposing viewpoints.

Republicans’ behemoth budget reconciliation bill still faces major hurdles after passing the U.S. House last week, with multiple senators raising concerns about the legislation’s cost.

In a major legislative move, the Texas House on Sunday passed the Parental Bill of Rights, a comprehensive education reform package that includes a first-of-its-kind statewide ban on the social transitioning of children in public schools.

Texas is poised to become the largest state in the U.S. to require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, following a weekend House vote on a controversial bill that has sparked national attention and legal warnings.

President Donald Trump on Sunday gave Senate Republicans the green light to make “fairly significant” changes to the sweeping budget reconciliation package narrowly passed by the House last week, potentially unraveling Speaker Mike Johnson’s fragile coalition that delivered the bill by a single-vote margin.

President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and others on Monday thanked those U.S. service members who died serving their country during a Memorial Day event at Arlington National Cemetery.

A dual U.S.-German citizen appeared in federal court on Sunday after being extradited from Israel over allegations he attempted to firebomb the U.S. Embassy branch in Tel Aviv and threatened to assassinate former President Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis and ongoing mental decline has sparked a firestorm of controversy and criticism for the Biden family, the media, and the Democratic staffers who allegedly helped cover up the former president’s condition.

U.S. markets declined Friday after President Donald Trump threatened a fresh wave of tariffs on imports from the European Union and on smartphones.

A federal court has ruled in favor of a Christian wedding photographer who challenged New York’s public accommodation laws, finding that the state cannot compel her to create content that conflicts with her religious beliefs.

Law enforcement agencies across the United States are ramping up security at synagogues, schools, and Israeli consulates following the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening. Authorities are calling the incident an antisemitic terrorist attack.

A new report from the Make America Healthy Again commission links the childhood chronic disease epidemic to pesticides, food additives and undue corporate influence on health regulations.

In a rare 4-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that blocks the establishment of the country’s first publicly funded religious charter school, leaving in place an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision that deemed the proposed school unconstitutional.

The House narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s sweeping legislative package early Thursday morning in a 215-214 vote, delivering a major win for Republicans and advancing key parts of Trump’s second-term agenda.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing the City of Troy, Idaho, of religious discrimination over its denial of a land use permit to Christ Church, a small evangelical congregation.

The U.S. Air Force successfully test-launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) just after midnight Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, sending it more than 4,200 miles to a test site in the Marshall Islands.

In a rare show of unanimous support, the U.S. Senate has passed the “No Tax on Tips Act,” a bipartisan measure that would exempt up to $25,000 in reported tip income from federal taxes for employees in customarily tipped occupations such as servers, bartenders, and beauty professionals.