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The Texas Supreme Court issued orders late Sunday blocking two defiant school districts from imposing mask mandates as students return to class, siding with Gov. Greg Abbott.

A federal judge ordered Homeland Security to restart President Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, ruling Friday that the Biden administration cut too many corners when it scrapped the get-tough approach to illegal border crossers.

An unsigned order from the Supreme Court temporarily blocks part of New York’s eviction moratorium that was instituted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The number of US citizens applying for unemployment benefits fell for the third week in a row last week, the Washington Times reports. On Thursday the Labour Department said unemployment claims had fallen to 375,000 from 387,000 the previous week.

The Loudoun County school board in Virginia voted Wednesday to require staff to refer to transgender students by their preferred pronouns and to allow trans students to participate in sports and use facilities based on their gender identity, the Washington Times reports. The Rights of Transgender and Gender-Expansive Students policy was approved 7-2 after an extensive public comment session.

A federal court ruled Wednesday that the government cannot force a private Catholic school in Indiana to renew the contract of a staff member who entered into a same-sex union against the teachings of the Catholic Church, CBN reports.

Democrats continued their historic spending spree early Wednesday, as the Senate voted 50-49 to approve a $3.5 trillion plan stocked with liberal priorities just hours after approving a mammoth infrastructure bill.

U.S. consumer prices increases slowed in July even as they remained at a 13-year high on a yearly basis and there were tentative signs inflation has peaked as supply-chain disruptions caused by the pandemic work their way through the economy. The data could provide some support to Fed officials who have repeatedly said that the current burst in inflation is temporary and likely to fade as the handful of categories that have caused inflation to surge in recent months get back on an even keel.

The U.S. Air Force says the nation’s nuclear arsenal is effective and ready following the successful test launch of a missile early Wednesday morning.

The federal government set a new record for the amount of taxes it collected through the first ten months of fiscal 2021 (October through July), according to the Monthly Treasury Statement.

The city of Laredo, Texas, has refused to take in migrants who have been bused in from elsewhere on the border after discovering 40% of them tested positive for the coronavirus, according to two local government officials.

As the number of COVID cases soars in Louisiana, state Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) is putting his faith in the power of prayer and fasting to slow the spread of the virus.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is planning to review classified documents pertaining to the September 11 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in order to see which could be made public, Israel National News (INN) reports.

Tennessee’s largest public school district has been given a $1.8 million gift as reimbursement for teaching elective Bible history classes to over 4,500 students in the 2020-21 academic year, Christian Headlines (CH) reports. The gift was given by the Bible in the Schools non-profit organization to Hamilton County Schools in Chattanooga last month.

The Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate has approved President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure investment plan despite its hefty price tag and criticism that not all money will go to upgrade assets such as roads, bridges, airports, and waterways.

The Supreme Court of Texas on Tuesday allowed for the arrest or detention of Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to stop passage of an election reform package they view as an assault on voting rights.

A new study has shown that, contrary to a popular pro-abortion argument, abortion among low-income women with children is “exceedingly uncommon, if not rare.” Published in July, the peer-reviewed study was carried out by the pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute in Arlington, Virginia.

After mounting pressure from his party and even the White House, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned over sexual harassment allegations.

Senate Democrats’ $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill aims to provide “millions” with green cards, according to a budget framework that Senate Democrats released on Monday evening.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on August 2 upheld an Indiana law requiring abortion providers to report complications arising from abortions carried out in their facilities, the Christian Post (CP) reports. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the case brought by Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky which argued Indiana’s Complications Statute of Senate Enrolled Act No. 340 was “unconstitutionally vague.”