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The Supreme Court on Tuesday considers the latest dispute that pits religious rights against LGBTQ rights as the justices weigh parents' objections over books made available in a school district's elementary schools that feature stories about gay and transgender characters.

At issue are books included in the English language arts curriculum in Montgomery County, Maryland. The dispute arose in 2022 after the school board in Montgomery County, a large and diverse jurisdiction just outside Washington, decided it wanted more storybooks reflecting LGBTQ...

Vice President JD Vance touted progress made toward a U.S.-India trade deal on Tuesday, saying a partnership between the Trump administration and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would ensure a 21st century that's "prosperous and peaceful."

Speaking in the northwestern Indian city of Jaipur, Vance also warned of "dire" consequences in the Indo-Pacific and a "dark time" for the world should the partnership between the U.S. and India fail.

"Critics have attacked my president, President Trump, for starting a trade war in an effort to bring back...

Democrats are facing pushback as they continue to call for due process for illegal immigrant and suspected MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia after years of seemingly ignoring due process for their political rivals.

During the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election and the first Trump term, many Democrats called for President Donald Trump to be put in jail despite only facing allegations of impropriety at the time.

"He needs to be imprisoned & placed in solitary confinement," Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters said in October 2019. "But for now...

A federal judge in Georgia has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate the legal statuses of 133 international students by 5 p.m. Tuesday after their F-1 student visas were suddenly terminated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security (DHS).

The students, many of whom are in good academic standing and close to graduation, had their records terminated on Homeland Security’s SEVIS (Student and Exchange Visitor Information System) and they allege this was done without prior notice, proper explanation or an opportunity to...

House Democrats who traveled to El Salvador to seek the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia have written to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding "daily proof of life" after being denied a meeting with the Salvadoran national who was deported from Maryland.

Reps. Robert Garcia of California, Maxwell Frost of Florida, Yassamin Ansari of Arizona and Maxine Dexter of Oregon flew to El Salvador Monday following a visit to the country by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., last week.

"We had a meeting this morning with the embassy here in El Salvador and...

The Trump administration is feuding with elite educational institutions, announcing mid-April it would cut off more than $2.2 billion in funding to Harvard University, and this week threatening cuts to another $1 billion of its federal grants and funding.

Harvard, in return, is now suing the administration over the funding freeze, which it calls "unlawful and beyond the government’s authority."

The White House responded that Harvard's "gravy train of federal assistance" is coming to an end.

But Harvard isn’t the only school the Trump...

The region's chief minister said the attack was "much larger than anything we've seen directed at civilians in recent years".

He was known for gigantic and often controversial monuments, including some taller than the Statue of Liberty.

The mission will explore new ways of reducing the cost of feeding an astronaut.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Monday hailed the "significant" progress made in trade talks between the two sides during Vance's visit to India.

Vance, who was in India on a mostly personal trip with second lady Usha Vance and his family, met Modi in New Delhi.

A statement from Modi's office said the two leaders "welcomed the significant progress in the negotiations for a mutually beneficial India-U.S. Bilateral Trade Agreement."Vance and Modi also reviewed and positively assessed the progress in various...

The Vatican and White House have for decades kept a close relationship, with various popes and presidents meeting in the nation’s capital and in Vatican City across the years.

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, following years of health issues, including chronic lung disease. Francis was the head of the Roman Catholic Church from 2013 until his death, and had met with three U.S. presidents across his tenure.

Francis’ last high-profile meeting with a U.S. leader was held just hours before his death, when Vice President JD Vance...

Ahead of the funeral, the pontiff's body will lie in St Peter's basilica from Wednesday.

Pope Francis was a source of pride for Argentina - but his failure to visit was a disappointment for many.

President Donald Trump endorsed Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., calling the lawmaker "a Great Man, and TREMENDOUS Senator" in a post on Truth Social.

"I love Montana, won every one of my Races there by a landslide, and would only recommend the best to represent you in the Senate!" the president declared.

"Senator Steve Daines, of the Great State of Montana, has my Complete and Total Endorsement — HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!"

TRUMP CAN USE TARIFFS AS ‘IMPORTANT LEVERAGE,’ SAYS SEN. STEVE DAINES

Daines served as National Republican Senatorial Committee...

EXCLUSIVE: In honor of Earth Day, Energy Secretary Chris Wright released a video retelling his own experiences growing up in a much dirtier world in Denver, and watching wildlife and greenery return to the mountains as he grew older, and how the effects of smarter energy were at the forefront of that continuing change:

Wright was a young kid in Denver when the first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970, on Belmont Plateau in West Philadelphia.

But, while the green movement was getting its roots in industrial Pennsylvania, Colorado was dealing...