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The wall between church and state appears increasingly thin. hayesphotography/iStock Getty Images Plus Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is engaging in “a proselytizing Christian campaign” in his job, according to The Washington Post. Hegseth hosts prayer services at the Pentagon…

Revolutionary Guard personnel stand under an Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicle, the Shahed-136, while participating in a military rally in Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 10, 2025. Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images Six weeks of U.S. and Israeli bombardment have served to…

President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson President Donald Trump has again threatened to oust Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, putting at risk a keystone of good economic policy and inflation…

At least one past president burned his papers. Stephen Hyun/Getty Images Prior to 1978, U.S. presidents could do what they pleased with the records from their time in office. They owned them. But in 1978, the Presidential Records Act established…

China and Russia view the U.S. grand strategy as increasingly out of focus. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Napoleon Bonaparte’s maxim may well have been in the minds of policymakers in…

Polls indicate mounting regret and disappointment among Trump supporters. Farknot_Architect, iStock/Getty Images Plus For much of his political career, dishonesty has been without cost for Donald Trump. He entered into national politics with the birther lie, claiming that Barack Obama…

Iranians hold national flags in Tehran’s Revolution Square on April 8, 2026, after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump on April 7, 2026, announced a ceasefire between the…

Supporters visit Javier Flores, right, while he lived in sanctuary at Arch Street United Methodist Church in downtown Philadelphia in 2017. Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images In the midst of a civil war, married couple Ernesto and Linda Fuentes fled…

President Donald Trump’s rhetoric has grown increasingly violent. wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus Among the most disorienting things about President Donald Trump’s public language is how easily it can feel numbing and shocking in the same moment. He says something…

The Declaration of Independence did more than assert the Colonies’ independence from Britain. iStock/Getty Images Plus A crowd gathered along the waterfront in New York City in the summer of 1776. The scene they witnessed was terrifying. The largest expeditionary…