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Community leaders who are the churches’ caretakers are trying to save them because they represent a crucial center of faith, family and cultural traditions

DeSantis is slated to headline Iowa Rep. Randy Feenstra’s annual summer fundraiser in northwest Iowa on May 13, A Trump campaign official says the former president now plans to be in Iowa on the same day

The push comes from diverse senators led by Republican Joni Ernst of Iowa and Democrat Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut

John Bolton, a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2024, said that national security teams must develop contingency plans on how to respond to actions Beijing might take

The decision put the country’s largest transportation network among a growing number of accounts who have reduced their Twitter presence or left the platform since its takeover by Elon Musk

The conservatives are organized under the State Freedom Caucus Network, which now has a presence in 11 statehouses

U.S. support for Ukraine will be tested anew when Congress is again expected to help fund the war to defeat Russia

Carter has said his faith compelled him to restore moral principles after a long history of U.S. support for brutal crackdowns on popular movements

Ryan Walters has the state’s top public education job, even fellow Republicans are worried that Walters hasn’t pivoted from campaigning to governing the state’s largest agency

Authorities say an 8-year-old child was among five people killed in a shooting at a home in southeast Texas late Friday night

Police say a 34-year-old man confessed last week to four killings at a home in Bowdoin and injuring three people while shooting at vehicles on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth

Much of the increase in airline-caused cancellations has happened at low-fare airlines, but the biggest carriers are also causing a higher percentage of their own cancellations, according to government data

It varies by region, but tick season generally stretches from April to October and Lyme disease cases peak in the summer

Rep. Zooey Zephyr’s criticism of the bill led the transgender lawmaker to be silenced on the House floor and then removed after she encouraged protesters on Monday. Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill into law on Friday

Access to gender-affirming care is taking center stage in state governments across the U.S., with some states passing restrictions and others protections. The debates and lawsuits have raged throughout 2023 so far

Allies since Hugo Chávez was elected in 1999, the relationship has always been fragile

Washington will open centers in Central and South America to process applications. “The end of Title 42 does not mean the border is open,” warn top U.S. officials

At the hearing, the judge seemed incredulous about defense arguments that the government has not shown the 21 year-old ever intended leaked information to be widely disseminated

In South Carolina, Thursday’s vote was the third attempt since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer to strict bans on abortion

Some Medicaid recipients say errors and confusion are leading to them being kicked off the federally and state-funded health coverage program. States are undertaking an unprecedented review of the 84 million Medicaid enrollees nationwide

Facing questions this week about his standing within the GOP and his fight with Disney, he’s sometimes appeared agitated, reinforcing concerns within corners of his own party about his readiness for the rigor of presidential politics

The new laws enacted Friday include raising the buying age for all firearms from 18 to 21 and installing a three-day waiting period between the purchase and receipt of a gun

Fox had 1.33 million viewers in the 8 p.m. Eastern hour on Wednesday, down 56% from the 3.05 million that Carlson had on the same day a week ago. Eric Bolling at the conservative alternative Newsmax has seen his audience shoot up

The DEA spent $4.7 million on “strategic planning and communication” and other contracts to hire people Milgram knew from her days as New Jersey’s attorney general and as a law professor

The former vice president’s grand jury appearance in Washington is a milestone in the Justice Department’s investigation into the conversations and events preceding the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol

While the U.S. has said it won’t conduct a large-scale military evacuation for Americans still in Sudan, it is considering how Navy ships or establishing an increased State Department presence at a key Sudanese sea port or across the sea in Saudi Arabia could help get people out

Lisa and Todd Sturgeon said their son’s mental health struggle began a year earlier with panic attacks, anxiety and a suicide attempt, but he was seeing a psychiatrist and taking medication