Supreme Court likely to rule for parents over opt-outs for LGBTQ-themed books

Washington — A sharply divided Supreme Court appeared likely to require a Maryland school board provide parents with the ability to opt their elementary school-age children out of instruction featuring storybooks that address gender identity and sexual orientation. At issue in the court fight between a group of families and the Montgomery County Board of

Interior Secretary Grants DOGE Official Broad Powers to Reshape Agency

The order is ‘effective immediately’ and allows the official to take ‘all necessary actions,’ Doug Burgum said. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has directed Tyler Hassen, who has been affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), to take “all necessary actions” to optimize functions and trim back the agency. A former oil executive who is

House Homeland Security Republicans Tout Record-Low Border Encounters as Proof of Trump’s Success, Accuse Democrats of Hypocrisy

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Committee on Homeland Security Republicans released a new “Border Brief” on Tuesday, April 22, highlighting dramatic declines in border encounters reported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for March 2025. The data reveal a nearly 94% decrease in Southwest border apprehensions and an 88% drop in nationwide encounters compared

Rubio Announces Sweeping Reorganization of State Department

One of the agencies, the secretary of state said, ‘facilitated mass migration around the world, including the invasion on our southern border.’ Secretary of State Marco Rubio released a plan on Tuesday to significantly restructure the Department of State to reduce “decades of bloat.” “In its current form, the (State) Department is bloated, bureaucratic, and