Top counterterrorism official resigns over the Iran war, saying “Iran posed no imminent threat”

Joe Kent, President Trump’s director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned on Tuesday citing the Iran war and saying, “Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation.” Kent, who was a controversial pick to lead the agency, is the first senior official to step down over the war and the first to resign during Mr.

Federal judge strikes down Arkansas Ten Commandments in public schools law

Baton Rouge, La. — An Arkansas law requiring that the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed in public school classrooms was struck down by a federal judge Monday. The law is among those pushed by Republicans, including President Trump, to incorporate religion in public schools. Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas all have enacted similar laws requiring the