'It's really alarming'

(RNS) There was a time, not terribly long ago, when the idea of public funds in any way enabling American students to attend religious private schools was anathema.The post With Trump’s return comes a chance for parents to opt for religious ...

More than 1.5 million dogs were abandoned across the U.S. in the first half of 2024, according to a national database of animal shelters. With that in mind, Katherine Carver set out on a project to photograph 60 rescue dogs, first when they entered a shelter or rescue organization and then a year after they were adopted. That work is the basis of Carver's new book, "Abandoned: Chronicling the Jour...

Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg reportedly had dinner with President-elect Donald Trump at his Florida golf club on the day before Thanksgiving.Zuckerberg was first spotted on the property around 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time before reports were con...

U.S. Army Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sanford G. Roy was one of several airmen aboard a plane shot down over Germany in April 1944.

As conflict deepens, conservative commentators pointed to claims of U.S. officials discussing sending old weaponry to Ukraine.

Coincident with Donald Trumps electoral victory, increasing numbers of Americas corporations are backing off their DEIdiversity, equity, inclusionprograms. Trump’s opposition to DEI is clear, and... Read MoreThe post

In a Thanksgiving morning photo-op on Nantucket island, President Joe Biden took a swipe at the news media, complaining that most Americans think the country is on the wrong track because when they turn on the television, you dont see a lot of good news.Later on Thursday, a panelist on FNCs Special Report refuted the Commander-in-Chief, arguing that Bidens jab flies in the fac...

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) issued a showstopper of a response to coastal elitists' characterization of nonconforming American voters as ignorant. In addition to suggesting that Hollywood script-readers like Alec Baldwin and Sharon Stone are "just goofy," Ke...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is praising Donald Trump as a real man, and clever and experienced, while issuing what has been described as a bizarre warning that the American President-elect is not safe.He behaved, in my opi...

NEW YORK/LONDON >> From Taylor Swift’s new Eras Tour book priced at $39.99 and sold only at Target, to a $50.99 Jessica Simpson puffer coat at Walmart, marked down from $84.99, retailers in Europe and the U.S. offered bargain-hunting shoppers exclusive products and steeply discounted general merchandise on Black Friday.

New York Times: He wants friendly relations with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, may slash U.S. support for Ukraine and has threatened to withdraw from the North Atlantic Treaty […]

Vice President-elect JD Vance posted a social media meme on Thanksgiving night that depicted himself as Donald Trump's wife serving America for dinner.

Cucumbers shipped to 13 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces have been recalled because of potential salmonella contamination, the Food and Drug Administration said this week. SunFed Produce, based in Arizona, recalled the cucumbers sold between Oct. 12 and Nov...

'The second Trump administrations first day will serve as a decisive moment'

The U.S. is among 175 nations haggling over a treaty to reduce the vast quantity of plastic pollution that ends up in our food, water and even our bodies.

One of the first orders of business in 2025 for Congress and the incoming administration will be the extension of President Donald Trumps signature 2017 tax law, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), most of whose individual provisions are set to expire late next year. Theres one problem: Americas debt trajectory is unsustainable. Even […]

Massachusetts claimed the top spot in part because it had the highest average IQ and highest proportion of residents holding graduate or bachelor's degrees.