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The president says “it matters a great deal” how everyone is treated in the United States. He spoke directly to LGBTQ+ people who feel under attack, telling them the administration “has your back”

Van der Sloot is accused of seeking $250,000 from Holloway’s mother in exchange for disclosing the location of the young woman’s body. He is serving a 28-year sentence in Peru after confessing to killing a Peruvian woman

The measure’s top Republican sponsor has pushed back over how the Kentucky Department of Education interpreted the provisions in offering guidance to school districts

DeSantis’ recruiters zeroed in on Sacred Heart Catholic Church in El Paso and its bustling migrant shelter to find asylum-seekers to fly to California’s capital city on Florida’s taxpayer-funded jets

Newsom’s proposed 28th Amendment would also institute a “reasonable” waiting period for all gun purchases and ban assault rifles throughout the country

The new U.S.-U.K. agreement will serve as a framework for bolstering cooperation between the two countries on clean energy transition, development of emerging technologies, and protecting technology that is critical to national security

Now at least 20 states, including Ohio, Mississippi and Pennsylvania just this year, have legalized the test strips in a bid to combat rising deaths from the ever-present opioid crisis

A U.S. National Weather Service meteorologist says the weather system that’s driving the great Canadian-American smoke out ‘will probably be hanging around at least for the next few days’

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined with the court’s liberals in ordering the creation of a second district with a large Black population

The president’s high-profile show of support comes at a time when members of the community feel under attack and the White House has little recourse to beat back state-level legislation against them

Robertson turned a tiny Virginia television station into the far-reaching Christian Broadcasting Network, where he hosted the flagship ‘700 Club’ show for half a century

The network argues that the former star host, who was fired in April, has violated their agreement, as his services are ‘completely exclusive’ to the channel

Prosecutors have formally notified the former president that he is the target of an investigation. ‘I’ve done nothing wrong,’ he posted on his social media platform

Experts say the shortages developed earlier this year after a factory in India paused production following an inspection that generated concerns about quality. The FDA has taken some steps to try to ease the shortage

Before issuing the eruption notice, the observatory said increased earthquake activity and changes in the patterns of ground deformation at the summit started Tuesday night

Though the demonstration raised questions about the Utah law expanding residents’ ability to challenge certain titles in school libraries, lawmakers defended the law and said the Bible’s entanglement resulted from a misinterpretation by officials

Attorney Tony Buzbee on Wednesday decried the GOP-led state House of Representatives’ overwhelming vote last month to impeach Paxton as a sham equivalent to a “drive-by shooting on a holiday weekend”

Taylor Budowich confirmed his appearance on Twitter, saying he had testified fully and honestly, though he dismissed the investigation as a “bogus and deeply troubling” effort to “get” Trump

Lawmakers are preparing a resolution to hold FBI director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress, saying the FBI has failed to comply with a lawful subpoena for an FBI record that documents an unverified tip about President Joe Biden

Beginning August 28, Missouri health care providers won’t be able to prescribe those gender-affirming treatments for teens and children

Some are lining up behind Donald Trump, while some are wary of the former president’s baggage. Other candidates have sought to appeal to evangelical voters by proclaiming their Christian faith

The smoke is delaying some flights Wednesday, sending school recesses indoors, forcing the cancelation of events and prompting people to fish out pandemic-era face masks

His dismissal comes days after the publication of a devastating profile of his year-long tenure at the head of the network and after a live town hall interview with Donald Trump last month drew widespread criticism

The former vice president claims his boss at the time made him choose between him and the Constitution

Giuliani says he had a consensual relationship with Noelle Dunphy for a few months in 2019, during his time as former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. In court papers filed Friday, he also denies ever employing Dunphy

The Legislature also overwhelming passed Louisiana’s version of a “Don’t Say Gay” bill and a measure outlining pronoun usage for students. Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards opposes the legislation, but has not said whether he would veto the bills