A conservative advocacy group has filed a formal complaint with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) challenging Smith College’s policy of admitting biological males who identify as women. Parents Defending Education argues that the policy violates Title IX regulations and the college’s own equal opportunity commitments.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit challenging Washington’s new law, Senate Bill 5375, which requires clergy to report child abuse even when disclosed during confession. The law directly confronts the long-standing confessional privilege that has shielded such disclosures.
The Supreme Court is reviewing whether former Louisiana inmate Damon Landor can sue correctional officers for damages after they forcibly cut off his dreadlocks—an act he says violated his Rastafari faith. Lower courts criticized the incident but ruled that under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), Landor cannot seek compensation from officials in their individual roles.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials revealed that over 100 Americans were victimized by a widespread identity theft scheme orchestrated by illegal aliens at...
During ESPN’s broadcast of the WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and Las Vegas Aces on Sunday, analyst and WNBA veteran Rebecca Lobo apologized on-air after saying, “That’s what makes America great.” The remark came in response to a review call by officials with which Lobo disagreed.
New York is set to begin construction on the first major U.S. nuclear power project in over 15 years. Gov. Kathy Hochul has directed the state’s public power authority to add at least one gigawatt of nuclear capacity—enough to electrify approximately one million homes. This move directly aligns with President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders aimed at launching a nationwide nuclear energy revival.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stressed Sunday that her top priority is identifying and neutralizing domestic threats before they materialize, amid the recent U.S. military operation against Iran’s nuclear facilities and Iran’s retaliatory missile strike on Al‑Udeid Air Base in Qatar.