Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill allowing residents to carry concealed firearms in the state without a permit, making Florida the 26th state to allow permitless concealed carry.
Country artist Kelsea Ballerini opened the CMT Music Awards with a tribute to the victims in the Nashville shooting, then danced alongside drag queens, as states consider limiting drag performances involving children.
Two bills proposed by state elected officials would remove the Catholic Church’s right to the “seal of confession” protecting priests’ right to refuse to provide private information divulged during confessionals, and Catholic advocates warn it could be a slippery slope when it comes to protections for religious freedom.
House Republicans have passed an education bill called the "Parents Bill of Rights" which emphasizes parental rights in the classroom, but it is unlikely that the Democratic-controlled Senate will take up the measure.
"There are still good men and women in the FBI whose task and purpose are to defend our country, but the FBI’s weaponized Washington Field Office is rotten to the core," said Matt Gaetz in a statement.
Joseph Kennedy, a high school assistant football coach fired eight years ago for praying on the field with students, returned to his old position and will receive a $1.78 million settlement.
A White House press briefing Monday erupted when a reporter confronted press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for "making a mockery of the First Amendment" by not taking his questions for several months.
