AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — Three Houston mothers are suing to stop displaying the Ten Commandments in Texas public school classrooms, arguing it violates the state’s religious freedom law and a voter-approved parental rights amendment. Their lawsuit is the latest challenge to Senate Bill 10 — this time under Texas law. Other attempts to prohibit the…
It’s 5.30am, and I’m waking up on a granite slab overlooking the Domeland Wilderness, with nothing but forest, stone and silence for miles. I am 44 days into hiking the Pacific Crest Trail – a journey of about 2,650 miles from the Mexican border to Canada through desert scrubland, pine forests, deep valleys, volcanic terrain…
After spending the morning praying for migrants on the island of Lampedusa, Italy, Pope Leo XIV celebrated the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See and his family. “I am deeply honored to celebrate this special day with a fellow American and the Bishop of…
Investing.com – Freedom Broker downgraded Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) to Hold from Buy on Thursday, maintaining a price target of $71. The stock currently trades at $60.73, suggesting potential upside of 17% to the analyst’s target. The firm cited rising cocoa prices as a key factor behind the rating change. Cocoa prices reached their highest level…
The UFC has held championship competitions in plenty of exotic locations from Australia to Dubai, but never from the front lawn of the White House in the nation’s capital. After months of preparation, that’s exactly the plan for UFC’s Freedom 250 event, scheduled to be held on the White House lawn in Washington D.C. on…
As America gets ready to celebrate its 250th on the Fourth of July, Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 concert series—dubbed “Great American State Fair” on Washington, D.C.’s National Mall is falling apart. Luckily, Trump is here to rescue it. After five of the originally announced artists dropped out, Trump has kindly offered to step in. In a…
WASHINGTON — As the US unfurls a multi-layered plan to help commercial vessels safely transit the Strait of Hormuz, analysts tell Breaking Defense it will likely take time for commercial shipping companies to feel safe enough to move through the waters — with US forces carrying a greater risk in the interim. The US officially…
The Center for Media Studies and Peacebuilding (CEMESP-Liberia) has called for urgent action to safeguard press freedom in Liberia, warning of growing threats to journalists despite notable gains made in recent years. In a CEMESP statement issued to mark World Press Freedom Day, celebrated globally on May 3rd, 2026, under the theme “Shaping a Future…
The United States has fallen to a “historic low” in the Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), or Reporters Without Borders, annual press freedom tracker, continuing a decade-long decline, the organisation has said. The report on Thursday recorded a global drop in press freedom indicators in 2025, with, for the first time, more than half of the world’s…
(The Conversation) — As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of its independence, old questions have returned about who belongs and whose religious practices are truly protected in the country. At the start of the year, an arson attack significantly damaged the oldest synagogue in Mississippi. Two days later, local officials in Oklahoma rejected…
