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House fails to override Trump’s veto over emergency declaration

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Pro-life laws blocked in North Carolina, passed in Utah
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False report charges against Smollett dropped
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Justice Department asks judge to undo Obamacare
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Parties weigh next steps after Mueller report

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False convictions, ruined lives

Law | False rape accusations may be statistically ‘rare,’ but they happen every day in the United States

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Cambodian casinoville

Cities | Chinese wealth is transforming the formerly sleepy beach town of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, into a tourist and gambling hot spot—and many locals aren’t happy about it

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Turnaround town

Cities | Chattanooga’s reinvention—and those left behind

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Magical thinking

Religion | Americans—including some churchgoers—are showing an increasing interest in New Age beliefs and practices

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Darkness deepens

Venezuela | Pastors and churches brave danger to bring relief to Venezuelans

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3.26.19 Cyclone Idai recovery, and gospel carpentry

Onize Ohikere explains what survivors face now after the cyclone that hit southeast Africa two weeks ago; Sarah Schweinsberg reports on the allure of of cheaper prescription drugs across the border; and Bonnie Pritchett visits a pastor who has found a unique ministry through carpentry. Plus: commentary from Cal Thomas.

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Insightful interviews with popular musicians, Christian thought leaders, makers of movies and television, respected authors, and key political leaders.

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A conversation with Kara Tippetts

This week, four years since her death, hear an encore performance of a conversation Warren Smith had with Kara Tippetts just a few months before she died.

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Higher ed exposed

Education | Students sue colleges for unfair admissions process after bribe scandal exposed

Students sue colleges over admissions scandal

Two college students have sued the University of Southern California (USC), Yale University, and other colleges embroiled in a bribery scandal.

A Christian college’s courtroom drama

Education | Bryan College sues a nonprofit group over a questionable high-dollar arrangement that fell apart

Widespread college admissions scam revealed

Top college coaches, university administrators, Hollywood actresses, and others have been charged in a widespread college admissions bribery case u

Tax credits and school choice: A win-win duo?

Education | Republicans in Washington want to boost school choice, but some conservatives are wary

A ‘finger-in-the-eye’ strike

Education | West Virginia teachers unions may have won a battle against the state legislature, but critics argue it is parents and students who are losing the war

Covington Catholic in the clear

Education | Independent report exonerates students accused of racism

West Virginia teachers strike in protest of school choice

West Virginia teachers launched their second strike in a year on Tuesday to

Denver teacher strike comes to a close

Denver Public Schools and teachers announced an end to the three-day strike with a deal that raises pay by 11 percent, with built-in cost-of-living

Avenatti arrested in Nike extortion scheme

New York police arrested attorney Michael Avenatti on Monday on charges of extortion and fraud.

Barr: Mueller found no evidence of collusion

WASHINGTON—Special counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence that President Donald Trump or any of his associates coordinated with Russia to influen

Two U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan identified

The Pentagon identified two U.S. Army soldiers killed last week in combat in Afghanistan as Spc. Joseph P.

Trump removes new sanctions on North Korea

President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that he was reversing his admini

Barr could brief Congress on Mueller report within days

UPDATE: In a letter to key members of Congress, Attorney General William Barr said he could update them on the “principal conclusi

Congress investigates Kushner’s email, messaging use

WASHINGTON—A House committee on Thursday asked the White House whether Jared Kushner, senior adviser and son-in-law to President Donald Trump, used

Trump taps new leadership for FAA

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will nominate former pilot Steve Dickson to head the Federal Aviation Administration, the White House announced T

My immigrant experience

Immigration | My immigrant friends and I don’t take our U.S. privileges lightly

Judge releases documents from Cohen raid

More than 200 pages of documents that led to the April 2018 FB

Rockets halt at the Israel-Gaza border

Some calm returned to Israel on Tuesday morning after a night of heavy cross-border fire over the Gaza Strip.

Venezuela suffers another mass power outage

Less than two weeks after officials restored electricity to much of the country, many Venezuelans again lost power in a Monday blackout that affect

Parliament seizes control of Brexit

British lawmakers voted late Monday to seize control of the Brexit process in a bid to end the stalemate over the country’s exit from the European

Anti-Brexit protesters call for second referendum

Hundreds of thousands of protesters crowded the streets of London over the weekend to demand a second referendum on Britain’s exit from the Europea

Ethnic violence kills women and children in Mali

More than 130 people died in a weekend attack on an ethnic Peulh village in central Mali.

Rocket attack strikes central Israel

A long-range rocket fired from the Gaza Strip injured seven people when it struck a house in central Israel on Monday.

More deaths reported from Cyclone Idai

The death toll from the deadly cyclone that struck three southern African countries earlier this month topped 700, as response efforts continued ov

U.S.-backed forces in Syria declare victory over ISIS

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) liberated the last area in Syria controlled by Islamic State (ISIS) on Saturday.

Cyclone Idai casualties continue to rise

The death toll from Cyclone Idai, which struck southern Africa last week, has topped 500.

LifeWay to close all stores

LifeWay Christian Resources announced Wednesday it will close all 170 of its retail stores this year and focus on digital sales.

Cambodian casinoville

Cities | Chinese wealth is transforming the formerly sleepy beach town of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, into a tourist and gambling hot spot—and many locals aren’t happy about it

U.S. trade deficit hits record high

The U.S. trade deficit jumped nearly 19 percent in December to a 10-year high of $621 billion.

Fellowship of suffering

Iraq | How to make a micro-business from refugee strife

Amazon nixes New York headquarters plan

After pushback from local politicians, Amazon said it will no longer build a headquarters in New York City.

Bezos fires back at National Enquirer

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in a blog post Thursday claimed to be the target of extortion and blackmail by the publisher of the National Enquirer

Jobs report brings good news

U.S. employers added 304,000 jobs to the economy in January, the most in nearly a year, the federal government reported Friday.

Fed changes gears, holds interest rates steady

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it did not plan to raise interest rates in the near future, signaling it expects economic growth in the United S

Taking flight

Africa | A Nigerian school takes an innovative approach to aviation training