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Texas State Board of Education advances plan to allow Bible material in elementary school lessons

Texas' education board on Tuesday advanced a new Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for schools to incorporate in kindergarten through fifth grades, one of the latest Republican-led efforts in the U.S. to incorporate more religious teaching into classrooms.

Multiple election offices report receiving mailed ballots misdirected from other states

Terry Thompson had an election to run for voters in Cascade County, Montana. Why then, she thought, was her office in Great Falls being sent mailed ballots completed by voters in places such as Wasilla, Alaska, Vancouver, Washington, and Tampa, Florida?

Voters OK with Trump Cabinet picks except for Gaetz; Democrats urge release of ethics report

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz is the least popular of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks, and faces growing calls for the House Ethics Committee to release the report of its probe into him.

Bluesky sees huge growth after election

Fledgling social media platform Bluesky has seen a massive influx of users in the wake of the presidential election, fetching 20 million users while trying to compete with X and Threads.

President-elect Trump selects finance firm CEO Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will nominate Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary.

Republicans fume over disparity in FEMA’s payments to illegal immigrants, hurricane survivors

Congressional Republicans lashed FEMA Director Deanne Criswell on Tuesday over her agency's payments to illegal immigrants, saying that money could be better used on Americans suffering from recent natural disasters.

Jen Psaki claims there is no evidence that transgender athletes pose a threat to girls’ sports

Transgender athletes are not a “threat to safety or fairness,” according to MSNBC host and former White House press secretary Jen Psaki. She made the comments on her show Sunday in the context of criticism that Democrats were too extreme on transgender issues, which contributed to their loss on election night. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), for example, came out […]

Biden throws one last bone to terrorists before leaving office

President Joe Biden’s tenure has been a gift to terrorists across the Middle East, and he isn’t planning on leaving office without one final reminder of that fact. On Friday, Biden’s United States Agency for International Development announced it would shovel another $230 million in U.S. taxpayer dollars into Gaza to “support economic recovery and […]

Putin sends nuclear warning to West

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Russia lowers threshold for using nuclear weapons Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a warning to Western allies of Ukraine just two days after the U.S. approved Kyiv's use of long-range missiles inside of Russia. © AP...

Google AI chatbot asks user to ‘please die’

Google’s AI chatbot Gemini gave a threatening response to a Michigan college student, telling him to “please die.” The artificial intelligence program and the student, Vidhay Reddy, were engaging in a back-and-forth conversation about aging adults and their challenges. Reddy shared his experience with CBS News. “This is for you, human. You and only you....

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