Armenia became the world’s first Christian state around 300 AD when St. Gregory converted the king at the time to Christianity. A core province of the kingdom was Artsakh, now better known as Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous region home to a millennia-old Armenian Christian community.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) on Sunday said the GOP needs to narrow its field of 2024 candidates, urging against more people entering the already crowded race. “I think we have a great field of candidates right now,” Reynolds said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.” “And I think we don’t need more candidates...

David Axelrod, a former senior adviser to President Obama, said on Sunday he thinks Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is in the “most jeopardy” when it comes to the GOP debate stage in Milwaukee. In a panel discussion on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Axelrod said DeSantis has a lot to lose ahead of the...

Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), said Sunday she is “holding out hope” that former President Trump will join the GOP debate stage this week, after he reportedly decided to skip it following weeks of speculation. “I’m still holding out hope that [former] President Trump will come,” McDaniel said in an interview on...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee issued an emergency proclamation on Saturday after a wildfire continued to spread through Spokane County, leaving at least one person dead and destroying more than 185 structures in its wake. “As these fires rage in Spokane county, we want to thank the first responders who are doing such tremendous work in...

This summer, land temperatures reached record highs, putting a brutal heat dome over 116 million Americans, fueling massive wildfires and prompting warnings to stay indoors. Likewise, at sea, marine heat wave conditions are now encompassing 44 percent of our ocean globally, bleaching our coral reefs and propelling the migration of fish populations. So much of our understanding of these weather events and how to...

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) said on Sunday more than 1,000 people were still unaccounted for, as search and rescue operations continue to scour the devastation left behind by the wildfires in Maui County.  “More than 1,000 are unaccounted for, about 1,050. It will take several weeks still. Some of the challenges are going to...

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday he was not made aware of any “broad-based effort to declassify documents,” by former President Trump, knocking down a key defense by Trump in which he denies that he mishandled and hoarded sensitive information after he left the White House. “In my case, I was never made aware...

Upon closer examination, the benefits that could accompany such a deal seem far less certain and the risks associated with them are considerable.  

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Sunday called the GOP presidential candidates heading to the debate stage a “weird group of folks.”  When asked by NBC’s “Meet The Press” moderator Chuck Todd about his working relationship with North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), who appeared earlier on the show, Walz said he was "sad" to...