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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh speaks at his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 2018.Justice Brett Kavanaugh defended the Supreme Court’s recent practice of handing victories to President Donald Trump without explaining those decisions, while speaking at a judicial conference on…

4:20Palestinians assemble to obtain food from a charitable kitchen, amidst a hunger emergency, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, July 20, 2025. Ramadan Abed/Reuters Following the White House’s announcement on Monday that President Donald Trump will introduce a “new aid initiative”…

Pope Leo XIV decided to proclaim St. John Henry Newman a “Doctor” of the Church, bestowing one of the Catholic community’s highest honors on a prominent 19th-century convert from Anglicanism. Newman continues to be recognized as a unifying symbol for…

A delegate wears a donkey hat during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on Aug. 22, 2024. The Democratic Party’s approval rating is at its lowest point in at least 35 years, according to…

6:17Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, left, Cory Booker, right, and Amy Klobuchar, not shown, engaged in a fiery debate on July 29, 2025, concerning an amendment that Booker intended to propose for a bipartisan bill aimed at assisting police officers…

Unique pieces of cinematic history up for auction include Darth Vader’s lightsaber from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and an exclusive Batman suit worn by Michael Keaton in the 1989 film. Propstore will also be offering the whip,…

A student wears a graduation cap with a verse from the Koran written on it at Columbia University in New York on May 21, 2025.One by one, elite universities are signing away some of their autonomy to the Trump administration…

3:07President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland, July 29, 2025.Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images On Tuesday, President Donald Trump stated that Jeffrey Epstein had “stolen” Virginia Giuffre and other young women who were employed at his…

At least 48 Palestinians were killed and dozens more were injured while receiving food at a checkpoint in the Gaza region on Wednesday, according to a local medical facility. These events coincided with the visit of an American diplomat to…

A worker operates an industrial embroidery machine at a garment factory in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 14, 2025.Initial predictions about runaway inflation and empty shelves after President Donald Trump announced his sweeping tariffs in April have yet to materialize. Some…