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The Supreme Court on Thursday said that Philadelphia violated the First Amendment when it froze the contract of a Catholic foster care agency that refused to work with same-sex couples as potential foster parents because the agency believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman. The dispute arose because Catholic Social Services

President Joe Biden is expected to sign a bill on Thursday establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a US federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The President and Vice President Kamala Harris are expected to deliver remarks at the White House on the creation of the federal holiday. LIVE UPDATES:

Stacey Abrams on Thursday praised West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s proposed changes to voting rights legislation, a notable statement of support from someone who is widely seen as a leader among progressives on the issue. “What Sen. Manchin is putting forward are some basic building blocks that we need to ensure that democracy is accessible

The House voted Thursday to repeal the 2002 legal authorization for the war in Iraq, marking what the bill’s backers hope is a first step to curbing the President’s expansive war powers enacted after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The House voted 268-161 to repeal the authorization, with 49 Republicans joining Democrats to back

Here’s a look at the life of Mike Pompeo, former US secretary of state and director of the CIA. Personal Birth date: December 30, 1963 Birth place: Orange, California Birth name: Michael Richard Pompeo Father: Wayne Pompeo, machinist Mother: Dorothy (Mercer) Pompeo Marriages: Susan (Mostrous) Pompeo (date unavailable publicly-present); Leslie (Libert) Pompeo (1986-1997, divorced) Children:

Even Queen Elizabeth II wanted to know: What would President Joe Biden say to Vladimir Putin? “We had a long talk,” Biden said of his tea with the monarch, who he was surprised to discover resembled his mother. Traveling across Europe for the past week, Biden found his reputation as a foreign policy wiseman preceded

US President Joe Biden said he had discussed the cases of two Americans detained in Russia during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, pledging to “follow through” on that discussion. “I raised the case of two wrongfully imprisoned American citizens, Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed,” Biden said during a news conference Wednesday

President Joe Biden said he had raised human rights and cyberattacks during a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that provided an early and critical test of his diplomatic skills in the highest-stakes talks of his long career. Both Biden and Putin afterward described the three-hour-long summit as generally positive but without any major

President Joe Biden’s meeting Wednesday with his Russian counterpart came after months of diplomatic wrangling over the details, days of preparation with reams of research and the elaborate construction of two separate lakeside venues for the leaders to appear afterward. But after the summit had concluded, the ornate French style manor home was locked up

The end of the New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary is near. Early voting is underway and Election Day is less than a week away, so Wednesday night’s debate offered eight of the leading candidates one last chance to change the dynamic of this unpredictable and often off-kilter race. But after a long campaign, this

President Joe Biden said he warned Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday of consequences if jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny were to die in prison, though he declined to specify which actions he would take. “I made it clear to him that I believe the consequences of that would be devastating for Russia,” Biden said.

This week, voting right activists Cliff Albright and LaTosha Brown will board a 53-foot bus and kick off a tour through the South. Their task: Rally public support for federal legislation to combat the raft of new state laws aimed at restricting voting rights. They face big obstacles. Among them: Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of

Low-income American families who don’t typically file tax returns can now register to receive the enhanced child tax credit, which will start going out next month. The Internal Revenue Service unveiled a sign-up tool on its website Monday that will allow users to provide the necessary information about their households and, if they choose, about

US lawmakers are preparing legislation that would require a vast range of public and private entities to alert the government within 24 hours of a cybersecurity breach, following a wave of ransomware attacks that have threatened the nation’s economic and national security. The bipartisan draft by Sens. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat; Marco Rubio, a