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Senior Pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress addresses attendees at First Baptist Church Dallas during a Celebrate Freedom Rally in Dallas, June 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

A surprise IRS move on political endorsements leaves faith leaders and legal experts divided

A surprise move by the IRS that would allow pastors to back political candidates from the pulpit without losing their organization’s tax-exempt status is drawing praise from conservatives and even some progressive religious groups but concern from other leaders of faith, along with tax and legal exp

President Donald Trump, left, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump administration resumes sending some weapons to Ukraine after Pentagon pause

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, front, arrives at Subang Air Base, outside of Kuala Lumpur Thursday, July 10, 2025. Rubio arrived in Malaysia to attend the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)

Rubio to meet Russia’s Lavrov with Ukraine tensions high

This colorized electron microscope image provided by the U.S. National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell, in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow, the virus that causes AIDS. (Seth Pincus, Elizabeth Fischer, Austin Athman/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH via AP, File)

UN says if US funding for HIV programs is not replaced, millions more will die by 2029

A U.S. Supreme Court police officer stands watch as anti-abortion protesters rally outside of the Supreme Court, Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Supreme Court keeps hold on Florida immigration law aimed at people in the US illegally

A voter drops off their ballot at a dropbox on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

A voter drops off their ballot at a dropbox on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Voters favored casting early and mail ballots in last year’s presidential election, report shows

Casting mailed ballots remained popular among voters in last year’s presidential election, even as President Donald Trump has tried to undercut the process through a wide-ranging executive order. A report released Monday by the U.S.

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New Hampshire jury acquits consultant behind AI robocalls mimicking Biden on all charges

Consultant on trial for AI-generated robocalls mimicking Biden says he has no regrets

Steve Kramer is seated June 5, 2024, at Superior Court, in Laconia, N.H., during his arraignment in connection with charges of voter suppression and impersonating a candidate. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, Pool)

Consultant behind AI-generated robocalls mimicking Biden goes on trial in New Hampshire

Multiple explosions sends huge plumes of black smoke into sky over northern Gaza

Huge plumes of smoke were seen in Gaza Thursday as Israeli military intensified attacks while U.S. President Donald Trump pushed for a ceasefire that might end the war and free dozens of Israeli hostages. (AP video: Leo Correa)

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Trump praises Liberian President’s English, the official language of the West African nation

At least two killed in Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv

White House

This photo from Tuesday May 3, 2011, shows the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse where the Second Circuit Court of Appeals is located in New York's lower Manhattan. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Appeals court overturns right-wing influencer’s conviction for spreading 2016 election falsehoods

Congress

President Donald Trump gestures during a business roundtable, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s big tax bill has passed the House. Here’s what’s inside it

Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce

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Students cross the campus of Dartmouth College, March 5, 2024, in Hanover, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Republicans urge US universities to cut ties with China-backed scholarship program

President Donald Trump, center, speaking during a cabinet meeting with from l-r., Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Secretary of Housing, Eric Scott Turner, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, at the White House, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

FACT FOCUS: Trump misrepresents facts about wind power during Cabinet meeting

Damage is seen after Israeli airstrikes targeted the port in Hodeida, Yemen, Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

More than 17 million people in Yemen are going hungry, including over 1 million children, UN says

President Donald Trump speaks at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Sept. 1, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Texas flooding, and politics around it, underscore the challenges Trump faces in replacing FEMA

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal speak to media during a press conference at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Sydney, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Dan Himbrechts/AAPImage via AP)

Report on curbing antisemitism in Australia recommends threatening university funding

Migrants rescued south of Crete wait to be registered on their arrival at the the port of Lavrio, Greece, on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Hundreds of migrants moved from Crete to Greek mainland as island struggles with Libya arrivals

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen delivers her speech during a statement on the preparation for the EU–China Summit, Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Pascal Bastien)

EU chief von der Leyen faces a confidence vote. Hungary’s leader says she must go

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, shakes hands with United States Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Joseph Keith Kellogg, during their meeting in Rome, Italy, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy opens Ukraine rebuilding conference as doubts of US defense help remain

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron sit down for bilateral talks at 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, July 9, 2025.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, Pool)

Britain and France try again to tackle English Channel migrant crossings

President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

New Hampshire judge to hear arguments on class action against Trump’s birthright citizenship order

Bishop Alberto Rojas of the Diocese of San Bernardino gives the homily at a memorial Mass for Pope Francis at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Friday, April 25, 2025, in San Bernardino, Calif. (Terry Pierson/The Orange County Register via AP)

California bishop suspends Mass obligation due to immigration fears

People search along the Guadalupe River after flooding in Kerrville, Texas on Wednesday , July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn’t find $1M for flood warning system near camps

This undated photo provided by the Wenatchee Police Department shows Travis Caleb Decker, who is wanted in connection with the deaths of his three daughters. (Wenatchee Police Department via AP, File)

Federal authorities end Idaho search for suspect in kids’ deaths after finding look-alike hiker

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein speaks to reporters after a Council of State meeting at the Department of Transportation headquarters in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

North Carolina governor vetoes another set of bills, including one on guns in private schools

In this image released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, law enforcement officers arrest Ryan Wesley Routh, a man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Man accused of Trump assassination attempt in Florida seeks to remove defense attorneys from case

People vote, Nov. 5, 2024, in Oak Creek, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

New lawsuit seeks to redraw Wisconsin’s congressional maps before 2026 midterms

Pacific tuna fleets pushed to lift ban in waters they barely fished

A voter leaves a polling location after voting Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Rutledge, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

A Georgia election with few voters: Turnout is ‘miserably low’ in the race for utility regulator

Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, talks to the media during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, July 11, 2023. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

US issues sanctions against UN investigator probing abuses in Gaza

Bryan Bedford, President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Federal Aviation Administration, testifies at the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate confirms new FAA administrator at a time of rising concern about air safety

Editorial Roundup: United States

Absentee ballots during a count at the Wisconsin Center, Nov. 8, 2022, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Former Wisconsin clerk who failed to count ballots broke laws, the state’s elections commission says

U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the airport in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syria’s government and Kurds still at odds over merging forces after latest talks, US envoy says

Czech Republic's Prime Minister Petr Fiala listens his Serbian counterpart Milos Vucevic during talks at the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

The Czech Republic bans DeepSeek in state administration over cybersecurity concerns

President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50%, citing ‘witch hunt’ trial against country’s former president

FILE--Former Rhode Island Gov. Edward DiPrete, shown in this Jan. 12, 1998 file photo. AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Former Rhode Island Gov. Edward DiPrete dies at 91

Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., attends a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, Aug. 17, 2024, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

GOP congressman won’t run for governor in Pennsylvania, despite Trump’s promise to support him

Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, arrives to testify before the Senate HELP Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate committee advances Susan Monarez to be Trump’s CDC director

ADDITION: CLARIFIES DATE - An armed police vehicle parks on road ahead of demonstrations to mark the historic 1990 Saba Saba (a Swahili word that means seven seven) protests for democratic reforms in the Kangemi slum of Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Kenya’s president says ‘enough is enough’ and vows to end anti-government protests

Republican businessman Bill Berrien, shown in this photo taken in 2018, launched his bid for governor on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Bill Berrien via AP)

Wisconsin Republican compares himself to Trump as he launches his bid for governor

A woman prays as migrants from Africa rest in Agia port, Chania, Crete island, Greece, Monday, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Giannis Angelakis)

Greece blocks asylum claims for migrants on island of Crete after a surge in arrivals from Libya

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump promises West African leaders a pivot to trade as the region reels from sweeping aid cuts

Koutoglo Kossi Mawuli, the uncle of late 15-year-old Jacques Koami Koutoglo, shows a photograph of his body on a mobile phone after it was recovered from a lagoon in Lome, Togo, Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Erick Kaglan)

‘He just wanted to play football': A family mourns a 15-year-old as Togo cracks down on protests

Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk attends the first plenary session on of the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023 in Bletchley, England. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Musk’s xAI scrubs inappropriate posts after Grok chatbot makes antisemitic comments