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Pete Hegsethâs Christian rhetoric draws renewed scrutiny after the US goes to war with Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — Since becoming defense secretary, Pete Hegseth has found no shortage of ways to bring his strand of conservative evangelicalism into the Pentagon.He hosts monthly Christian worship services for employees. His department’s promotional videos have displayed Bible verses alongside military footage. In speeches and interviews, he often argues the U.S. was founded as a Christian nation and troops should embrace God, potentially risking the military’s secular mission and hard-won pluralism.
Now the defense secretary’s Christian rhetoric has taken on... Read More
3 Democratic pastors in Iowa are running for Congress, a snapshot of a national trend
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In polite company or otherwise, the Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott is very comfortable talking to people about religion and politics.She delivered an impassioned sermon last Sunday encouraging the people in the pews at Grace Lutheran Church to welcome strangers as Jesus did. The day before, she campaigned for Congress in rural Iowa, decrying Medicaid cuts and their impact on people’s access to health care.
The Lutheran pastor and state senator is one of three clergy members in Iowa running as Democrats for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Oil steadies and global shares are mixed as Iran war fuels energy supply concerns
HONG KONG (AP) — Oil prices steadied on Friday on the intensifying Iran war to around $110 a barrel, while global shares were mixed following Wall Street losses.U.S. futures were down more than 0.4%.
A Kuwaiti oil refinery came under Iranian drone attack early Friday as Tehran shows little signs of letting up on its attacks on Gulf region energy structure.
Oil prices had a roller-coaster day on Thursday with Brent crude, the international standard, briefly surging to around $119 per barrel as attacks by Iran escalated after Israel's attack on Iran’s key... Read More
Many states count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. Those grace periods could go away
There will be just one Election Day for this fall's midterm elections — Nov. 3. But voters in 14 states who cast their votes by mail will be given a grace period ranging from a day later to several weeks in which their ballots can be received and counted.Whether that extra time should be allowed is at the heart of a case that will be argued Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court. If the court strikes down those grace periods, it will leave those states — and their voters — scrambling to adjust with only a few months before absentee ballots are sent out for this fall's midterm... Read More
Early Southwest heat is latest in parade of weather extremes as Earth warms
WASHINGTON (AP) — The dangerous heat wave shattering March records all over the U.S. Southwest is more than just another extreme weather blip. It’s the latest next-level weather wildness that is occurring ever more frequently as Earth’s warming builds.Experts said unprecedented and deadly weather extremes that sometimes strike at abnormal times and in unusual places are putting more people in danger. For example, the Southwest is used to coping with deadly heat, but not months ahead of schedule, including a 110-degree Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) reading in the Arizona desert... Read More
Top Stories
- Oil steadies and global shares are mixed as Iran war fuels energy supply concerns
- Iran hits Kuwaiti oil refinery and explosions boom over Tehran from Israeli attack
- Fire at South Korean auto parts factory injures at least 55
- Ukraine faces growing pressure because of the war in Iran as Russia readies a new offensive
- Early Southwest heat is latest in parade of weather extremes as Earth warms
- Drone video from inside a Fukushima reactor shows a hole in pressure vessel, likely fuel debris
- High Point's upset starts run of 4 wins by double-digit seeds, busting March Madness brackets
- Energy fallout from Iran war signals a global wake-up call for renewable energy
- Clergy seek court order to allow pastoral access to immigrants held at Minneapolis ICE facility
- Democrats aim to turn Trump's tariffs against GOP in campaigns for governor
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- Third-seeded Gonzaga holds off No. 14 seed Kennesaw State for a 73-64 March Madness win
- High Point's upset starts run of 4 wins by double-digit seeds, busting March Madness brackets
- No. 11 seed VCU erases 19-point deficit, stuns sixth-seeded North Carolina 82-78 in OT
- North Carolina blows a huge lead and makes another early March Madness exit under Hubert Davis