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Donald Trump

As primaries conclude, US voters eye general election

Voters in six states cast ballots in presidential primary contests Tuesday, but many were clearly looking ahead to the fall general election. Voters in Democratic and Republican primaries told The Associated Press they have long been weighing and comparing candidates of both parties with an eye toward who would make

Harvard University

GOP senator questions new Title IX policies

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Republican senator from the Sooner State may have just kicked the proverbial federal hornet's nest after questioning the legality of new Department of Education Title IX regulations and receiving an answer he claims shows that the new standards equate to "executive overreach."

First Amendment

Atheist group abandons fight against ‘Big Mountain Jesus’

(CNSNews.com) – A statue of Jesus dubbed "Big Mountain Jesus," which stands on a Montana ski slope as a World War II Memorial, is now safe from removal attempts by the atheist group, The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), which claims that the statue's presence on

canada

US to cancel lease on land sacred to Blackfoot Indian tribes

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Interior Department plans to cancel a long-suspended oil and gas drilling lease near Glacier National Park that's on land considered sacred to the Blackfoot tribes of the U.S. and Canada, according to court documents filed Monday. Tribal leaders said such a move would

Faith

Religious liberty on the slopes

If I told you a federal court recently ruled that a 60-year-old statue of Jesus may remain on public property, I'm guessing you'd be surprised. After all, you may have heard some people argue that a crèche at the courthouse or a Star of David on

montana

Roving Rabbis on a Kosher mission

Written by Matt Volz HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two young Orthodox rabbis have traded their studies in Brooklyn for the back roads of Montana, where they are teaching the far-flung faithful how to keep kosher in Big Sky Country.