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Republican lawmakers in Kentucky pushed a bill on Thursday that would place limits on drag shows in the state.

In the wake of the announcement that former President Jimmy Carter will spend his remaining days at home, political observers have reappraised different aspects of his presidency. By any objective measure, Carter’s Presidency was one of the most difficult in American history. In July 1979, Carter’s administration put him in a pinch by prematurely announcing he would give a televised speech addressing the energy crisis.

Washington panned the speech, accusing Carter of blaming the American people for his administration’s failures. Some Americans received the speech warmly, and his approval rating jumped by eleven points. History, though, has not been kind to the speech, viewing it as a harbinger for the coming beat down he would take in the election of 1980.

As Carter sought to diagnose the problem at the heart of American life, he blamed Washington, but recognized that what happened there was a symptom of the disease in the rest of America. Carter said, “In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption.

California governor Gavin Newsom announced this week that the state would cut ties with Walgreens after the pharmacy giant announced that it would not dispense the abortion pill in certain areas across the U.S.

On Wednesday, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a bill into law that will launch a universal school program and ban any teaching about sexuality before the fifth grade.

Tomorrow we’ll continue examining the practical difference religion makes in our secularized society. For today, let’s close with a fact Bradley Tusk’s soup kitchen ministry illustrates: the best argument for the relevance of Christianity to our world is for Christians to be relevant to their part of it.

Here’s how: “Let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God” (Hebrews 12:1-2).

President Joe Biden joined marchers over the weekend in Selma, Alabama, in commemorating “Bloody Sunday,” the day when Civil Rights protesters heading to the U.S. Capitol were brutally attacked by police.

Marianne Williamson, a best-selling author, Democrat political activist, and spiritual advisor announced on Saturday that she will run for president in 2024, making her the first Democratic challenger to President Joe Biden.

College Park, Maryland, mayor, Patrick Wojahn, was arrested last Thursday and was charged with 56 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography.

Former President Donald Trump ramped up his third presidential campaign during last weekend's four-day annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

New York City Mayor Eric Adams argued that the U.S. Supreme Court made a mistake when it prohibited school-sponsored prayer in public schools.