Hegseth's Christian views have been shaped by a 20th-century movement, Christian Reconstruction, which seeks to make America a Christian nation built on biblical law, writes a religion scholar.
The Supreme Court's decision about a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming medical care for trans youth will determine how strongly the equal protection clause protects trans people.
Cold and flu viruses often circulate more in the fall and winter, but there are some time-tested strategies for avoiding them, such as vaccines, handwashing and staying active.
Changes in how government operates, and adjustments to rules and regulations, must go through an open democratic process whose steps and results can be challenged in the courts.
Turning two big supermarket companies into one even larger one could have harmed consumers and workers, the government said during its successful litigation.
If Republicans manage to achieve a long-standing goal by getting rid of the Department of Education, there wouldn't be a secretary of education anymore.