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Preparations were underway Monday for an upcoming state funeral in Washington for Jimmy Carter, the Democratic president who died Sunday at 100, leaving behind a legacy of Christian-faith-inspired works and efforts to reach peace in the Middle East and other areas.

Jimmy Carter, the dedicated Christian who was America’s 39th president and won the Nobel Peace Prize, has died at age 100, his son says.

NASA Probe Calls Home After Close Encounter With Sun The U.S. space agency says its Parker Solar Probe has called home after it survived the closest human-backed approach to the sun in recorded history.

Congress and federal agencies wasted more than $1 trillion of taxpayer money in 2024, according to an analysis published by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY, who has long called for fiscal responsibility and the end of waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer money.

People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) operatives and spies continue to be arrested in the U.S. The latest include two Chinese spies in California and several arrested in Guam near a U.S. military installation on the same day as an historic live ballistic missile interception test.

U.S. President Joe Biden defended his decision to commute the death sentences of 37 inmates Monday, citing “moral and policy” objections, after facing pressure from the Vatican and others opposing capital punishment.

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Sunday his intention to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations in an effort to combat the growing influence and violence associated with these groups. In addition, he revealed plans to launch a comprehensive anti-drug advertising campaign within the United States.

President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 Americans on federal death row on Monday.

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday (Dec. 18) agreed to consider a request by South Carolina to deny public funding to Planned Parenthood on the grounds that, in addition to providing healthcare services, it is the nation’s leading abortion provider, Reuters reports.

U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump received a major legal victory Thursday as a court in the U.S. state of Georgia disqualified the Atlanta prosecutor who brought an election interference case against him and his allies.

The United States Department of Justice has filed suit against the city of Brunswick in Georgia for wrongfully trying to shut down a Christian charity that has served the homeless since 2014, the Christian Post reports.

American President Joe Biden said he and the First Lady were praying for all victims of Monday’s deadly shooting at a Christian school in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, and he urged legislators to pass “commonsense gun safety laws.”

A shooting at a Christian school in the U.S. state of Wisconsin’s capital, Madison, has left at least five people dead on Monday, including the suspected shooter, and at least seven others injured, police said.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, though not yet confirmed, has pledged to root out “woke” ideology in the military.

A new report highlights the U.S. Department of Education’s disparity towards both Christian and career colleges through an “obscure agency” created by former President Barack Obama and revived under President Joe Biden: the Office of Enforcement.