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A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta on June 20, 2024. On Friday, a panel of federal appellate judges ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional. John Bazemore/AP hide caption toggle caption John Bazemore/AP NEW ORLEANS — A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional. The ruling Friday marked a…

A man accused of brandishing a rifle at a “No Kings” rally in Salt Lake City that led to the accidental shooting of a protester was released from jail while the investigation continues.Salt Lake District Attorney Sim Gill’s office said Friday that it was unable to decide on charges against Arturo Gamboa, who had been jailed on suspicion of murder following the June 14 shooting.Gamboa, 24, was taken into custody after he brought an assault-style rifle to the rally and was allegedly moving toward the crowd with the weapon raised, Salt Lake City police said. An armed safety volunteer for…

America’s TACO president needs to fear popular backlash as much as he does hawks. Ad Policy People march in Times Square during a rally calling for the Trump administration not to go to war with Iran, on June 18, 2025, in New York City.(Adam Gray / Getty Images) Last Saturday as many as 6 million Americans, in what might be the largest single-day mass protest in the nation’s history, rallied against President Donald Trump under the banner, “No Kings!” The urgency of that slogan has only increased as Trump now threatens to do the most monarchical misdeed possible: launch his…

Recently unsealed court documents shed more light on the mindset and actions of the man charged in connection to the deadly shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses this past weekend in the Twin Cities.Vance Boelter, 57, is in custody and faces multiple federal and state murder charges following the attack overnight Saturday that killed Democratic House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, inside their Brooklyn Park home.Boelter’s also accused of shooting and seriously wounding Democratic Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, inside their Champlin home about 90 minutes earlier. A memorial for Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her…

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Police tape is strung outside the home of State Rep. Melissa Hortman on June 15 in Brooklyn Park, Minn. Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, were shot and killed this month in what officials are describing as a political assassination. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Investigators are still examining possible motives for the killing of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband, and the shooting of another legislator and his wife. In a press conference on Monday, Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson described the rampage as a “rare” political assassination. Much of the public…

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students — but President Trump said Friday he could strike a “deal” to resolve his battles with the Ivy League school within days.The preliminary injunction from U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs bars the government from cutting off Harvard’s access to the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, a federal database that keeps track of student visa applications. The Boston-based judge had previously blocked the policy through a temporary restraining order.Minutes later on Friday, Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social that his administration has been…

Politics / Cultural Contradictions / June 20, 2025 As the president backs Israel’s long-awaited war with Iran, his neoconservative critics find themselves in an awkward position. Ad Policy Never-Trumper Bill Kristol—pictured here at a panel on “The Future of American Conservatism” in September—just can’t resist cheering for a bad war. (Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images for The Atlantic) Ten years ago this month, Donald Trump launched his first presidential campaign, which means that, after a few false starts, Bill Kristol has been vocally Never Trump for almost a full decade. The Weekly Standard, the flagship neoconservative magazine Kristol founded in…

Case update:  Barry Morphew was arrested in Arizona on June 20, 2025, two days after he was indicted on first-degree murder charges in the case of his wife’s death. This was the second time Barry Morphew has been arrested and charged in Suzanne Morphew’s death.In a high-profile case that has already seen numerous and sometimes odd twists and turns over the past three years, including crucial judicial sanctions, a judge agreed to dismiss all charges against Barry Morphew, without prejudice, just nine days before he was to stand trial for the first-degree murder of his wife and mother of their two…

Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil exited an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Louisiana on Friday night, after a federal judge ordered his release while his immigration proceedings play out.Khalil — who spent months in custody as the Trump administration attempted to deport him due to “foreign policy” concerns — addressed reporters after leaving the facility, ahead of his return to New York.”Trump and his administration, they chose the wrong person for this,” Khalil said.During a hearing hours earlier before U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz, Khalil’s attorneys asked him to free Khalil from detention or transfer him to New Jersey. The…