Georgia university regents ask NCAA to ban transgender women from sports
The regents who govern Georgia's 26 public universities and colleges voted on Tuesday to ask the NCAA and another college athletic federation to ban transgender women from participating in women's sports.
Colorado Supreme Court dismisses transgender-cake lawsuit against Christian baker Jack Phillips
The Colorado Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit against cakeshop owner Jack Phillips on procedural grounds, handing another court victory to the oft-sued Christian baker while sidestepping the case's First Amendment and discrimination issues.
Thirteen states, D.C. jointly accuse TikTok of targeting youth, damaging mental health
Thirteen states and the District of Columbia filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, accusing the social media giant of intentionally hooking young children on short videos that increase their anxiety and depression.
Report finds charter school enrollment booming while traditional school districts decline
Enrollment in public charter schools rose by nearly 400,000 students over the past five years, even as headcount in traditional school districts fell by 1.75 million, an advocacy group reported Tuesday.
Jim Daly: 7 ways to prioritize your mental health
According to the National Institutes of Health, one in five adolescents in the United States suffers severe impairment or distress from a mental disorder.
Bold & Blunt: November beckons, as world erupts in flames
This November is a crucial turning point for America, for Israel, for free societies of the world -- because the two candidates for the White House couldn't be more different in their approaches to policies and platforms.
How Christians can avoid media burnout and apathy from news coverage
In the digital age, we have unprecedented exposure to people's struggles worldwide - but the needs of a broken world will always outpace our capacity to care for those needs.
When Christian leaders disappoint and pastors go astray
Christians often feel overwhelmed when leaders they trust and rely on for spiritual guidance disappoint them.
Is the United States in the Bible, described by the Prophet Daniel thousands of years ago?
A prophecy, found in a little-known book from the Apocrypha, reveals that the United States of America, whose national symbol is the eagle, is the fourth beast described in the vision given to the Prophet Daniel.
Oklahoma Catholic charter school asks Supreme Court to intervene in fight to open
A Catholic charter school in Oklahoma asked the Supreme Court on Monday to take up its case after the state's highest court ruled it would be unlawful for public funds to go toward a religious charter school.
‘In a war for our survival’: Israeli soldier, humanitarian aid leader reflect one year after Oct. 7
A year ago, Israeli army reservist Yossi Tubur was hiding in some bushes in the middle of a field, desperate to live after narrowly surviving a shootout with Hamas that left one terrorist dead.
Anti-Defamation League tracks over 10,000 antisemitic incidents in U.S. since Oct. 7 massacre
The Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre of Israeli civilians unleashed a "tsunami of anti-Jewish hate," spurring more than 10,000 incidents of antisemitism in the U.S. in the 12 months that followed, the most ever recorded in a single year by the Anti-Defamation League.
Supreme Court won’t hear challenge over Michigan’s ban on funding to parochial schools
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to get involved in a dispute out of Michigan over state funding going to parochial schools.
Supreme Court rejects Biden administration appeal over emergency abortions
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Biden administration's attempt to carve out emergency exceptions to Texas' strict abortion law.
‘The world has turned it’s back on the Jewish people’: A year of war in Israel
Yossi Tubur and Yael Eckstein join Billy Hallowell with more on how their lives have changed in the last year, on this special video interview with The Washington Times' Higher Ground.
LISTEN: What does God want for my vote?
In this episode of "The Higher Ground Podcast," Billy Hallowell sits down with Pastor Jesse Bradley from Grace Community Church in Washington State.
Higher Ground newsletter: Middle East on the brink, J.D. Vance gets personal on abortion
Welcome to Higher Ground, the faith-centric newsletter focused on the intersection of culture and politics from experienced journalists at The Washington Times.
Bold & Blunt: Oct. 7 anniversary brings more hatred of Jews
It's been a year since the horrific Hamas terror attack against Israel, and the war is far from over -- in fact, it's not just continued, but expanded. And much of the world wrongfully blames Israel.
What does God think about war, conflict and self-defense?
Before we can even broach the subject of war in the present day, we have to have some context from the Bible to understand who God is, what He's done before, and how He feels about conflict.
On attack’s anniversary, Israel takes the fight to its foes
Oct. 7, 2023, ranks as the bleakest day in modern Israeli history, when a massive Hamas surprise attack killed more than 1,200 civilians, captured hundreds of hostages and humiliated the country's vaunted intelligence and military services. But a year later, it's a very different picture.
