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The 1993 law allows religious objectors to sue the government for “substantially burdening” their religious liberty.

This report from the Pew-Knight Initiative looks at how Americans think about freedom of the press, as well as the related First Amendment concept of freedom of speech, in the United States today. Pew ...

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TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Republican-dominated Florida has become the preeminent lab for the medical freedom movement, with the state’s leaders and lawmakers banning masks in schools and fluoride in ...

As Freedom 250, the nonprofit group organizing many of the celebrations for America's 250th birthday, ramped up its events during summer 2026, a rumor spread online that the organization used ...

Congressional Democrats are calling on a key government watchdog to investigate whether the Trump administration unlawfully used taxpayer-funded 250 th anniversary celebrations to bolster Republican’s ...