...The White House released an updated schedule for the president, confirming he would return to Camp David, where he was scheduled to vacation until Wednesday.

A prominent Christian camp based in California that averaged around 2,200 visitors a year has been destroyed by the Dixie Fire, reportedly one of the worst fires in the state's history.

The National Park Service declared Monday that masks would be worn inside NPS buildings and in crowded outdoor areas, "regardless of vaccination status."

...The ever-changing pandemic landscape means churches, schools, businesses, and communities must keep adapting as well. But politicization adds extra challenge and emotion to decisions...

"Put aside all of these issues of concern about liberties and personal liberties and realize we have a common enemy and that common enemy is the virus," Fauci said...

The U.S. military struggled to manage a chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan on Monday as the Taliban patrolled the capital and tried to project calm after toppling the Western-backed government.

Five people were killed amidst chaos at Kabul airport on Monday. It was not clear how they died.

U.S. allies are fuming at Biden’s failure to defend Afghanistan, wondering if the country’s rapid collapse, and Biden’s refusal to consult other countries before withdrawal, means America’s decline...

...Emotions ran high during the nearly four hours of public comment Tuesday.

"Genital mutilation of a child through reassignment surgery is child abuse..."

The CDC director is receiving pushback from conservatives for repeatedly referring to pregnant women as "pregnant people" in a brief speech Thursday about COVID-19 vaccines.

More than 250,000 have been forced from their homes since May,  80% of them women and children.

Protests are erupting in cities across Europe in response to government efforts to impose so-called Covid passports, documents that show proof of immunization against Covid-19.

The Scottish government has issued new guidelines to primary schools allowing four and five-year-olds to change genders and decide, without parental consent, what name they want to be called.

What’s wrong with the state policies? The Family Foundation emphasizes five problems:

“We’re prepared to do what has to be done.”