The seal is seen on a podium at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Washington, before Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Military.com has learned that the ...

The Department of Defense moved this week to dramatically reduce the number of recognized religions, faiths and belief systems from more than 200 all the way to 31. The move was announced to troops in ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Americans are almost equally split on whether the Ten Commandments should be displayed in public school classrooms. But Republicans, White evangelicals and older Americans are more supportive than ...

For more than a decade, Pew Research Center has been tracking global patterns in restrictions on religion – whether imposed by governments or by individuals or social groups. Scroll down to explore ...

Zaddock Wright lived in Canterbury, New Hampshire, at the start of the Revolutionary War. Unlike his neighbors, he was a royalist and refused to take up arms against the king. According to an early ...