Some of the nation’s biggest megachurches are getting into the college business, prioritizing job training and church culture over traditional liberal arts. The new schools are attracting big donors and growing their enrollment through a built-in base of believers — and some are pushing to access public funding.

IndyCar took over the streets of the nation’s capital for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, the last in a series of events coordinated and promoted by President Donald Trump to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States.

The Pentagon changed course Monday after its removal of dozens of religious denominations from a list of recognized faiths drew intense criticism over the weekend from Utah Republicans incensed by the failure to classify the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a Christian denomination.

A group of current and former U.S. Department of Agriculture employees are calling on the Trump administration to halt the mandated relocation of more than 2,500 employees from its Washington, D.C., headquarters to five regional offices across the country.

At issue is a “medically frail” designation that the states say is too narrow and will make it too difficult for ill and disabled people to remain on Medicaid.They’re challenging the administration’s guidance on who can be exempt from the work requirements included in the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the broad tax and spending measure President Donald Trump signed a year ago.

Private equity’s foray into healthcare over the past several years, particularly into hospital ownership, has drawn public outrage and legislative scrutiny. It’s all happening as states are staring down steep federal cuts to Medicaid.

The federal government also revised the job numbers for May and June, subtracting 66,000 from the May total and 37,000 from June, even though the World Cup boosted employment during those months. The adjusted job growth numbers for May and June are 63,000 and 20,000, respectively.

One of the nation’s largest rural hospital operators is Lifepoint Healthcare, a company owned by private equity giant Apollo Global Management. Last year, a bipartisan U.S. Senate Budget Committee investigation found that underinvestment in a Lifepoint hospital in rural Iowa led to deteriorating conditions and worsening patient care even as Apollo investors made millions.

State and federal Medicaid spending on applied behavioral analysis therapy, known as ABA, surpassed $505 million in North Carolina in 2025.

Bishop William Barber and other faith leaders were arrested Monday following a voting rights protest in the Hart Senate Office Building. They say they’ll take their message to the states to turn out voters in the November election.