The subject of presidential acuity is once again dominating the headlines. The release of "Original Sin" by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson, detailing what was known, or all-too-obvious, about Joe Biden's cognitive decline in office, has rebukes flying like so many Russian drones.

In an unusual split decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld another court's ruling barring the funding of a Catholic charter school in Oklahoma. In a per curiam opinion published late Thursday, four justices sided with the Oklahoma Supreme Court in barring the state from funding student attendance at St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, while four justices disagreed. Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself from the case, resulting in the Oklahoma Supreme Court's decision standing, although the U.S. Supreme Court's split decision, while binding, does not establish legal precedent.

President Donald Trump pledged to downsize the federal bureaucracy and suggested eliminating the Department of Education (DOE) altogether, but, despite his best efforts, a federal judge is blocking the president from following through on that promise.

After years of cultural dominance, what's finally slowing the momentum of the Pride movement? Recent reporting from outlets like The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times shows that major corporations are quietly backing away from the signature events of Pride Month. The movement once championed by boardrooms is now being met with increasing caution - even silence.

If there were Vegas odds on Mike Johnson's (R-La.) speakership a year and a half ago, you could forgive people for betting against him. The relative unknown from Louisiana may have been a quiet, well-liked congressman, but no one could have possibly foreseen the young attorney's meteoric rise to the top of the Republican leadership - or his shocking prowess in the role. Thursday, in the face of his most monumental accomplishment yet, whatever skeptics remained (and there weren't many) have almost certainly become reluctant admirers as this thoughtful, spectacle-wearing dad of four carves out a space as one of the most impactful, underestimated gavel-holders of the modern age.

The Supreme Court has stalled an attempt by liberal lawmakers to disenfranchise a conservative Christian colleague who spoke out against male athletes competing in girls' sports, a ruling she said displayed "an outpouring of God's grace ... and faithfulness."