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She wanted to take America back to ‘biblical truth.’ Then she won a school board seat.

Linda Wenhold was “blown away” by the Patriot Academy’s classes, which tap into a growing fear among some evangelical Christians that their faith and its rightful place at the center of American culture and government were under siege.

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Putin claims a new six-year term in vote condemned as not free or fair

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