https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/15-577_khlp.pdf
7-2 Supreme Court ruling that churches cannot be excluded from government programs with a secular purpose. The case involved a Missouri church that wanted to qualify for a state government grant program for upgrading school playgrounds. From the U.S. Supreme Court
Controversial presidential directive that executive agencies should not interfere in the exercise of political activity by religious organizations by such means as denying tax deductions or objecting to conscience-based opposition to preventive-care mandates. From the White House
Offers guidance in the process of setting up the new presidential administration. Sections on presidential nominees, establishing procedures, ethics in the new administration, and a list of resources. From the Office of Government Ethics
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/conflict.pdf
Briefly identifies those provisions of public law or regulation relating to conflicts of interest that may potentially apply to a president and those that do not apply to the president. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-2015-hate-crime-statistics
Press release featuring highlights from 2015 report on hate crimes. From the Federal Bureau of Investigation
https://ucr.fbi.gov/hate-crime/2015
Offers information on the offenses, offenders, victims, and locations of hate crimes during 2015. Includes offenses motivated by bias against race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender, and gender identity. Records a major increase in hate crimes against Muslims. From the Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2016/2016243.pdf
Covers school size, level, religious orientation, association membership, geographic region, and program emphasis. Approximately 70% of the 33,619 private schools had a religious orientation. From the National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2016/2016096.pdf
Provides estimates of the number and percentages of homeschooled students in the U.S. in 2012 and compares the results with 1999, 2003, and 2007 estimates. Also presents demographic characteristics of such students, reasons given by parents for choosing homeschooling, parent reports on curriculum sources, and math/science subjects. From the National Center for Education Statistics