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Trump promises return to Founders’ values, religious freedom in schools at National Prayer Breakfast

Public school teachers and students have full First Amendment freedoms to pray individually or together, President Donald Trump declared Thursday at the 74th annual National Prayer Breakfast. “We passed the largest ever expansion of school choice so that every parent has a chance to send their child to a school that shares their values,” Trump said to the […]

By Michaela Estruth

February 05, 2026

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