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[ad_1] Rev. Patrick J. Conroy, the House chaplain who resigned after pressure from House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) last month, rescinded his resignation Thursday. Ryan has said the reason he pressured Conroy to resign was because he didn’t believe members were being “ adequately served .” “This was not about politics or prayers, it was about pastoral services. And a number of our members felt like the pastoral services were not being adequately served, or offered,” Ryan said at an event earlier this week. But Conroy pushed back against that explanation Thursday, saying in a letter rescinding his resignation, “I have never been disciplined, nor reprimanded, nor have I ever heard a complaint about my ministry during my time as House chaplain.” After Conroy’s resignation, both Politico  and  The New York Times  reported that he was forced out after Republican members of Congress were upset with some of his prayers, including one in particular he delivered last November ahead of the pa...

[ad_1] Photo In a statement announcing her departure, Jane Chu lauded the “effective and meaningful work” of the National Endowment for the Arts. Credit Charlotte Kesl for The New York Times Jane Chu, the chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Arts, announced that she would step down from her post in June, according to a statement released by the N.E.A. last week. Now, it will fall on President Trump to appoint the new head of an agency that he has tried and failed to eliminate twice . Even so, Ms. Chu’s statement contained no reference to the uncertainty the N.E.A. has faced since Mr. Trump took office. “I am so appreciative of having had this opportunity,” Ms. Chu, the endowment’s 11th chairwoman, said. She cited the N.E.A.’s “effective and meaningful work” in “communities large and small, densely populated, rural, and remote” —...