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The Army says two female lieutenants in their 20s will graduate from Ranger School this week. Ranger training is some of the toughest in the Army, physically and mentally.

The president spoke for more than 35 minutes at the funeral of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney and ended by singing with attendees.

Their role in moving major issues in the president's direction — from health care and trade to same-sex marriage and the Confederate flag — was remarkable.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Rick Scarborough, founder of the conservative Christian organization Vision America, about what the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage means for religious institutions.

President Obama delivered the eulogy Friday at the funeral of Rev. Pinckney in Charleston, S.C., Friday. The state senator was killed last Wednesday in the shooting at a historic black church.

The Very Rev. Gary Hall says glass windows in honor of Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee need to go. "We couldn't with credibility address the race agenda" with the windows in place, he tells NPR.

Thirty-nine people died in an attack Friday in the resort town of Sousse, Tunisia. NPR's Scott Simon talks to freelance journalist Farah Samti in Tunisia.

Prime Minister Habib Essid also said that most of the tourists killed at the Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Sousse were British tourists.

Mere days ago, militants with the self-declared Islamic State had captured the town for the second time this year.

Some opponents of same-sex marriage are vowing to fight on after Friday's Supreme Court ruling. The battles will likely take place in the lower courts and will involve religious liberty cases.