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House passes bill to make Washington DC the 51st state

Posted on Sunday, June 28, 2020

House Democrats passed a bill Friday to make Washington, D.C., the 51st U.S. state, a historic move unlikely to gain traction in the Republican-held Senate.

New York Leadership Ordered To End’ Church Discrimination’

Posted on Sunday, June 28, 2020

More devoted Christians could legally worship in the U.S. State of New York on Sunday after a federal judge told Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to stop discriminating churches while allowing "black…

Gun Permits Up 500% and Sales Skyrocket Amid Chicago Protests

Posted on Sunday, June 28, 2020

As protests continue in Chicago, applications for Illinois firearms permits have been up 501% from June 1 to June 17 compared to 2019, according to the Chicago Tribune.

US House Passes Democratic Police Reform Bill as Impasse Deepens

Posted on Thursday, June 25, 2020

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping Democratic police reform bill on Thursday, sending the measure to the Senate despite opposition from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress.

U.S. GDP fell at a 5% rate in the first quarter, and the worse is likely on the way

Posted on Thursday, June 25, 2020

The U.S. economy shrank at a 5.0% rate in the first quarter with a much worse decline expected in the current three-month economic period because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump signs executive order to strengthen foster care, bolster faith-based partnerships

Posted on Thursday, June 25, 2020

President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to strengthen the nation’s foster care system which calls on states and cities to work with faith-based and other charities at a time when organizations that uphold traditional views of…

Governor of Tennessee set to sign heartbeat abortion bill

Posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2020

The governor of Tennessee has said he will sign a new bill that prohibits abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, Christian Headlines reported Monday. Sponsored by Gov. Bill Lee earlier this year, the bill also bans abortion…

Sahara Dust Cloud Looms Over Cuba, Caribbean and Florida

Posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2020

A massive cloud of Saharan dust darkened much of Cuba on Wednesday and began to affect air quality in Florida, sparking warnings to people with respiratory illnesses to stay home.

Charleston Legislators Vote To Remove Statue

Posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Legislators in the South Carolina state city of Charleston voted Tuesday unanimously to remove a statue of former vice president and slavery advocate John C. Calhoun from a downtown square, amid widening anti-racism protests.

Georgia House approves law for letting voters decide on dismantling local police departments

Posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Against a backdrop of nationwide protests and rioting over police brutality, the lower house of the General Assembly in Georgia approved legislation Friday that would allow voters to decide if county police departments should be dismantled, the Washington…

Poll finds almost all Democrat undergraduates support defunding police; most Republican college students do not

Posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2020

A new survey of undergraduate college students found that 94% of Democrat responders support defunding of police (i.e. cutting police budgets to fund other community resources) while only 13% of Republican students do, The College Fix reported. The…

Trump Will Try Again to Repeal DACA

Posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2020

President Donald Trump announced Friday that his administration will try again to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program instituted by the Obama administration, Politico reported. The renewed effort follows last week’s Supreme Court ruling that…

Trump to cut immigration by 525,000 in effort to open jobs for unemployed Americans

Posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2020

President Trump is suspending five classes of visas through the end of the year in an effort to open more than a half-million jobs to Americans, according to three senior administration officials.

Saharan dust blankets Caribbean as ‘significant’ cloud triggers air quality alerts, ‘severe dust haze’ warnings

Posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2020

The sunny, blue skies of the Caribbean were shrouded in dust on Monday as a dense plume of Saharan dust that experts say hasn’t been seen in half a century moved into the region as it makes its…

President Trump Blames Media, Protesters For ‘Low’ Rally turnout

Posted on Monday, June 22, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump has blamed mainstream media and “radical protesters” for scaring away attendees during his first election rally in more than three months.

Shootings, Violence Jump In Cities Where Mayors Have Restrained Police

Posted on Monday, June 22, 2020

Activist campaigns against police to have accelerated in the wake of a violent altercation between police and George Floyd that prefaced his death. In response, mayors of several cities have reduced police presence. This has led in several…

Judge Who Ruled in Favor of Coronavirus Church Drive-In Services Appointed to Powerful Court of Appeals

Posted on Friday, June 19, 2020

The first judge to rule in favor of churches during COVID-19 lockdowns has been confirmed to the influential Court of Appeals, the Washington Examiner reports. President Trump nominated 38-year-old Kentucky Judge Justin Walker to the seat being vacated…

Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending Obama-era DACA program

Posted on Thursday, June 18, 2020

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Trump from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, which shields from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrant children who were brought to the United States illegally.

CA Federal Judge Rules Against Churches: ‘Less Deserving of Equal Treatment’

Posted on Thursday, June 18, 2020

The Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) announced on Wednesday that a San Francisco area federal court ruled that churches have no place in the dynamic downtown area of one northern California city.

Republican U.S. Senator Scott unveils police reforms, Democrats push for broader changes

Posted on Wednesday, June 17, 2020

U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled a law enforcement reform bill on Wednesday as a rival to more sweeping Democratic legislation, as Congress sought to curb racial discrimination and police abuses three weeks after the death of George Floyd.

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• Federal Judge Grants Illinois Restraining Order Against Trump For Guard Deployment
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