Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
House Intel releases verdict in Russia probe: No collusion
Posted on Monday, March 12, 2018
The House Intelligence Committee has released findings from its upcoming report on the Trump-Russia affair — and its main conclusion is that it has discovered no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia to influence the…
Trump considering tariff exemptions for Canada, Mexico
Posted on Thursday, March 8, 2018
The White House opened the door Wednesday to exempting Canada and Mexico from the proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum, the first pullback from a plan that critics say will spark a trade war.
Republicans blitz Trump to head off tariffs
Posted on Monday, March 5, 2018
Congressional Republicans are making an eleventh-hour push to walk President Donald Trump back from the brink on tariffs, arguing that such levies would undercut his economic message.
Judge rules Trump’s DACA phaseout legal
Posted on Monday, March 5, 2018
A federal judge ruled Monday that President Trump’s phaseout of the Obama-era DACA program is legal, adding heft to the administration’s defense but doing little to solve the ongoing court quagmire.
Stocks, U.S. dollar fall on fears Trump starting trade war
Posted on Thursday, March 1, 2018
Stocks tumbled on Wall Street while the U.S. dollar fell on Thursday after President Donald Trump said the United States would impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, sparking fears of a harmful global trade war.
Heritage Foundation: 64% of Trump’s agenda already done, faster than Reagan
Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2018
With unprecedented speed, the Trump administration has already implemented nearly two-thirds of the 334 agenda items called for by the Heritage Foundation, a pace faster than former President Reagan who embraced the conservative think tank’s legendary 'Mandate for…
Judge sides with Trump on challenge to Mexico border wall
Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2018
A judge who was taunted by Donald Trump during the US presidential campaign sided with the president Tuesday on a challenge to building a border wall with Mexico, removing what could have been a major obstacle to the…
Trump and Congress move on guns after Florida
Posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Many are hoping Congress will finally move on stalled gun control legislation in the wake of the latest deadly school shooting, but the effort on Capitol Hill still faces the same kinds of hurdles that have made it…
Jobless claims plunge to 222,000, second-lowest mark in decades
Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2018
New applications for unemployment benefits dropped 7,000 to 222,000 in the second full week of February, the Department of Labor reported Thursday, the second-lowest mark of the recovery and a good sign for the economy.
