Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Supreme Court Lets Trump’s Latest Travel Ban Go Into Full Effect
Posted on Monday, December 4, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Donald Trump by allowing his latest travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries to go into full effect even as legal challenges continue in lower courts.
Pentagon evaluating U.S. West Coast missile defense sites
Posted on Monday, December 4, 2017
The U.S. agency tasked with protecting the country from missile attacks is scouting the West Coast for places to deploy new anti-missile defenses, two Congressmen said on Saturday, as North Korea’s missile tests raise concerns about how the…
12 Years Since GDP Grew 3% in 3 Straight Quarters
Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2017
With the Bureau of Economic Analysis announcing today that, according to its second estimate, real Gross Domestic Product grew at an annual rate of 3.3 percent in the third quarter--following a second quarter rate of 3.1 percent--the United…
U.S. Third-Quarter Growth Revised to Three-Year High of 3.3%
Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2017
The U.S. economy’s growth rate last quarter was revised upward to the fastest in three years on stronger investment from businesses and government agencies than previously estimated, Commerce Department data showed Wednesday.
Senate votes to advance $1.4 trillion tax cut bill
Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2017
The Senate voted Wednesday to open debate on a $1.4 trillion tax bill after Republican leaders worked out preliminary deals to the smooth over the concerns of several Republican lawmakers.
GOP includes money for Trump’s border wall in Senate spending bill
Posted on Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Senate Republicans included $1.6 billion for the first installment of President Trump’s border wall in the new homeland security spending bill they released Tuesday, keeping the president’s marquee immigration promise on track.
Fusion GPS paid journalists, court papers confirm
Posted on Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Newly filed court documents confirm that Fusion GPS, the company mostly responsible for the controversial 'Trump dossier' on presidential candidate Donald Trump, made payments to three journalists between June 2016 until February 2017.
