Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Federal court upholds prayer in Congress
Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2017
A federal court ruled Wednesday that Congress can continue to open its sessions each day with a prayer, and upheld the House’s ability to pick and choose who’s allowed to lead the prayer.
Trump asks Congress for $4.9-billion loan to Puerto Rico
Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump asked Congress on Tuesday for a loan of $4.9 billion to help the cash-strapped Puerto Rican government pay urgent bills as the U.S. territory struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria, an administration official said.
Supreme Court Tosses One of Two Travel Ban Challenges
Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out an appeals court ruling that struck down President Donald Trump’s previous temporary travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority nations countries that has now expired.
White House plans order to expand health care options
Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2017
The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states, a unilateral move that follows failed efforts by Congress to…
Sessions outlines broad exemptions for religious freedom
Posted on Monday, October 9, 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued government-wide legal guidance Friday that urges sweeping protection for religious freedom and could impact a series of pending policy decisions involving health care, LGBT rights and even disaster relief.
The FBI’s New U.S. Terrorist Threat: ‘Black Identity Extremists’
Posted on Monday, October 9, 2017
As white supremacists prepared to descend on Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, the FBI warned about a new movement that was violent, growing, and racially motivated. Only it wasn’t white supremacists; it was 'black identity extremists.'
Trump unveils new strict 70-point immigration enforcement plan
Posted on Monday, October 9, 2017
Determined to finally solve illegal immigration, the White House submitted a 70-point enforcement plan to Congress Sunday proposing the stiffest reforms ever offered by an administration — including a massive rewrite of the law in order to eliminate…
Tropical depression may strike US coast as hurricane
Posted on Thursday, October 5, 2017
A newly formed tropical depression in the Caribbean Sea could strengthen into a hurricane and move north into the Gulf of Mexico by the weekend, the National Hurricane Center has said.
Russia-Financed Facebook Ads Had Diverse Targets
Posted on Thursday, October 5, 2017
Russia-financed Facebook ads turned over to congressional panels show that Democratic strongholds like California, New York and Maryland were targeted along with the battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan, according to a Republican official on the House Intelligence…
