Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
High noon vote on McConnell spending deal to reopen government
Posted on Monday, January 22, 2018
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has set a Monday noon vote on a federal spending bill that would reopen the partially shuttered government until Feb. 8 in exchange for a promise for a vote on immigration reform legislation next…
No Deal Reached, as Moderates Search for Shutdown Solution
Posted on Monday, January 22, 2018
Restive Senate moderates in both parties searched for a solution to a partisan stalemate as they raced toward a late-night showdown vote and their last chance to reopen the federal government before hundreds of thousands of federal workers…
Trump addresses March for Life via satellite feed
Posted on Monday, January 22, 2018
President Trump may be an unlikely pro-life champion, but activists at the March for Life say he’s given them hope that legal abortion will one day be a thing of the past.
Snow, Ice and Record Cold Grip the South; at Least 10 Dead
Posted on Thursday, January 18, 2018
Snow, ice and a record-breaking blast of cold closed runways, highways, schools and government offices across the South and sent cars sliding off roads Wednesday in a corner of the country ill-equipped to deal with wintry weather. At…
Democrats confident they can win government shutdown fight
Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2018
The federal government barreled toward a partial shutdown Monday as the Democrats in Congress dug in their heels in a battle of political wills with President Trump and his Republican allies on Capitol Hill.
Trump Says Program to Protect ‘Dreamers’ is ‘Probably Dead’
Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2018
President Donald Trump said Sunday that a program that protects immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children is 'probably dead,' casting a cloud over already tenuous negotiations just days before a deadline on a government…
House passes NSA spying bill after Trump tweets cause confusion
Posted on Friday, January 12, 2018
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to renew the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program, overcoming objections from privacy advocates and confusion prompted by morning tweets from President Donald Trump that initially questioned…
