Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Trump Eyes Tax-Code Overhaul, With Emphasis on Middle-Class Break
Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2017
On the day the Senate moved on long-promised health-care legislation, President Donald Trump signaled his next priority: overhauling the tax code to push corporate rates down and give middle-class taxpayers a break, even if it means some of…
Trump: ‘Obamacare Is Death’ (Video)
Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2017
President Donald Trump made use of the bully pulpit on Monday to push for repeal of the Affordable Care Act, proclaiming that "Obamacare is death."
McConnell’s New Obamacare Repeal Lacks GOP Votes to Pass
Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s new proposal to simply repeal Obamacare appears to already be dead, less than 24 hours after he dropped his replacement plan for lack of support among fellow Republicans.
HealthCare Bill Collapses, GOP Refocuses on Repealing Obamacare
Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Having failed to come together on healthcare, Senate Republicans are back to square one: resurfacing a 2015 bill vetoed by former President Barack Obama that would repeal portions of Obamacare but lay no framework for a replacement plan.
Senate GOP releases revised health care bill
Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2017
Senate Republican leaders released a revised Obamacare replacement bill Thursday that retains some of the 2010 law’s taxes to blunt premium costs but rolls the dice with Sen. Ted Cruz’s plan to let insurers offer skimpier health plans…
House funding bill sets up shutdown showdown over Trump’s border wall
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Republican House leaders on Tuesday earmarked $1.6 billion to begin building President Trump's border wall next year, including the money in their homeland security spending bill, setting up a fight with Democrats who have vowed to fight any…
Thousands flee raging wildfires in western US, Canada
Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Wildfires barreled across the baking landscape of the western U.S. and Canada, destroying a smattering of homes, forcing thousands to flee and temporarily trapping children and counselors at a California campground.
