Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
White House Sets Rules for Military Transgender Ban
Posted on Thursday, August 24, 2017
The White House is expected to send guidance to the Pentagon in coming days on how to implement a new administration ban on transgender people in the military, issuing a policy that will allow Defense Secretary Jim Mattis…
Glenn Simpson, key figure behind million-dollar ‘dossier,’ to face questions
Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2017
A key figure behind the so-called dossier featuring uncorroborated and salacious allegations about then-candidate Donald Trump’s ties to Russia will be questioned by investigators from the Senate Judiciary Committee today about the funding and sources for the document.
Trump threatens government shutdown over border wall funding
Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2017
President Trump on Tuesday threatened to shut down the federal government if Congress doesn't present him with a spending bill for the next fiscal year that includes funding for a wall on the southern border.
‘There’s a new sheriff in town’: Inside Steve Bannon’s ouster
Posted on Saturday, August 19, 2017
President Trump's decision to remove Steve Bannon, his chief strategist, came after a period of internal and external pressure to part ways with the controversial figure, and it was no coincidence that the move happened just a few…
U.S. Hiding Key Details of Mystery Attacks on American Diplomats in Cuba
Posted on Friday, August 18, 2017
The number of U.S. government personnel targeted by a mysterious illness in Cuba last year is greater than the Trump administration has publicly acknowledged, according to multiple U.S. officials who told the Washington Free Beacon the Obama administration…
Special counsel’s Russia probe loses top FBI investigator
Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2017
One of the FBI's top investigators, tapped by special counsel Robert Mueller just weeks ago to help lead the probe of Russian meddling in last year's presidential election, has left Mueller’s team, sources tell ABC News.
Antifa: Left-wing militants on the rise
Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2017
The violence and murder of a protester in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend has been attributed to far-right elements that descended on the city to demonstrate against the proposed removal of a statue of Confederate war hero Robert…
California sues Trump administration over sanctuary policy
Posted on Monday, August 14, 2017
California sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday over federal restrictions on some law enforcement grants to so-called sanctuary cities, continuing a legal counterattack by Democrats against President Donald Trump's administration.
