Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Trump replaces 90-day ban with new travel restrictions
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2017
President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing strict new restrictions on travelers from a handful of countries, including five that were covered by his expiring travel ban. Administration officials say the new measures are required to keep…
GOP heads toward showdown on Obamacare
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2017
Senate Republicans on Sunday unveiled the latest version of an Obamacare overhaul bill as they face a five-day window for passage and dwindling support within their own party.
Senate GOP tries one last time to repeal Obamacare
Posted on Monday, September 18, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his leadership team are seriously considering voting on a bill that would scale back the federal government’s role in the health care system and instead provide block grants to states, congressional…
Schumer, Pelosi announce deal with Trump on Dreamers
Posted on Thursday, September 14, 2017
Democratic leaders emerged from a dinner meeting Wednesday night with President Trump to say they had worked out a deal to grant permanent protections to young illegal immigrants — without having to accept funding for the president’s proposed…
Marking 9/11, Trump says ‘America cannot be intimidated’
Posted on Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Leading his first commemoration of the solemn 9/11 anniversary, US President Donald Trump said Monday that 'the living, breathing soul of America wept with grief' for each of the nearly 3,000 lives that were lost on that day…
National debt hits $20 trillion for first time in history
Posted on Tuesday, September 12, 2017
The national debt exceeded $20 trillion for the first time ever on Friday, the same day President Trump signed a bill into law that suspended the debt ceiling and allowed unlimited federal borrowing.
Floridians return to storm-battered homes as Irma flooding spreads
Posted on Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Storm-shocked Floridians returned to shattered homes on Monday as the remnants of Hurricane Irma pushed inland, leaving more than half of all state residents without power and city streets underwater from Orlando and Jacksonville into coastal Georgia and…