Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Obama reinstates ‘catch-and-release’ policy for illegal immigrants
Posted on Friday, February 5, 2016
The Obama administration has revived the maligned illegal immigrant 'catch-and-release' policy of the Bush years, ordering Border Patrol agents not to bother arresting and deporting many new illegal immigrants, the head of the agents' labor union revealed Thursday.
U.S. creates 151,000 jobs in January; unemployment 4.9%
Posted on Friday, February 5, 2016
The U.S. created 151,000 new jobs in January, a sharp slowdown after a torrid pace of hiring in the waning months of 2015. Economists polled by MarketWatch had expected an increase of 180,000 nonfarm jobs. The unemployment rate,…
Obama proposes carbon tax on oil
Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2016
The White House on Thursday announced its latest plan to address climate change by levying a $10 per-barrel tax on crude oil.
Democrats foil GOP repeal of Obamacare
Posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2016
House Democrats sustained President Obama's veto of an Obamacare repeal Tuesday, defeating the GOP's deepest salvo yet against the health care law but delivering a rallying cry to conservative Republicans in a pivotal election year.
National debt hits $19 trillion
Posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2016
The national debt hit $19 trillion for the first time ever on Friday, and came in at $19.012 trillion.
Hundreds of DHS badges, guns, cell phones lost or stolen since 2012
Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2016
Hundreds of badges, credentials, cell phones and guns belonging to Department of Homeland Security employees have been lost or stolen in recent years -- raising serious security concerns about the potential damage these missing items could do in…
Grand Jury Indicts Abortion Foes Behind Undercover Videos
Posted on Monday, January 25, 2016
A Harris County grand jury on Monday indicted the videographers behind undercover recordings of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Houston and cleared the women's health provider of any wrongdoing.
Blizzard for record books paralyzes New York and Washington
Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2016
A blizzard that has paralyzed much of the U.S. East Coast intensified on Saturday, bringing Washington to a standstill and forcing the closure of roads, bridges and tunnels into New York until Sunday morning.
Supreme Court review could limit Obama’s executive actions
Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2016
The Supreme Court's decision to review the legality of President Obama's executive action allowing millions of illegal immigrants to remain in the country could put a damper on some of the White House's plans for a host of…
Obama to propose new unemployment insurance plan in budget
Posted on Monday, January 18, 2016
President Obama will include a new wage insurance scheme in his budget next month that would provide supplemental payments to workers who lose their jobs and end up taking new ones at lower salaries.
