Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Congress Moves to Block Obama Admin’s ‘Ransom Payments’ to Iran
Posted on Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Congress is set to consider new legislation that would block the Obama administration from awarding Iran billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars in what many describe as a ransom payment, according to a copy of the legislation obtained by…
Is there a Russian Secret Plot to Influence the U.S. Elections?
Posted on Monday, September 5, 2016
U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies are probing what they see as a broad covert Russian operation in the United States to sow public distrust in the upcoming presidential election and in U.S. political institutions, intelligence and congressional…
Louisiana flood did more than $8 billion in damage
Posted on Monday, September 5, 2016
The Louisiana floods last month caused a $8.7 billion in damage, a number that is expected to increase as officials continue to take stock of the damage, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced this week.
Hurricane Hermine makes landfall in Florida
Posted on Friday, September 2, 2016
Hurricane Hermine made landfall on Florida's northwest coast early Friday, flooding streets, toppling trees and knocking down power lines.
National debt hits $19.5 trillion
Posted on Friday, September 2, 2016
The national debt hit $19.5 trillion for the first time ever this week, a little more than seven months after it hit the $19 trillion mark.
Obama Bypassing Senate on Paris Climate Deal
Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2016
The White House on Monday defended President Obama’s decision to enter into the Paris climate accord without Senate ratification but stopped short of confirming a Chinese report that he will do so this week during his trip to…
U.S. GDP Growth Just 1.1 Percent in the Second Quarter
Posted on Friday, August 26, 2016
U.S. economic growth was a bit more sluggish than initially thought in the second quarter as businesses aggressively ran down stocks of unsold goods, offsetting a spurt in consumer spending.
Debt to reach highest level since 1950 this year
Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2016
The national debt this year will jump to the highest level since 1950 relative to the size of the economy, the Congressional Budget Office reported Tuesday.
Federal court blocks Obama’s transgender bathroom order
Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2016
A federal court in Texas has blocked the Obama administration’s order compelling public schools nationwide to regulate restroom and locker room access on the basis of gender identity rather than biological sex.
Nearly half of refugees entering the U.S. this year are Muslim
Posted on Wednesday, August 17, 2016
The U.S. has received 28,957 Muslim refugees so far in fiscal year 2016, or nearly half (46%) of the more than 63,000 refugees who have entered the country since the fiscal year began Oct. 1, 2015, according to…
NSA website recovers from outage amid intrigue
Posted on Wednesday, August 17, 2016
The National Security Agency’s website was offline for almost a full day until Tuesday evening, in an unexplained outage that began shortly after hackers claimed to have stolen a collection of the agency's prized cyber weapons.
