Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Supreme Court strikes down Texas abortion law
Posted on Monday, June 27, 2016
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Texas law regulating abortion clinics, delivering a 5-3 decision that was the high court’s first major foray into the abortion issue in nine years.
Obama Designates Stonewall as First National Monument for LGBT Rights
Posted on Friday, June 24, 2016
With this weekend marking the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling on legalizing gay marriage, President Obama will designate the Stonewall Inn in New York City as a new National Monument, the first official National Park Service…
Deadlocked Supreme Court blocks Obama on immigration
Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2016
The Supreme Court dealt a critical blow to President Obama's immigration policies on Thursday, deadlocking in a 4-4 decision over two controversial programs the White House wants to implement.
Pentagon close to repealing transgender ban
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2016
A Pentagon policy allowing transgender troops to serve openly is in the final stages of approval and is expected to be released within weeks, according to Defense Department sources.
Senate will vote on gun control compromise bill
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Senate Republican leaders said Tuesday they'll soon bring a compromise gun control bill to the floor, after lawmakers defeated four partisan gun measures in response to the latest in a string of mass shootings.
Illegal families surge across border; 2016 already worse than 2015
Posted on Friday, June 17, 2016
The number of illegal immigrant families jumping the border so far this fiscal year has already topped all of 2015, according to Homeland Security statistics released Friday that show the administration’s border problems continue to grow.
Trade Deficit Reaches Highest Level Seen in Seven Years
Posted on Thursday, June 16, 2016
The trade deficit soared to the highest level seen since 2008, the height of the Great Recession, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
CIA Chief: ISIS Sending Operatives to US
Posted on Thursday, June 16, 2016
CIA Director John Brennan will tell Congress on Thursday that Islamic State militants are training and attempting to deploy operatives for further attacks on the West and will rely more on guerrilla-style tactics to compensate for their territorial…
Immigrant from Iran Shot Dead in Walmart Shootout
Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Amarillo police said Mohammad Moghaddam, 54, fired shots and held two hostages at gunpoint at Walmart, before Amarillo Police Department SWAT officers shot and killed him.
480,000 People Overstayed their VISAs, hardly ever caught, feds admin
Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Immigration agents catch an abysmally small percentage of the illegal immigrants who arrived on visas but overstayed their welcome, authorities admitted to Congress Tuesday, describing a loophole that those around the globe are increasingly using to gain a…
Dems to push new gun law in wake of massacre
Posted on Monday, June 13, 2016
Senate Democrats will try to force a vote on legislation that would block people on a federal terror watch list from purchasing guns, in the wake of the Orlando mass shooting Sunday.
