Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Islamic State Radicalizes ‘Thousands’ in United States
Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2015
The Islamic State has likely radicalized thousands of people in the United States, according to a new report, raising concerns that supporters of the terrorist group could be plotting domestic attacks similar to the recent shootings and bombings…
Governors Press White House for Refugee Information
Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2015
In a call with senior Obama administration officials Tuesday evening, several governors demanded they be given access to information about Syrian refugees about to be resettled by the federal government in their states. Top White House officials refused.
Stretched FBI braces for Islamic State holiday terror attacks
Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2015
With another round of holidays fast approaching in the shadows of last Friday's Paris attacks, FBI officials on the front lines of the war on terrorism see a new round of threats rising and worry they don’t have…
Obama says gun control to be top issue of final year
Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2015
President Obama hopes to make gun control the top issue of his final year in office, saying Americans aren't more violent than other people but they "have more deadly weapons to act out their rage."
Syrian refugees not welcome here, governors of 24 states say
Posted on Monday, November 16, 2015
The governors of at least 24 states have announced they will not accept Syrian refugees. The states range from Alabama and Georgia, to Texas and Arizona, to Michigan and Illinois, to Maine and New Hampshire. Among these 24…
Social Security Spending Hits New Record — Now Nearly $1 Trillion
Posted on Monday, November 9, 2015
Spending by the Social Security Administration--which includes payments for Social Security and disability benefits as well as Supplemental Security Income payments and the administrative costs for these programs--hit a record $944,143,000,000 in fiscal 2015, according to data published…
