Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Will there be a government shutdown this December?
Posted on Friday, November 6, 2015
A new budget deal signed into law this week reduces the chance of a government shutdown, but it doesn't completely eliminate the possibility of one around the holidays.
Gun Sales Set Record for Sixth Month in a Row
Posted on Wednesday, November 4, 2015
The Federal Bureau of Investigation processed a record number of background checks in the month of October, indicating that gun sales were at an all time high for the sixth month in a row.
Planned Parenthood doctor appears to admit to partial-birth abortions
Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2015
A Planned Parenthood doctor laughs as she says she continues to "strive" to deliver an aborted baby with an intact skull and appears to admit participating in partial-birth abortions in the latest undercover video released Tuesday targeting Planned…
400-Plus Quakes Strike San Ramon in 2 Weeks: USGS
Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2015
San Ramon, California, appears to have broken a new earthquake record over the last two weeks: A total of 408 small quakes have shaken the East Bay city, almost four times the record set in 2003 in half…
Republicans, Obama Agree on Debt Extension Until 2017
Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2015
President Barack Obama and top lawmakers from both parties reached a tentative budget agreement that would avert a U.S. debt default and reduce chances of a government shutdown, easing years of political friction over fiscal policy in Washington.
Obama Vetoes Defense Bill
Posted on Friday, October 23, 2015
President Barack Obama vetoed a sweeping $612 billion defense policy bill on Thursday, returning the measure to the Republican-controlled Congress because of the way it uses money meant for war spending to avoid automatic budget cuts to military…
More Than 200 Earthquakes Just Rattled California
Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2015
For the past week, the ground near San Ramon, about 25 miles east of San Francisco, has been shaking. And shaking and shaking and shaking. Over 200 small quakes have now rattled the notoriously earthquake-prone region.
Planned Parenthood funding sustained in Louisiana, stopped in Texas
Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2015
A Planned Parenthood affiliate received both good news and bad news Monday in its Medicaid funding battles, with a federal judge temporarily requiring Louisiana to fund the abortion provider while a Texas inspector general's office decided to cut…
$3,248,723,000,000: Federal Taxes Set Record in FY 2015; $21,833 Per Worker; Feds Still Run $438.9B Deficit
Posted on Friday, October 16, 2015
The federal government took in a record of approximately $3,248,723,000,000 in taxes in fiscal 2015 (which ended on Sept. 30), according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released today.
Assault Weapons Ban Before U.S. Supreme Court
Posted on Monday, October 12, 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court could announce as early as Tuesday whether it will hear a challenge to a suburban Chicago law banning firearms commonly known as assault weapons.
Obama May Bypass Congress, Impose ‘Order’ For Gun Background Checks
Posted on Friday, October 9, 2015
In response to the latest mass shooting during his presidency, President Obama is seriously considering circumventing Congress with his executive authority and imposing new background-check requirements for buyers who purchase weapons from high-volume gun dealers.
Senate Democrats preparing gun control package
Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2015
Senate Democrats are preparing a legislative push to curb guns, a week after a mass shooting at an Oregon community college refocused attention on the nation's toll of firearms deaths.
S.C. flood is 6th 1,000-year rain since 2010
Posted on Tuesday, October 6, 2015
The biblical flooding in South Carolina is at least the sixth so-called 1-in-1,000 year rain event in the U.S. since 2010, a trend that may be linked to factors ranging from the natural, such as a strong El…
Catastrophic Flooding Throughout South Carolina
Posted on Monday, October 5, 2015
South Carolina is enduring its worst rains "in 1,000 years," Gov. Nikki Haley said this afternoon, urging residents to stay off the roads as conditions were "changing by the minute," with roads flooding and rivers at their highest…
