Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
FBI Warns of Cyber Threat to Electric Grid
Posted on Saturday, April 9, 2016
Three months after a Department of Homeland Security intelligence report downplayed the threat of a cyber attack against the U.S. electrical grid, DHS and the FBI began a nationwide program warning of the dangers faced by U.S. utilities…
Congress Investigating Obama Admin Deception on Iran Nuke Deal
Posted on Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Congress is investigating whether the Obama administration misled lawmakers last summer about the extent of concessions granted to Iran under the nuclear deal, as well as if administration officials have been quietly rewriting the deal's terms in the…
Mississippi lawmakers approve religion bill amid gay-rights protests
Posted on Monday, April 4, 2016
A Mississippi measure that would allow people with religious objections to deny wedding services to same-sex couples and provide wide protections for actions decried as discriminatory by gay rights advocates passed the state legislature on Friday.
Supreme Court faces 4-4 split in Obamacare contraception case
Posted on Wednesday, March 23, 2016
The Supreme Court on Wednesday headed toward a possible 4-4 split over a legal challenge by Christian nonprofit employers who object to providing female workers insurance covering birth control as required by President Barack Obama's healthcare law.
Border agents: DHS has ‘no intention’ of deporting illegals
Posted on Monday, March 21, 2016
A top Homeland Security official told Border Patrol agents the Obama administration has "no intention of deporting" many of the illegal immigrants caught trying to sneak into the country, ordering instead that they be released so they don't…
Obama Supreme Court Nominee Has Anti-Gun Record
Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Merrick Garland, President Obama's nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, has a record of opposing gun rights as a federal judge, which includes a vote to undo a landmark gun rights ruling.
House pressures Obama to label ISIS actions as genocide
Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2016
The House unanimously passed a resolution Monday that calls on the United States to characterize the Islamic State's atrocities against Christians, Yazidis and other groups as genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Major Cyberattack on U.S. Expected
Posted on Wednesday, March 9, 2016
The commander of the U.S. Cyber Command warned last week that he expects a major cyberattack on critical infrastructure in the United States in the future.
