Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Planned Parenthood Uses Partial-Birth Abortions to Sell Baby Parts
Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2015
An undercover video released today shows Planned Parenthood's senior director of medical services, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, describing how her organization sells the body parts of aborted unborn children and admitting she uses partial-birth abortions to harvest intact body…
Pentagon Moves Toward Lifting Ban on Transgender Troops
Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2015
The Pentagon took a significant step Monday toward lifting its ban on allowing transgender men and women to serve in the military, announcing a six-month study designed to clear the way.
Impact of Army reductions will be widespread, general says
Posted on Thursday, July 9, 2015
Planned cuts to the Army's end strength will touch nearly every base and will include some involuntary layoffs, officials said Thursday, though D.C.-area installations avoid the brunt of the reductions.
FBI says arrested 10 in July 4 plots inspired by Islamic State
Posted on Thursday, July 9, 2015
US authorities thwarted plots to kill people in the United States around the July 4 holiday, arresting more than 10 people who were inspired by Islamic State online recruitment, FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday.
New documents show Justice Dept. linked to IRS scandal
Posted on Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Justice Department officials pushed IRS employees to hand over documents before they gave the records to Congress in 2013 as investigators were attempting to dig into the tax agency's targeting of conservative nonprofits.
U.S. Military Laying Off Thousands
Posted on Wednesday, July 8, 2015
In the next few weeks, the Army is expected to announce 40,000 troop cuts to comply with Congressional budget mandates, along with many thousands more pink slips for civilian support staff.
Congress Facing Busy Agenda, Funding Deadline
Posted on Sunday, July 5, 2015
After July Fourth fireworks and parades, members of Congress return to work Tuesday facing a daunting summer workload and a pending deadline to fund the government or risk a shutdown in the fall.
Polygamous Montana Trio Applies for Wedding License
Posted on Thursday, July 2, 2015
A Montana man said Wednesday that he was inspired by last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage to apply for a marriage license so that he can legally wed his second wife.
Record 93,626,000 Americans Not in Labor Force
Posted on Thursday, July 2, 2015
A record 93,626,000 Americans 16 or older did not participate in the nation’s labor force in June, as the labor force participation rate dropped to 62.6 percent, a 38-year low, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
