Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
House wants answers on Obama’s ISIS strategy
Posted on Monday, June 15, 2015
House lawmakers, concerned that President Obama's tweaks to his strategy against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria won't reverse the extremist group's recent gains, are putting pressure on the administration to do more.
Obama’s Trade Deal Barely Passes in Razor-Thin House Vote
Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2015
The House on Thursday just barely advance legislation that would provide President Obama with "fast track" trade negotiating powers, overcoming the opposition of almost every Democrat and a significant block of conservative Republicans.
GOP aiming for Friday Trade Vote
Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2015
House leaders, confident but not yet certain they have the support to pass sweeping trade legislation, are aiming to bring the package to a floor vote by the end of this week - even as they rush to…
U.S. tech industry appeals to Obama to keep hands off encryption
Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2015
As Washington weighs new cybersecurity steps amid a public backlash over mass surveillance, U.S. tech companies warned President Barack Obama not to weaken increasingly sophisticated encryption systems designed to protect consumers' privacy.
Abortions declining in nearly all states, survey finds
Posted on Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Abortions have declined in states where new laws make it harder to have them - but they've also waned in states where abortion rights are protected, an Associated Press survey finds. Nearly everywhere, in red states and blue,…
Obama Orders Faith-Based Organizations to Hire ‘Gays’
Posted on Monday, June 8, 2015
President Barack Obama is pushing a change in policy that will force faith-based charities to hire members of the LGBT community - despite their religious objections - if they want to remain eligible for federal funding.
Study: True size of federal government debt is $210 trillion
Posted on Thursday, June 4, 2015
U.S. government debt stands at $210 trillion, not the official $13.1 trillion, according to a new working paper published by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. That's equivalent to $654,205 per person in the United States, 16…
Congress sends NSA phone-records bill to president
Posted on Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Congress approved sweeping changes Tuesday to surveillance laws enacted after the Sept. 11 attacks, eliminating the National Security Agency's disputed bulk phone-records collection program and replacing it with a more restrictive measure to keep the records in phone…
Obama Declares June as LGBT Month
Posted on Monday, June 1, 2015
The White House issued a proclamation by President Barack Obama calling on Americans to celebrate the 'great diversity of the American people' declaring June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.
Surveillance powers lapse with no deal in Senate
Posted on Monday, June 1, 2015
The National Security Agency lost its authority at midnight to collect Americans' phone records in bulk, after GOP Sen. Rand Paul stood in the way of extending the fiercely contested program in an extraordinary Sunday Senate session.
US Won’t Seek High Court Review in Immigration Case
Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2015
The government will not ask the Supreme Court to review a judge's decision that put on hold President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
Obama’s Islamic State Strategy Sparks Doubt With Pentagon officials
Posted on Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Beneath the glowing battle reports about Iraq from U.S. military spokesmen in recent months, there remains a strong undercurrent of dissatisfaction among the Pentagon rank and file with the Obama administration's Islamic State strategy.
Federal court blocks Obama’s immigration plan
Posted on Wednesday, May 27, 2015
A federal appeals court refused Tuesday to allow President Obama's program to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation from going into effect.
