Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Obama Collecting Personal Data for a Secret Race Database
Posted on Sunday, July 19, 2015
A key part of President Obama's legacy will be the fed's unprecedented collection of sensitive data on Americans by race. The government is prying into our most personal information at the most local levels, all for the purpose…
Bird Flu Cost the US $3.3 Billion and Worse Could Be Coming
Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2015
It's been almost a month since a case of avian influenza was detected in poultry in the central United States. So it might seem that the epidemic—which over several months caused the destruction of 49.5 million chickens and…
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.
