Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Obama to Sign $16.3 Billion Veterans Spending Bill
Posted on Thursday, August 7, 2014
President Barack Obama will travel to a military facility outside Washington on Thursday to sign a $16.3 billion plan to ease health care delays at Veterans Affairs facilities as he seeks to restore confidence in an agency tarnished…
U.S. Senate Blocks House Border Security Bills
Posted on Wednesday, August 6, 2014
In a matter of minutes, Senate Democrats on Tuesday adjourned for the summer, blocking a pair of House bills that would have provided nearly $700 million to deal with the surge of immigrants on the southern border and…
Red Tide Invades U.S. Coastal Waters
Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2014
A 'red tide' bloom nearly 80 miles long and 50 miles wide in the Gulf of Mexico led to a large-scale fish kill, according to a report released by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
Pew Report: 75% of Illegals from Mexico Repeat Offenders
Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2014
According to a Pew Center Research report, three in four illegal immigrants from Mexico who are apprehended at the border are repeat offenders, 15 percent were juveniles apprehended at least six times.
Court Rules Against ‘Ailing’ Atheists
Posted on Monday, August 4, 2014
A court of appeals has unanimously ruled against ailing atheists who claimed that two steel beams in the shape of a cross found in the debris of the 2001 attack on the WTC has caused them to suffer…
Drought in California Keeps Getting Worse as Wildfires Spread
Posted on Monday, August 4, 2014
California's three-year drought just got worse as the entire state is in "severe drought", 82 percent of the state is rated in "extreme drought", and 58 percent of the state is now in "exceptional drought". Firefighters continued to…
CIA Admits to Hacking U.S. Senate Computers
Posted on Friday, August 1, 2014
The Central Intelligence Agency improperly and covertly hacked into computers used by Senate staffers to investigate the spy agency's Bush-era interrogation practices, according to an internal investigation.
Congress approves VA reform bill
Posted on Friday, August 1, 2014
The Senate gave final approval Thursday to sweeping legislation aimed at fixing the troubled Department of Veterans Affairs, marking a rare moment of bipartisan accord triggered by the widespread treatment delays veterans faced at agency facilities..
House Votes to Sue Obama
Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2014
On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a resolution authorizing an unprecedented congressional lawsuit against President Barack Obama for his use of executive power. The measure was passed along partisan lines, 225-201, as all democrats along with five…
Bold Attacks Against U.S. Law Enforcement Agents Along the Border
Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2014
A weekly report distributed by a Texas state agency to senior law enforcement officials paints a grim picture of the Mexican border, where authorities regularly confront illegal immigrant gang members and draw automatic gunfire from across the Rio…
US Economy Grows 4 Percent This Quarter
Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2014
U.S. economic growth accelerated more than expected in the second quarter and the decline in output in the prior period was less steep than previously reported, which could bolster views for a stronger performance in the last six…
Economist: Social Security Bankrupt
Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2014
"Social Security is insolvent," Boston University economics professor Laurence Kotlikoff told the House Subcommittee on Social Security at a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday. "And it's not bankrupt in 30 years, or 20 years, or 10 years. It's…
U.S. Home Ownership Lowest Rate Since 1995
Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2014
The share of Americans who own their homes slipped again in the second quarter to its lowest level in nearly two decades, according to the L.A. Times.
Military Bars National Guard to Attend Vacation Bible School
Posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Citing federal regulations, the Missouri National Guard recently refused to participate in a meet-and-greet with Vacation Bible students at Bible Baptist Church in Carthage, according to the Daily Caller.
