Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Muslims Most, Mormons Least Approve of Obama
Posted on Sunday, July 13, 2014
Although 72 percent of U.S. Muslims approved of the job President Barack Obama was doing as president during the first six months of 2014, Mormons were least approving at 18 percent, according to the latest Gallop poll.
Judge to IRS: Explain Lost Emails
Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014
A federal judge has ordered the IRS to explain how it lost two years' worth of emails from former IRS employees.
EDNA Legislation on Hold After Supreme Court Decision
Posted on Wednesday, July 9, 2014
After the recent Supreme Court decision to provide religious exemptions for businesses, major gay rights activists withdrew support for the current Employment Non-Discrimination Act (EDNA).
Obama Backs off Sending Illegal Kids Home
Posted on Tuesday, July 8, 2014
After facing criticism, the White House is no longer seeking legal authority to returning illegal immigrant children back to their home countries.
Full Coverage: Illegal Immigration Leads to Border Crisis
Posted on Sunday, July 6, 2014
The border crisis continues to escalate as illegal immigration protesters on both sides of the debate battle over the issue in a full-blown crisis. So far this year 0ver 50,000 illegal immigrant children have already entered the U.S.
ICE Memo: Illegal Alien Children Now Just Children
Posted on Friday, July 4, 2014
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel received an email instructing them to no longer refer to illegal immigrant children as "UACs" or unaccompanied alien children, but they are to be referred solely as "unaccompanied children", Breitbart News reported.
Congressman Denied Access to HHS Facility in His State
Posted on Thursday, July 3, 2014
A U.S. Congressman was denied access to a Human Health and Services (HHS) facility of his home state which currently is housing up to 1,200 unaccompanied children that entered the U.S. illegally.
Government Watchdog Says NSA Foreign Surveillance Legal
Posted on Thursday, July 3, 2014
A U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance program that snoops on foreign citizens suspected of terrorism is legal and effective and does what Congress intended it to do, a government oversight board said.
Obama Dismisses Lawsuit; Asks Cabinet for Ways to Exert Executive Power
Posted on Wednesday, July 2, 2014
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) brought a lawsuit against the White House last week which accused the administration of unconstitutional overreach of its executive authority, to which the President mockingly responded saying, "So sue me." Later in…
