Last year saw an overactive president untamed by an underactive Congress. In 11 months, President Donald Trump signed 225 executive orders in 2025, a new record, while the House of Representatives passed only 70 bills, making it one of the…
First year of Trump 2.0 brings jarring changes and low approval
Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office brought an unprecedented use of presidential power and significant change to the country and the world. Polling shows he’s under water at the end of his first year, with only 40% of Americans…
Heritage calls on government to ‘save’ American families
The troubled think tank behind the Project 2025 blueprint for the Trump administration has issued a new blueprint. “Saving America by Saving the Family” affirms heterosexual families with children as “the foundation of civilization” and calls on government to encourage…
Battle for public funding of Christian schools expands
The ongoing effort to seek government funding for Christian public schools failed in Oklahoma last year, but advocates are trying again with Christian public schools in Colorado and Tennessee and a Jewish public school in Oklahoma. The Supreme Court deadlocked…
243,000 more children died last year due to Trump’s tactics
Almost a quarter of a million more children are projected to have died in 2025 than in 2024 following a decline in global aid from the U.S. and other nations, reversing steady declines in child deaths dating back to 1990….
White faith leaders to challenge GOP in midterms
It has been decades since white Christian clergy were elected to the U.S. Congress as Democrats, but a dozen candidates are hoping to change that in this November’s midterm elections. “Democratic Party is seeing a rise of white clergy candidates,”…
In 2025, US forfeited history of climate science and leadership
The last three years saw the world’s hottest temperatures on record. Storms intensified. Financial losses mounted. Sea levels rose. But President Donald Trump is waging a holy war against “climate ideologies” while making it easier to “Drill, baby, drill.” Trump,…
2025 was a banner year for Alliance Defending Freedom
Four appearances before the Supreme Court. Hundreds of cases in courts and school boards. Support from 14 of President Donald Trump’s executive orders. A possible federal judgeship. All in all, it has been a very good year for Alliance Defending…
Grand Canyon University’s return to nonprofit status approved
Grand Canyon University’s year of very good news continued Monday when the U.S. Department of Education affirmed the school’s nonprofit status, which will increase its access to private scholarships and various partnerships. “This decision removes the cloud of confusion over…
Trump aids Christian election skeptics as Lindell runs for governor
President Donald Trump has added notorious 2020 election denier Gregg Phillips to his administration as he seeks freedom for Tina Peters, a Colorado county clerk serving a nine-year prison term. Meanwhile, Mike Lindell, a leading election skeptic, announced he’s running…
US allies are now foes in Trump Security Strategy
President Donald Trump’s tariffs have upended global trade. Now, his National Security Strategy officially upends global partnerships the U.S. and its European allies have enjoyed for 80 years since the end of World War II. The U.S. will now overlook…
SBC pastor helps launch Christian AI firm
Concerns over Christians’ use of artificial intelligence and AI chatbots like ChatGPT have led a Southern Baptist pastor to help found Dominion, a Christian AI project that went live Nov. 14. When Erik Reed, lead pastor of The Journey Church…