The chief federal judge in Minnesota is fed up with the Trump administration’s persistent violation of court orders and the rights of detainees amid increasingly aggressive immigration enforcement actions. As a result, Judge Patrick J. Schiltz has ordered the acting…
Now some Republicans are weary of Trump’s immigration plan
Even some Republicans are growing weary of President Donald Trump’s harsh campaign against immigrants, and Catholics are among those losing faith in the president, according to new polling from Navigator Research. The polling data were gathered Jan. 8-12, just after…
Faith groups speak out against Minneapolis murders
Grief and fury over the second fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by at least one immigration agent is reaching massive proportions. The condemnations by humanitarian and civil rights organizations have grown ever louder since news of the Jan. 24…
Paula Stone Williams to run for mayor of her town
One of the highest-profile transgender religious leaders in America has filed to run for mayor of her small Colorado town. Paula Stone Williams is a pastoral counselor who previously served as president of the Christian church planting organization Orchard Group…
Central Seminary launches Antioch Center
Central Seminary has launched the Antioch Center, an initiative for “strengthening congregational vitality by equipping lay leaders, pastors and congregations for faithful, sustainable ministry in a changing world.” The project is made possible by a major grant from the Lilly Endowment,…
CBF reduces staff by seven positions
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has eliminated seven staff positions, according to a letter from Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley sent to governance leaders last week. It is not yet known if any of those positions were vacant and therefore how many…
Jasmine Crockett addresses question of ‘electability’
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett is sharpening her case for the U.S. Senate as the Democratic primary tightens, framing her candidacy as a challenge to long-held assumptions about who can win statewide in Texas. In a recent interview at the U.S….
Human warehouses should spark ‘fires of injustice’
U.S. society will be “consumed” by the “fires of injustice” if Americans remain silent about federal plans to hold huge numbers of immigrants in warehouses across the country, Rabbi Kimberly Herzog Cohen said during a clergy press conference in Dallas…
Rigney defends Cities Church as ‘normal’
A controversial protest last Sunday at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn., is symptomatic of a spiritual sickness in American society, Joe Rigney told Tucker Carlson. Rigney, a conservative Calvinist pastor who believes empathy is a sin, helped start Cities…
‘Trey’s Law’ legislation garners bipartisan support in Alabama
“Trey’s Law” inspired bills authored by Alabama Sen. Matt Woods and Rep. David Faulkner have been passed by their originating chambers with zero “no” votes. The bills now will cross chambers. SB-30 and HB-93 are public safety bills that would prohibit the…
Vance calls anti-abortion movement a deterrent to paganism
The anti-abortion movement “is about whether we will remain a civilization under God or whether we ultimately return to the paganism that dominated the past,” Vice President JD Vance told this year’s March for Life rally in Washington, D.C. Speaking…
Teachers union sues Texas over Kirk-related investigations
The American Federation of Teachers has filed suit against the Texas Education Agency for investigating and encouraging the firing of teachers for their social media posts about Charlie Kirk. After Kirk’s murder during a speaking engagement on a university campus…