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…
Tennessee legislator wants ‘Charlie Kirk courtyards’ at universities
A Tennessee legislator has introduced a bill that would require every public university in the state to create a “Charlie Kirk Memorial Courtyard for Civil Debate.” Further, the bill would require such courtyards to measure at least 40 feet by…
Erika Kirk launches political revival tour with Greg Laurie
Erika Kirk kicked off her “Make Heaven Crowded” tour Jan. 21 at Harvest Christian Fellowship in metro Los Angeles, where controversial pastor Greg Laurie was on the program. Laurie is senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, Calif., and…
Calls to defund ICE go unheeded in House vote
A coalition of civil and human rights organizations is demanding members of Congress oppose legislation that would boost the scope and cruelty of President Donald Trump’s immigration detention and deportation programs. Nevertheless, that funding passed the House of Representatives Jan….
‘Trey’s Law’ filed in Oklahoma House of Representatives
Oklahoma Rep. Chris Kannady has filed HB 4227, which includes a version of “Trey’s Law” legislation that aims to ensure survivors of child sexual abuse and trafficking are no longer silenced by nondisclosure agreements in civil settlements. The bill also eliminates…
Three arrested in Cities Church protest
Federal authorities have arrested at least three people in connection with an anti-immigration enforcement protest at a Southern Baptist Church in Minnesota Jan. 18, federal officials said. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced FBI and Department of Homeland Security agents…