The dean of Georgetown University Law Center has rebuffed a Trump administration official who sought to control the Catholic school’s curriculum. That’s not going to happen, Dean William M. Treanor said, because of the First Amendment. “The First Amendment ……
Panelists lay out the negative economic impact of Trump’s deportations
Donald Trump’s persecution of undocumented immigrants is already having an adverse effect on the U.S. economy, a financial expert said during a virtual press briefing hosted by America’s Voice. Recent economic data indicate a slowing of the economy since Trump…
Alaska Baptist leader resigns after supporting autonomy of his church
The quest for conformity in opposing women in ministry is so strong in the Southern Baptist Convention that a state convention executive director has resigned after his own church was expelled from the SBC. Randy Covington resigned as executive director…
Here’s a new way they’re selling Trump Bibles
The push to place Bibles in every public school classroom in Oklahoma has a new funding mechanism. Lee Greenwood’s Bibles for USA has launched a website where individuals may donate the $59.99 required to purchase a so-called “Trump Bible” that…
Wage prophetic resistance, panelists urge Christians
Religious communities in the U.S. cannot sit idly by as the Trump administration persecutes immigrant families and cuts assistance programs to pay for it, said Bishop Dwayne Royster, executive director of Faith in Action. “We are truly living in unprecedented…
Kanakuk survivors speak on nondisclosure agreements at House hearing
Last Wednesday, Kanakuk survivors and other activists spoke at the Missouri House of Representatives in front of a Judiciary Committee hearing on one of multiple bills currently being considered related to child sexual abuse. The bill under discussion is part…
Trump has enacted one-third of Project 2025 agenda he disavowed
In his Tuesday speech to Congress, President Donald Trump praised his own “swift and unrelenting action” on 100 executive orders and 400 executive actions, many of them based on Project 2025, an unpopular conservative blueprint he disavowed and claimed ignorance…
Law Amendment will be resurrected at this year’s SBC meeting
The Law Amendment is not dead yet. The controversial amendment to the Constitution of the Southern Baptist Convention — which failed to get a two-thirds vote on second reading last June — would enshrine a prohibition on SBC churches allowing…
Oklahoma and Utah consider far-reaching ‘conscientious objection’ bill for medical providers
Oklahoma and Utah are among the latest states with proposed legislation that would allow health care providers to refuse specific procedures, care or medication based on vaguely defined moral, religious or conscientious beliefs. So-called “conscientious objection” laws are not entirely…
Trump’s actions face 96 court challenges; here’s where to track them
At least 96 court cases have been filed against the Trump administration for actions taken in the first six weeks of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. The website Just Security has created an online tracker that enumerates the…
Four new lawsuits challenge Trump immigration actions
The Trump administration faces at least four lawsuits from activist groups, migrants and U.S. citizens for eliminating deportation protections that have saved hundreds of thousands of migrants from war, poverty and persecution in their home countries. One of the federal…
AWAB joins 10 other groups in Ash Wednesday statement to vulnerable people
The Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists is among 11 Christian groups issuing an Ash Wednesday statement opposing President Donald Trump’s policies on LGBTQ rights, immigration and disruptions to federal funding for vulnerable populations. “We can’t mince words about what’s…