Senators clear the way for Hegseth’s Christian nationalist crusade

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A new video of Christian peace activists taken hostage in Iraq last year is renewing hope among their colleagues and loved ones. But it also is raising questions about the fate of the sole American abducted, who…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Awhile back, 16-year-old Seth Landerfelt went to court for being caught out past the 11 p.m. curfew in Moody, Ala. “They told me to take out my piercings and cut my hair,” he recalled with a…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds (R) signed the nation's most sweeping abortion ban into law March 6, setting up a battle that could wind up in the Supreme Court. Rounds gave his assent to the so-called “Women's…

DALLAS (ABP) — After 30 years of serving on the National Religious Broadcasters board of directors, Pat Robertson has lost his bid for re-election. The loss came just days after Robertson canceled his planned keynote address at the closing ceremony…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A unanimous Supreme Court said March 6 that law schools, no matter how distasteful they find the military's anti-gay policies, cannot claim their First Amendment rights are being violated by a law that requires them to allow…

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — The chairman of the International Mission Board is asking the board's personnel committee to take another look at two controversial measures the board passed in November. Chair Tom Hatley, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Rogers,…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — In an apparent attempt to address a controversy that has swirled since the 2004 general election, a group of Catholic Democrats in the House of Representatives issued a document Feb. 28 explaining how they reconcile their faith…

DALLAS (ABP) – A man convicted of murdering three Southern Baptist missionaries in a Yemeni hospital in 2002 died by firing squad Feb. 27, Reuters reported. Abed Abdel Razzak Kamel's execution happened in the southern Ibb province, the same region…