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Trump taps Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel

Former Southern Baptist pastor Mike Huckabee will be nominated by Donald Trump to serve as U.S. ambassador to Israel, according to The New York Times. Huckabee recently was named one of the most influential Zionists in America by The Jerusalem…

‘Pro-family’ groups hail Trump win as ‘time for the church to arise’

Conservative Christian “pro-family” groups affiliated with Focus on the Family hailed Donald Trump’s election victory and say they’re counting on his support to advance their agenda over the next four years. “I think evangelicals clearly identify more closely with the…

The sacrilegious singing of ‘How Great Thou Art’

Around 3 a.m. Eastern time on Nov. 6, a crowd gathered in the lobby of the West Palm Beach, Fla., convention center where Donald Trump had just delivered his victory speech. The crowd, which included Christian singer Sean Feucht, began…

Religious liberty groups say they’re ready to oppose Trump

Donald Trump’s next presidency promises to be more frightening and damaging than the first given his threats against immigrants, democracy and religious liberty, said Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. “As outlined in Project 2025,…

Progressive white Christian men, it’s time to get some skin in the game

This election has sent a lot of us in the middle and on the left reeling. It’s also reminded me that we have different things at stake. Nearly 60% percent of white men voted Trump. A lot of Black and…

How Trump and Harris fared with faith voters in 2024

When Donald Trump won reelection last week, exit polls show he was propelled to victory by gains in a wide swath of demographic groups and buffered, once more, by strong support from Christian voters. In fact, Trump made gains in…

Who do you blame for this election and what can be done about it?

Two days after the election, a discouraged friend asked me, “Who do you blame for this election disaster, and what can be done about it?” As I mulled over his first question, a long list of possible responses came to…

This is what it feels like to be ‘collateral damage to your rage’

Donald J. Trump has been president or running for president my entire voting life. 2016 was the first presidential election I could vote in. I remember waking up that November and feeling, like many Americans, wholly shocked by the election…

Immigrants married to U.S. citizens suffer legal setback

Unauthorized residents married to U.S. citizens suffered an ominous legal setback just two days after the election of a presidential candidate who has vowed to use mass deportation against the nation’s immigrants. U.S. District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker ruled…

Democracy 2025 coalition will challenge Trump and Project 2025

What is left is to resist

The anger and disappointment I feel for my fellow Americans

Before you pack up and leave the US, consider this