The Southern Poverty Law Center’s latest annual “Year in Hate” report documents 1,371 hate and antigovernment extremist groups in the U.S., including three new groups beloved by conservative evangelicals: Focus on the Family, Turning Point USA and PragerU. Focus on…
The ‘Dogefather’ leaves the building
Elon Musk, the billionaire industrialist who donated $275 million to help Donald Trump win reelection and then served as the public face of the president’s Department of Government Efficiency, left Washington, D.C., on Friday. Trump celebrated his 130 days of…
Elon Musk dismantles evangelical ‘family values’
“Family values” have returned to eugenics, the practice of selective breeding of humans to improve their genetic composition. The new champion of eugenics, now known as the pro-natalist or genetic-determinist movement, is Elon Musk. “Family values,” a political weapon of…
With 42% of Project 2025 enacted, Heritage Foundation turns toward Europe
The ideologues behind the blueprint for President Trump to “dismantle the administrative state” in the U.S. are working to shake up Europe, and they hope to dismantle the European Commission and the European Court of Justice. The conservative Heritage Foundation…
Josh Hawley pressured evangelical lawyer to exit Trump administration
Hilary K. Perkins, an evangelical Christian who recently was named the Food and Drug Administration’s top lawyer, already has resigned following a pressure campaign by Sen. Josh Hawley, a fellow believer, and husband to lawyer Erin Hawley, who has battled…
Focus on the Family bashes DEI, praises rocky economy, promotes Bible in schools
Conservative Christian “pro-family” groups that support President Donald Trump are promoting his attacks on DEI, praising his management of the economy, sending mixed messages about whether women should be leaders, and backing efforts to require Bible reading in public schools….
Among Christian ministries, two opposing views of Trump’s sudden, chaotic aid cuts
Evangelicals were essential in reelecting Donald Trump. Now, his sudden and drastic cuts to aid programs are forcing some evangelical nonprofits to end work and fire personnel, while Focus on the Family and other conservative groups praise the aid cuts…
Christian groups praise Trump’s ‘healthy masculinity’ and ‘manifest destiny reborn’
As President Donald Trump ushers in unprecedented (and possibly illegal) changes in presidential power and the federal government, his actions have been “welcomed and celebrated by those in the pro-life” and “pro-family” movement, says a Family Research Council article titled…
Here’s why ‘pro-family’ groups are on board with Trump’s first days in office
“Pro-family” groups are praising President Donald Trump for issuing executive orders that support their conservative agenda: Recognizing only “two sexes: male and female” Terminating DEI programs in the federal government Withdrawing from international organizations that allegedly threaten U.S. sovereignty (the…
Swift responses follow Trump’s promised executive orders
Just as quickly as President Donald Trump set in motion his controversial agenda for a new administration, leaders in the faith and civil rights communities began reacting. Within minutes of Trump’s fiery inaugural address, groups from Focus on the Family…
‘Pro-family’ groups believe Trump 2.0 will advance their agenda
“Pro-family” activists worked hard to elect Donald Trump and other GOP candidates this fall. The nonprofit Family Policy Alliance, which partners with Focus on the Family, says it mobilized voters through 12 million emails in swing states and brought 850,000…
‘Pro-family’ groups like Trump’s controversial nominees to cabinet
In the week since Donald Trump’s election victory, he has announced a number of key appointments — some of them highly controversial — that will shape his administration in a way that pleases “pro-family” evangelical groups. In theory, that will…