WASHINGTON (New York Times) — The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to leapfrog federal appeals courts in several cases concerning the president’s decision to bar transgender people from serving in the military. Federal district courts have entered injunctions against the new policy, but no appeals court has yet ruled […]
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released its annual “abortion surveillance” report, showing that abortion rates are continuing to fall in the United States, but still more than 638,000 babies were murdered in 2015. “A total of 638,169 abortions for 2015 were reported to CDC,” the organization wrote, outlining the latest year on record. “Among the […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio House of Representatives voted on Thursday in favor of a bill that would ban abortion when a heartbeat is detected, usually around six weeks gestation. The measure passed the legislature two years ago, but was vetoed by Republican Gov. John Kasich. “This bill basically says if there is a heartbeat, […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. — A Christian apologetics group at the University of Colorado has filed a federal lawsuit against the institution after officials rejected the group’s application for registration because it requires its leaders to be Christians. According to the lawsuit, the Colorado Springs chapter of Ratio Christi “seeks to advance a biblical worldview, explaining […]
(The Christian Institute) — The Welsh government has announced that it will offer free abortions to women from Northern Ireland through the NHS, despite overwhelming public opposition. This decision follows a consultation in which just 14 people supported the proposal. Welsh Health Secretary Vaughan Gething said women from Northern Ireland, in Wales, should be able […]
MADISON, Wisc. — The two atheist leaders of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) have filed a lawsuit against the attorney general of Wisconsin to challenge the creation of a chaplaincy program for employees at the state Department of Justice (DOJ). The organization is dissatisfied that the program is limited to clergy members and not […]
WASHINGTON — In carrying on a tradition that was reportedly started by then-President George W. Bush and continued by Barack Obama, President Trump hosted a ceremonial lighting at the White House on Tuesday in recognition of the Hindu Festival of Lights, known as Diwali. The holiday rings in the Hindu new year as adherents to […]
CHESTERFIELD, Va. — Police in Virginia are looking for a man who vandalized a Chesterfield church last Tuesday night while wearing a hat that reportedly read “I [Heart] Jesus.” Surveillance footage shows the man entering Ironbridge Church just after 11:30 p.m. on Election Day after the location had been closed for polling, and upon finding a […]
PARADISE, Calif. — A fast-moving wildfire raging in Northern California has destroyed the entire town of Paradise, killing nine people and being described as a vision of “Hell.” “Honestly, it looks like Armageddon,” Brian Rice, chairman of the California Fire Foundation, told NBC News. “There’s a part of me that wonders if this city will come […]
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Two lesbians who filed a complaint against a Christian baker after she declined to make a cake for a same-sex celebration wore hidden microphones to record the refusal, according to a press release from the baker’s attorneys. “The evidence shows that this was all a set-up to get money and to destroy […]