AUSTIN, Texas — The governor of Texas has proposed a Constitutional Convention of States that would amend the U.S. Constitution in an effort to take back states’ rights and override federal decisions with a majority vote. In an address on Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott, introduced what he called “The Texas Plan,” which seeks to strengthen founder’s […]
Two men, one in California and one in Texas, were arrested this week on charges of assisting Islamic terror groups and lying to investigators. Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, 23, of Sacramento and Omar Faraj Saeed Al Hardan, 24, of Houston were both indicted this week after being watched by federal officials. According to the filed complaint, Al-Jayab, […]
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) — A gunman claiming to have pledged allegiance to Islamic State militants shot and seriously wounded a Philadelphia police officer in an ambush on his patrol car, the city’s police commissioner said on Friday. Edward Archer of Philadelphia approached Officer Jesse Hartnett, 33, shortly before midnight and fired 11 rounds, three of which […]
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama vetoed a bill on Friday that would have defunded the abortion giant Planned Parenthood, as well as repealed key parts of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. “Rather than fighting old political battles by once again voting to repeal basic protections that provide security for the middle class, members of Congress […]
ATLANTA — A female teacher who identifies as a male is set to open a private school for homosexual and transgender youth in Georgia later this year. The “Pride School of Atlanta” will teach children K-12 beginning in September, and will operate out of a Unitarian Universalist facility in the city. The first of its kind educational […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — An Indiana police officer is receiving applause for praying with a distraught speeding driver rather than writing him a ticket. The incident occurred on Monday as truck driver Rodney Gibson was struggling with recent news that his daughter’s breast cancer had metastasized. He was so upset that he didn’t realize that he […]
WHEATON, Ill. — Officials at a prominent Christian-identified university in Illinois have moved to fire an associate political science director who was placed on leave after she declared in a self-initiated campaign to fight “Islamophobia” that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. As previously reported, professing Christian Larycia Hawkins posted to Facebook two photos of herself […]
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Human Rights Commission has issued statewide rules requiring that public facilities allow males who identify as female and vice versa be allowed to use the restroom that is consistent with their “gender identity.” “All covered entities, except school districts or other primary and secondary schools, shall allow individuals the use […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court has reinforced the state’s ban on homosexual “marriage” as per a directive issued last spring, forbidding probate judges from issuing licenses that are contrary to the Alabama Sanctity of Marriage Amendment. “Until further decision by the Alabama Supreme Court, the existing orders of the […]
WASHINGTON — The United States House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to defund the abortion giant Planned Parenthood, marking an official passage in Congress that now moves the bill to the desk of Barack Obama. The House voted 240-181 in favor of the legislation, which also repeals key parts of Obamacare. “It’s up to the president to […]