Politics

• Religious Freedom Ambassador Brownback Deserved More Democratic Support The Senate just confirmed President Trump’s nomination of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback to be ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom. Jan 26, 2018

  

  Religious Freedom Ambassador Brownback Deserved More Democratic Support
• Trump’s First-Year Report Card: How’d He Do on Issues Important to Evangelicals? In the days after Donald Trump’s surprise election in 2016, conservative evangelical Christians made clear their high expectations for the president they had helped put into office. Has Trump met those expectations? Jan 26, 2018

  

  Trump’s First-Year Report Card: How’d He Do on Issues Important to Evangelicals?
• New California: A State For Republican Californians Who Have Lost Their Voice Recently, a group of California counties have collectively decided to appeal to the state and federal governments to establish the state of New California. Jan 25, 2018

  

  New California: A State For Republican Californians Who Have Lost Their Voice
• Why a Government Shutdown Doesn't Mean Anything Recently, the media was flummoxed about the current government shutdown and subsequent reopening that ensued after five Republicans failed to pass the spending bill. Jan 25, 2018

  Why a Government Shutdown Doesn't Mean Anything
• Senate to Take Initial Vote on Bill Banning Abortions after 20 Weeks The Senate is preparing to vote on a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks, according to TheHill.com. Jan 25, 2018

  Senate to Take Initial Vote on Bill Banning Abortions after 20 Weeks
• A Healthy Dose of Religious Freedom: New HHS Division to Protect Medical Professionals For healthcare providers facing restrictions on their rights of conscience, reinforcements are on the way. Jan 24, 2018

  A Healthy Dose of Religious Freedom: New HHS Division to Protect Medical Professionals
• Atheist Organization Targets White House Bible Study The Freedom From Religion Foundation and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is suing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development over information about a weekly cabinet bible study. Jan 23, 2018

  Atheist Organization Targets White House Bible Study
• America is One of the Least Trusting Nations, Reports Show Recent reports show that only one in three Americans trust that the government will do the right thing. According to The Atlantic, this is “a decline of 14 percentage points from last year.” Jan 23, 2018

  America is One of the Least Trusting Nations, Reports Show
• Government Shutdown Vote Planned for Noon Today A vote is now planned for noon today to fund the government through early February. Jan 22, 2018

  Government Shutdown Vote Planned for Noon Today
• Government Shutdown: What the Bible Says about Immigration Issues While several issues have prompted the United States government to shut down, perhaps the most controversial is that of immigration and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Jan 22, 2018

  Government Shutdown: What the Bible Says about Immigration Issues