Higher Ground
Trump urges Americans to ‘bring God back into our lives’ in National Prayer Breakfast speech
President Trump said Thursday that his relationship with religion had "changed" after a pair of failed assassination attempts last year, as he advocated at the National Prayer Breakfast at the Capitol for Americans to "bring God back into our lives."
Why conservative American evangelicals are among Israel’s strongest supporters
One of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's first meetings in the United States this week was not with American Jewish leaders but with evangelical ones.
Black church vandalized by Proud Boys given rights to the group’s name and trademark by court
A D.C. Superior Court Judge has awarded an historic Black church control over the Proud Boys trademark after the group defaulted on a $2.8 million judgment.
3 lessons from survivors as terror, disasters rock our souls
"A man took my son's life, but I have to forgive him." These words uttered by a grieving mother just days after a terrorist senselessly slaughtered her son last month left me speechless.
Jewish population in West Bank keeps rising. Settlers hope Trump will accelerate growth
The Jewish population in the West Bank grew at twice the rate of the general Israeli population last year, according to an advocacy group that hopes the Trump administration will support policies that help accelerate the growth of settlements in the occupied territory.
Man pleads guilty to federal charges for firing gun outside Jewish temple in upstate New York
A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday for firing a shotgun outside an upstate New York synagogue during the early months of the Israel-Hamas war.
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, dies at 88
The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world's millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in tithes into building homes, hospitals and schools in developing countries, died Tuesday. He was 88.
Trump to sign ban on biological males in girls’ and women’s sports
President Trump is scheduled to sign an executive order Wednesday barring male-born athletes from girls and women's sports, fulfilling a campaign promise on an increasingly high-profile issue pitting fairness and safety against against transgender inclusion.
Capital One Arena to host skating benefit for Reagan National Airport crash families
Monumental Sports and Entertainment, the owner of the Washington Wizards and Capitals, will host a "Legacy on Ice" figure skating benefit to benefit the families affected by last week's crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Vance says Trump administration is ‘not just restoring, but expanding’ religious freedom for America
The Trump administration will embrace and uphold the core American value of religious freedom and expand protections for people of all faiths while rolling back federal censorship efforts "used to prevent Americans from speaking their conscience and speaking their mind," Vice President J.D. Vance said Wednesday.
Texas man set to be executed for killing a pastor in his own church
A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas area pastor in his own church during a robbery was facing execution on Wednesday, the second scheduled execution in the U.S. so far this year.
Baby boomers? Pronatalists push for more (and more) children using reproductive technology
In the Book of Genesis, God ordered Adam and Eve to "go forth and multiply" -- and members of the pronatalism movement aim to make that directive exponential.
‘Grave consequences’: Japan warned on campaign against church
Japan would deal a massive blow to the universal principle of religious freedom, could deeply damage its relationship with the U.S. and would hand a major win to communist China if it follows through with an effort to punish the Unification Church, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich warned.
French prosecutors won’t investigate sexual abuse allegations against revered priest Abbe Pierre
The Paris prosecutor said Tuesday it cannot investigate allegations by several women who said they were sexually assaulted or harassed by Abbe Pierre, a nationally revered priest and humanitarian crusader who died in 2007.
Maryland’s highest court upholds ending statute of limitations on child sex abuse lawsuits
Maryland's Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutionality of a state law that ended the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse lawsuits following a report that exposed widespread wrongdoing within the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Michigan county will remove ‘peacemakers’ Bible verse from jail entrance
A Bible verse will be removed from the entrance of a new jail in central Michigan after critics said it was a government endorsement of religion.
Chiefs’ Butker enters his fifth Super Bowl confident in his kicking and his beliefs
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, who tends to be talkative on the subject of his Christian faith, briefly went silent on Monday night when he was asked, "What do you think about gays?"
Trump administration opens antisemitism investigation into five universities
The Department of Education announced Monday an investigation into five universities over reports of "widespread antisemitic harassment" in the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israelis.
Trump’s directives on abortion funding raise questions about abortion pills
Trump administration policies blocking federal funding for abortion have left advocates on both sides of the issue wondering if federal restrictions on mail-order pills are next.
Extent of Saints’ damage control for clergy crisis revealed
As New Orleans church leaders braced for the fallout from publishing a list of predatory Catholic priests, they turned to an unlikely ally: the front office of the city's NFL franchise.
