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The importance of faith amongst Americans has dropped to an all-time low according to a new Gallup poll. According to the poll, 49% of Americans stated that religion was an important part of their daily life. That was nearly a 20-point drop from 66% in 2015. The drop is the largest that Gallup has measured…

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A growing religious freedom battle is unfolding in Quincy, Massachusetts, where two large bronze statues of Catholic saints — commissioned to honor police officers and firefighters — have ignited a heated debate over faith, history, and the place of religious symbolism in public life. The statues of Saint Michael the Archangel and Saint Florian, each…

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Tucker Carlson continued to be a polarizing individual regarding who he interviews, the views he professes or at least doesn’t push back against regarding Israel, and some of his own faith proclamations. More recently, he has polarized professing Christians regarding his claims that he was attacked by a demon in his own bedroom. Carlson first…

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President Trump is facing backlash from some of his staunchest supporters after insisting the H1-B Visa program, which admits international immigrants for high-skilled work into the US, is necessary. The President was speaking to Laura Ingraham on Fox News and pushed back when Ingraham criticized the program. She claimed such programs suppress US wages, which…

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The Supreme Court has declined to hear a request from Kim Davis to revisit its ruling on gay marriage in the Obergefell ruling. Davis is a former Kentucky county clerk who gained national attention after she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2015, shortly after the Supreme Court had declared in Obergefell…

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Evangelist Frank Turek is calling on the death penalty to be considered as the trial approaches for Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson. Turek was a close friend and spiritual mentor of Kirk’s and was present the day he was assassinated on September 10. Turek has spoken openly about Kirk’s last minutes as they rushed…

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A Rhode Island mom is sharing the outrageous $117K a local school is charging her in order to view the curriculum of a teacher who called Charlie Kirk “garbage” after his assassination. Nicole Solas sent two Access to Public Access Act requests to Barrington Public Schools on September 16 and September 18, 2025, requesting copies…

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Extraterrestrials or aliens have absorbed the human imagination for decades. Two major political figures, however, have suggested a potentially spiritual side to the question of life beyond Earth. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene recently appeared on an episode of HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher where she discussed that she believes aliens are fallen angels, oftentimes…

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After more than six decades of providing Christian higher education, Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois, has announced that it will close its doors following the 2025–2026 academic year. The decision, leaders say, comes after months of “intense deliberation and prayerful discernment” amid growing financial challenges that left the school without a sustainable path…

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New York City Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker announced his resignation mere hours after Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City. Mamdani, a democratic socialist, is known for his critical positions on Israel. Tucker is Jewish. According to the New York Post, the 34-year-old Mamdani “defiantly stood by his stance on the campaign trail,…

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