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Amidst the historic peace agreement between Hamas and Israel, Vice President JD Vance made something of a pilgrimage to what he described as the “most sacred of places.” The Vice President attended mass at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, which is said to be built on the site of Jesus’s crucifixion. Prior to visiting the…

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The “Charlie Kirk effect” continues to ripple across the lives of young Gen Z men over a month after he was assassinated. When people think of frat houses, they usually think of booze and wild parties, not prayer meetings. But a Kappa Sigma fraternity house at East Carolina University in North Carolina recently had dozens…

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The Trump administration is facing criticism at it begins invasive renovations on the White House. Renovations began earlier this week on the East Wing, where the administration plans to create the White House State Ballroom, a “much needed” addition to the White House in order to host state events. “The White House is one of…

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The trans-identification trend among young people appears to be losing momentum. Recent data taken from college campuses shows a sharp decline in the number of Gen Zers identifying as transgender over the past three years. Eric Kaufmann, a professor of politics at the University of Buckingham, conducted his own analysis of a large nonprobability-based survey…

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It has been over a month since conservative Christian activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated during a college talk in Utah. Kirk’s thirty-second birthday has passed since that time, with President Trump posthumously awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, on October 14. Now the attention turns to the case against Kirk’s…

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A Florida beauty queen who lost her crown for her biblical views on gender was honored in Washington, DC earlier this month. In August 2024, Kayleigh Bush was crowned as Miss North Florida 2025. However, when she was asked to sign a contract for the Miss Florida Scholarship program through Miss America, Kayleigh found she…

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Church buildings in San Antonio became targets of vandalism this past weekend as “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump spread across major U.S. cities. Two congregations — Community Bible Church and Church Unlimited Stone Oak — were defaced with anti-Trump graffiti that pastors say reveals a deeper spiritual battle. Community Bible Church Pastor Ed…

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Former New York Congressman George Santos says he’s a changed man after being released from prison — and he’s giving credit to both God and President Donald Trump for his “second chance.” Santos, who was serving a seven-year sentence for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in New Jersey, was granted an unexpected commutation by…

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In a recent interview promoting his new book, Eric Trump declared that his father’s administration “saved Christianity” and even “saved God”—a claim that sparked swift responses from pastors, theologians, and Christian commentators across the political spectrum. They warned that conflating political success with divine salvation reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of Christian theology. Eric Trump claimed…

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Prominent transgender swimmer Lia Thomas spoke in an interview for the first time since the University of Pennsylvania agreed with President Donald Trump’s administration in June to strip the athlete’s swimming records from the women’s program archives, and adopt a policy to keep biological males out of women’s sports. In an interview with WHYY, Thomas…
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