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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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The Duggar family, once the darling of reality show fans after the premiere of their show, “19 Kids and Counting” has had a meteoric fall from grace. Abuse allegations against the eldest Duggar son, Josh Duggar, who allegedly sexually abused some of his sisters and other girls, broke the family’s picture-perfect façade. A breach of…

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Former president Barak Obama recently appeared on comedian Marc Maron’s final episode of his “WTF” podcast, where he offered some candid thoughts about the state of the Democrat party. One thing he noted was the party needed to stop being blind to its own problems. “You can’t constantly lecture people without acknowledging that you’ve got…

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Reverend Rodney Hudson, Baltimore pastor of both Ames Memorial Church and the Metropolitan United Methodist Church, knows a thing or two about being a victim of violence. Hudson has been mugged twice in his church parking lot and attacked once at the pulpit while giving a eulogy for a funeral service. During that incident, a son…

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More than 100,000 demonstrators gathered in Times Square as part of the nationwide “No Kings” protest. However, in New York City, 50 interfaith leaders gathered beforehand to hold a prayer vigil and join the march to denounce authoritarianism and affirm democracy. Thanks to the efforts of the religious freedom network Interfaith Alliance and the Interfaith…
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