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The nation’s first religious charter school received a major setback after the Supreme Court deadlocked on a decision on whether or not to allow taxpayer-funded religious schools. SCOTUS listened to arguments for and against the creation of a Catholic charter school in Oklahoma that opponents declared a violation of the separation of church and state.…

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A group of evangelicals is urging President Trump to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) while finding an ethical way to utilize it at the same time. Around a dozen evangelical leaders addressed a letter to President Trump with the title “Christianity in the Age of AI: An Appeal for Wise Leadership.” The signees called AI “the…

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth led a prayer at a voluntary Pentagon event and called on “King Jesus.” He opened the prayer saying he had been called to his current position. “This is precisely where I need to be, and I think exactly where we need to be as a nation, at this moment, in…

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In the quiet hours of the early morning, long before the headlines would blare and debates ignite, House Speaker Mike Johnson paused outside an almost-hidden door in the U.S. Capitol. “Would you like to see the prayer room?” he asked an Associated Press reporter, responding not to a question about policy but about something far…

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Before Donald Trump became president of the United States, he was a successful real estate developer in New York City and the media mogul behind the hit reality show The Apprentice.  During that time, a woman known only as “Debbie” was struggling with insurmountable grief. She lost both of her parents (the cause isn’t shared)…

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A Christian camp in Colorado has sued the state’s Department of Early Childhood over new licensing rules, claiming the rules would force the camp to violate its Christian beliefs. Camp IdRaHaJe (named for the hymn “I’d Rather Have Jesus”) has operated in the state since 1948 but says soon state regulators may shut it down.…

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In 1971, Rev. Jerry Falwell was the nationally influential and sociopolitical pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia. That year, he founded Liberty University to become a bastion of Christian higher education. In 2025, the late Rev. Falwell would possibly be flabbergasted as the board of trustees of that institution agreed to pay…

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On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the famous “Monkey Trial,” creationists are ramping up the pressure for creationism to be taught to American children, in and out of school. The 1925 Scopes monkey trial, dubbed the Trial of the Century, was seen by many as the beginning of the end for biblical fundamentalism’s…

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In the coming school year, educators in Oklahoma’s public schools will be required to teach students that widespread election discrepancies and fraud plagued the U.S. election in 2020. The new educational requirement is the result of a mandate from Oklahoma state school superintendent Ryan Walters. A long-time ally of Donald Trump, Walters supported Trump’s claims…

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A student who blasted Israel for attacking Gaza after the attacks on October 7, 2023 during a graduation speech has yet to receive a diploma. Student Logan Rozos was nominated by peers at New York University (NYU) to present the graduation address for the school’s liberal arts program. Rozos’s speech, however, veered into the political…
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