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Salem Media Group has announced a new partnership with Donald Trump Jr. and Lara Trump. Salem, the Christian and conservative media company, currently hosts such popular conservative podcasts as “The Charlie Kirk Show,” “The Dinesh D’Souza Podcast,” and “Right View with Lara Trump.” Salem called the new partnership “a historic, multi-dimensional deal.” As part of…

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A historic Memphis church with ties to Martin Luther King, Jr. has suffered devastating damage after an early-morning fire engulfed the building. Clayborn Temple had been undergoing a $25 million restoration project when a fire broke out early Monday. “This morning we woke up to heartbreaking news: a devastating fire has ravaged one of our…

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Christian parents are suing a Maryland school district after claiming the district would not allow their daughter to graduate after refusing to participate in an LGBTQ+ health class. The student, referred to as “Jane,” is a senior at Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) with an impeccable 4.76 weighted GPA who has not participated in a…

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Donald Trump’s prominent front-row seat at Pope Francis’ funeral didn’t shield him from a pointed message—delivered from beyond the grave. During the widely televised funeral, attended by world leaders including France’s Emmanuel Macron, Britain’s Keir Starmer, and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re delivered a homily that subtly but unmistakably echoed Pope Francis’ lifetime…

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The annual White House Easter Egg Roll has been a tradition since 1878 and the Rutherford B. Hayes administration. The number of eggs sprawled across the pristine South Lawn has grown from a few dozen egg cartons to this year’s count 30,000. The eggs have increased as the demand has increased.  For decades, images from…

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Evangelical leaders are sounding the alarm as the beloved Christian phrase “Christ is King” faces distortion at the hands of hate groups, bots, and political extremists. Once a proclamation of worship and hope, the phrase has increasingly appeared online in the hands of those promoting antisemitism and extremist ideologies—prompting Christian leaders to reclaim its sacred…

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In a tragic turn of events following a Bible study in Ohio, a man was killed and a pastor critically injured in what officials are calling a “freak accident” involving a fallen tree and power lines. The heartbreaking incident took place in Toledo as Pastor Andrew Edwards of Northwest Baptist Church was driving fellow church…

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A new study is showing that more Americans have left organized religion for the pursuit of personal truth. Entitled “Breaking Free of the Iron Cage: The Individualization of American Religion,” researchers followed 1,348 individuals born in the late 1980s from adolescence to early adulthood and explored their religious habits. Participants completed four rounds of surveys…

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West Virginia governor Patrick Morrisey signed a “Parents’ Bill of Rights” into law on Monday, joining twenty other states in passing similar legislation. House Bill 2129 codifies into law  rights “reserved to the parent of a minor child in this state without obstruction or interference from the state, any of its political subdivisions, any other…

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As the backlash against the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an alleged gang member from El Salvador, continues to heat up, one Maryland mother shared her family’s horrific experience when their daughter was killed by an illegal immigrant. Patty Morin was attending the White House press office, which she opened in prayer. “This is probably…

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