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Representative Jim Banks (R, IN) is fighting back against proposed Health and Human Services (HHS) rules that would essentially block conservative Christian parents from adopting through foster care. Earlier this year, HHS announced a new rule that “would require that child welfare agencies ensure that each child in their care who identifies as LGBTQI+ receive…

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Neighbors in the Massachusetts town of Lowell were shocked to learn that Lauren Erickson Van Wart, 44, had been killed in the Bahamas while on a trip with her husband. “How can you process something like this? It was a tragedy,” said neighbor Beth Stack-Emerson. “Trip of a lifetime, it’s heartbreaking, it really is. Shocking,”…

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A company co-founded by former U.S. Navy SEALs is using artificial intelligence, or AI, to protect faith-based schools and churches from potential attacks. As concerns increase over mass shootings, ZeroEyees co-founder Rob Huberty told “The 700 Club” that his company is using AI to protect potential targets like houses of worship and schools. He said,…

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According to a 2023 survey from Wallethub, some Americans are feeling the effects of inflation into the holiday season. The online survey, which collected answers from 250 respondents nationally, found that more than one in three Americans aren’t giving gifts this year due to inflation. Thirty-four percent of respondents said their family isn’t giving gifts…

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GOP presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy shared stories about how their faith helped their families through miscarriages earlier last month at the informal FAMiLY Leader’s Thanksgiving Family Forum. Ron DeSantis shared his and his wife’s own difficulties with struggling to start their family, saying, “We were married, doing our thing. I was in…

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Speaker Mike Johnson had some strong words for political consultant James Carville, who called him a Christian nationalist and said he was worse than al-Qaeda. Carville appeared on Bill Maher’s HBO show and was asked by Maher what he thought of him as a Louisiana native himself. “Mike Johnson and what he believes is one…

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Cosmopolitan Magazine, one of the most recognized magazines for women, is raising some eyebrows for a recently-released Instagram post that gave a loose guide on how to perform a ceremonial Satanic abortion. The post was meant to highlight the magazine’s new article in its November/ December issue that features The Satanic Temple’s (TST) New Mexico-based…

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A new exhibit at the New York Historical Society is exploring the impact that faith had on the United States’ westward expansion during the 19th century, while also detailing how that expansion affected America’s religious expression. Called Acts of Faith: Religion and the American West, the exhibit covers a variety of religious movements as America…

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Researcher Jace Tunnell, director of community engagement at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, is sharing his discovery of the eighth “witch bottle” to wash up along the beaches of Corpus Christi since 2017. The find was shared to the Institute’s Facebook page with the caption, “Witch bottle!…

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House Speaker Mike Johnson has found himself under scrutiny from critics again after speaking with CNBC’s Squawk Box on the separation of church and state. Johnson had appeared on the show to discuss the upcoming budget vote when he found himself responding to questions about an image of himself praying on the floor of Congress with other…
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