US envoy urges Pakistan to stop protecting terrorists
Source: Associated Press By ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI (AP) — Nikki Haley, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, said Thursday her country is urging Pakistan more strongly not to […]
US-Israeli teen convicted of threats against Jewish centres
Source: BBC News A court in Israel has convicted a 19-year-old American-Israeli man of making hundreds of threats to bomb or attack Jewish schools and community centres. Michael Ron David […]
Trump Travel Ban: How It Affects the Countries Image
Source: The New York Times By Rick Gladstone To President Trump’s supporters, the Supreme Court decision upholding his travel ban from seven countries — five with Muslim majorities — was an affirmation […]
‘What’s next?’ Muslims grapple with Supreme Court ruling that they believe redefines their place in America
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail HauslohnerJune 26Email the author Ramy Almansoob’s children have been asking every day for weeks: “Do we have a decision yet? Do we have a decision […]
Travel ban: Trump hails ‘tremendous’ Supreme Court ruling
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump has hailed a Supreme Court ruling upholding his travel ban which covers people from several Muslim-majority countries. Lower courts had deemed the ban […]
In Travel Ban Ruling, High Court Repudiates Notorious Japanese Internment Case
Source: NPR BY SCOTT HORSLEY In the sharply divided decision over President Trump’s travel ban, the Supreme Court repudiated a notorious case from the last century: one that justified the internment […]
Abortion and Travel Ban Rulings Are Victory for G.O.P. Tactics on Gorsuch
Source: The New York Times By Elizabeth Dias and Sydney Ember WASHINGTON — The consequences of President Trump’s nomination of Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court — and the Republican blockade of […]
Sessions’ pastor addresses ‘firestorm’ over church charges against AG
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)One of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ pastors told her congregation on Sunday that she does not agree with the “zero-tolerance” immigration policies that […]
Presbyterians demur on divestment from fossil fuels
Source: Religion News Service BY Emily McFarlan Miller (RNS) — For the third time in a row, the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s General Assembly decided against divesting from companies invested in fossil […]
Walgreens Pharmacist Refuses To Provide Drug For Ariz. Woman With Unviable Pregnancy
Source: NPR By Kat Chow When 35-year-old Nicole Arteaga walked into a Walgreens in Peoria, Ariz., last Wednesday, she was nine weeks pregnant. But, she says, her doctor had told […]
Supreme Court rules against California law targeting anti-abortion pregnancy centers
Source: USA Today BY Richard Wolf, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt a major blow to a California law requiring anti-abortion pregnancy centers to inform women about publicly funded […]
Republican tax law hits churches
Source: Politico Republicans have quietly imposed a new tax on churches, synagogues and other nonprofits, a little-noticed and surprising change that could cost some groups tens of thousands of dollars. […]
Southern Baptist Head Urges Evangelicals To Avoid Political Ideology Amid Crossroads
Source: NPR BY Tori Whitley Newly elected Southern Baptist Convention President Pastor J. D. Greear is taking over as leader of the biggest Protestant denomination in the U.S. at an […]
Immigrant children: Federal judge orders families separated at border be reunited within 30 days
Source: USA Today BY Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY A federal judge in California has ordered U.S. immigration authorities to reunite separated families on the border within 30 days, describing the Trump administration’s handling of […]
Bernie Sanders: Sarah Sanders has the right to ‘go into a restaurant and have dinner’
Source: Msn News By: Justin Wise Sen Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday came to the defense of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, saying individuals should “have the right to […]
Supreme Court upholds Trump’s travel ban
Source: Religion News Service BY Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON (RNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld President Trump’s temporary ban on refugees and immigrants from a group of primarily Muslim-majority […]
US border agents halt migrant family prosecutions
Source: BBC News A US border security chief says he has temporarily stopped launching criminal prosecutions of migrants who illegally enter the country with children. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) […]
#MeToo Has Implicated 414 High-Profile Executives and Employees in 18 Months
Source: Time By JEFF GREEN / BLOOMBERG June 25, 2018 At least 414 high-profile executives and employees across fields and industries have been outed by the #MeToo Movement in 18 months, […]
U.S. Supreme Court rules for Trump travel ban
U.S. Supreme Court rules for Trump over travel ban Source: Yahoo WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several mostly Muslim […]
US border agents halt migrant family prosecutions
Source: BBC News Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan told reporters in Texas the prosecution referrals were suspended last week. He said it followed an order last week […]