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Trump’s travel ban faces U.S. Supreme Court showdown

Source: Reuters BY Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The first big showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies is set for Wednesday when the justices hear a challenge to the lawfulness of his travel ban targeting people from several Muslim-majority countries. https://queso-cdn.prod.reuters.tv/new/index.html?autoplay=true&muted=true&countdown=true&preroll=true&proll=iuuqt%3A%2F%2Fqvcbet.h.epvcmfdmjdl.ofu%2Fhbnqbe%2Fbet%3Fta%3D3y3%26jv%3D%2F4735792%2Fwjefp.vt.sfvufst%2Fqpmjujdt%2Ftvqsfnfdpvsu%2Fbsujdmf%26djv_tat%3D300y250%2C1500y692%26dvtu_qbsbnt%3DwjefpJe%253E420798890%2526uzqf%253Ebsujdmf_qsfspmm%2526begsjfoemz%253Eusvf%26jnqm%3Dt%26hegq_sfr%3D1%26fow%3Dwq%26pvuqvu%3Dynm_wbtu3%26vowjfxfe_qptjujpo_tubsu%3D1%26dpssfmbups%3D5462657931726185%26vsm%3Diuuqt%3A%2F%2Fvt.sfvufst.dpn%26eftdsjqujpo_vsm%3Dxxx.sfvufst.dpn%2Fbsujdmf%2Fvt-vtb-dpvsu-jnnjhsbujpo%2Fusvnqt-usbwfm-cbo-gbdft-v-t-tvqsfnf-dpvsu-tipxepxo-jeVTLCO1IU0JS&poster=%2F%2Fs4.reutersmedia.net%2Fresources%2Fr%2F%3Fd%3D20180424%26t%3D2%26i%3DOV8CSO8GV%26r%3DOV8CSO8GV&mid=OV8CSO8GV&title=Trump%27s%20travel%20ban%20faces%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court%20showdown&suppress_ads=false&suppress_rtv=false&source=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-court-immigration%2Ftrumps-travel-ban-faces-u-s-supreme-court-showdown-idUSKBN1HT0IR%3Futm_source%3DPew%2BResearch%2BCenter%26utm_campaign%3Db7685d3c0e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_23%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_term%3D0_3e953b9b70-b7685d3c0e-400098637&chartbeat_uid=52639&chartbeat_domain=preview.reuters.com&region=US&draggable=true&hide_title=false&allow_collapse=true The case represents […]

5 faith facts about Mike Pompeo: A divisive devotion

Source: RNS By Jack Jenkins  | April 19, 2018 CIA Director Mike Pompeo, nominated to be the next secretary of state, pauses while speaking during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on April 12, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pompeo’s remarks were the first chance for lawmakers and the public to […]

USA: 2 year old accidentally shot dead by mom

By Mary Papenfuss  Huffingtonpost.com “She’s gone. My baby’s gone.” OHIO> A gun being handled by a young mother in a town outside Cleveland accidentally discharged, sending a bullet into her two-year-old daughter’s chest and killing her, police said Saturday. The mother, who investigators did not identify, owned the weapon legally and had a […]

The buildings that make us think

Source: BBC News By Devon Van Houten Maldonado Museums do more than allow us to engage with history and art. They are forms in and of themselves, which, to varying degrees, enable and propagate missions and legacies through design and architecture. Perhaps no museum in recent history has created as […]

Dozens of evangelical leaders meet to discuss how Trump era has unleashed ‘grotesque caricature’ of their faith

Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey April 16 at 10:00 AM Email the author Wheaton College. (Sarah Pulliam Bailey) About 50 top leaders of major evangelical institutions will attend an invitation-only gathering this week to discuss the future and the “soul” of evangelicalism at a time when many of them are […]