U.S. Ambassador Huckabee tells Carlson “it would be fine” if Israel took territory from the Nile to the Euphrates, then tries to walk it back as “hyperbolic.”
Fifth Circuit lifts injunction blocking Louisiana’s Ten Commandments classroom law, allowing enforcement despite two prior courts ruling it unconstitutional.
Hegseth invites Idaho pastor who believes women should not vote to preach at the Pentagon’s monthly prayer service, praising his “willingness to be bold” as service members look on.
HUD opens investigation into North Texas Muslim community development eight months after the Justice Depaement investigated the same project and closed the case without charges.
Maryland’s two largest school districts face backlash for designating Eid al-Fitr as a snow makeup day, drawing criticism that Muslim holidays are treated as expendable.
Federal judge orders ICE to allow Catholic priests into a Chicago-area detention facility for Ash Wednesday, ruling the agency violated religious freedom law by ending a decade of weekly visits.
Don Lemon, civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong, and three activists plead not guilty to federal charges for protesting ICE enforcement at a St. Paul church.
FBI used warrantless “assessment” authority to gather intelligence on over 1,000 journalists, religious organizations, and politicians between 2018 and 2024, watchdog report finds.
Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission removes member Carrie Prejean Boller after she challenged witnesses on Zionism and Israel’s war in Gaza during an antisemitism hearing.
U.S. sends 200 troops to Nigeria to train forces fighting Islamist militants, weeks after Trump threatened to go in “guns-a-blazing.”
Former Minnesota U.S. attorney who resigned over the Renee Good investigation now defends Don Lemon against his former office’s first-ever criminal FACE Act religious freedom charges.
DC health officials confirm measles cases among attendees of the January March for Life rally, with exposure sites spanning the Basilica, Catholic University, Metro, Reagan National and an Amtrak train.
Trump tells National Prayer Breakfast he “probably should” get into heaven, says he had to win 2024 “for my own ego,” and calls ICE protesters “like the Gestapo” for entering a Minnesota church.
U.S. Africa Command deploys military team to Nigeria after Trump threatened the country over alleged Christian persecution, following December airstrikes against Islamic State affiliates.
Trump demands $1 billion from Harvard over antisemitism claims and calls for criminal charges after a federal judge blocked his $2.2 billion funding freeze in September.
Don Lemon pleads not guilty after FBI arrest for covering Minnesota church protest, charged under abortion clinic access law in what legal experts call unprecedented use against journalists.
Appeals court declines to force arrest warrants for Don Lemon, four others over church protest; district chief judge called DOJ demand “unheard of.”
Vance pledges anti-abortion action at March for Life; administration expands foreign aid ban to cover abortion providers and DEI programs.
DOJ arrested three organizers of anti-ICE protest at St. Paul church, charging them with conspiracy to deprive rights; White House posted altered photo showing calm arrestee as crying.
HHS threatens to strip Illinois of federal health funding over 2017 law requiring doctors who oppose abortion to refer patients to providers who offer it.
University of Pennsylvania refuses federal demand for lists of Jewish faculty, staff and students, calling the request “unconstitutional” and citing history of governmental persecution of Jews.
Archbishop overseeing U.S. military chaplains says troops would be “morally acceptable” in disobeying orders that conflict with their conscience.
DOJ threatens to prosecute church protesters in Minnesota while ICE has made arrests at churches in at least a dozen incidents since revoking protections for houses of worship.
Three Catholic cardinals call U.S. foreign policy immoral, citing Venezuela, Ukraine and Greenland, and renounce war “as an instrument for narrow national interests.”
Franklin, North Carolina, agrees to transfer 1,000-year-old sacred Noquisiyi Mound to Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians after more than 150 years outside tribal ownership.
Heritage Foundation calls for “whole-of-government” promotion of heterosexual marriage and two-child families, pitching government-funded marriage bootcamp as “culture-wide Manhattan Project.”
New reporting reveals cannabis CEO’s 18-month lobbying campaign and seven-figure donations led to Trump’s marijuana rescheduling, overriding Speaker Johnson and 22 senators.
Six federal departments posted explicitly Christian Christmas messages from official government accounts, with DHS declaring “Christ is Born!” and cabinet officials hailing “our Savior Jesus Christ.”
US forces bomb ISIS targets in northwestern Nigeria on Christmas Day at Trump’s orders, marking sixth country American military has attacked this year.
University of Oklahoma removes graduate teaching assistant who failed student’s Bible-based essay responding to gender research article, citing “arbitrary” grading.
White House rebuffs eight Florida Catholic bishops asking for Christmas pause on immigration enforcement, responding only that Trump is keeping his deportation promise.
As Venezuela standoff escalates, Hegseth announces overhaul of military chaplain corps, eliminating Army Spiritual Fitness Guide as first step.
Faith leaders and protesters chain themselves outside San Francisco immigration court, 12 arrested as federal agents cut through links.
Sixth Circuit rules 2-1 along party lines that Michigan’s conversion therapy ban violates Catholic charity’s free speech rights.
Trump donor Miriam Adelson offers $250 million for unconstitutional third term bid at White House Hanukkah event where guest Mark Levin called Trump “the greatest president.”
Oklahoma Supreme Court permanently nullifies social studies standards requiring Bible teaching and 2020 election doubt, finding state board violated open meeting laws.
South Carolina measles outbreak hits 111 cases with 254 quarantined, as U.S. faces losing elimination status if transmission continues through January.
DeSantis declares CAIR and Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organizations in executive order, following Texas move that CAIR is now suing as unconstitutional.
US restricts visas for Nigerians involved in violence against Christians weeks after Trump ordered Pentagon to plan potential military action over religious persecution claims.
House Education Committee launches antisemitism probe into Fairfax County Public Schools, one of three districts facing federal inquiry over alleged Title VI violations.
Trump orders review of Muslim Brotherhood affiliates for terrorist designation week after Texas declared group terrorist and targeted CAIR, drawing lawsuit.
Trump announces he is ending Temporary Protected Status for Somalis in Minnesota, claims without evidence that “Somali gangs are terrorizing” the state.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott designates Muslim civil rights group CAIR as terrorist organization and orders criminal investigations, prompting federal lawsuit over First Amendment violations.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott designates Muslim Brotherhood and Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terrorist organizations.
Catholic bishops issue first special pastoral message in 12 years opposing mass deportation and dehumanizing rhetoric in rare rebuke of Trump policies.
Fort Worth church’s Campaign University trains Christians to seek office teaching “no separation between church and state,” expanding to Florida and Hawaii churches as creator Nate Schatzline joins Trump faith board.
Supreme Court rejects Kim Davis appeal seeking to overturn 2015 same-sex marriage decision after she was ordered to pay $360,000 for denying couple a marriage license.
Paxton sues Galveston ISD for delaying Ten Commandments display while federal appeals court weighs constitutionality of state law requiring classroom posters.
Vice President Vance tells Turning Point USA he hopes Hindu wife Usha converts to Christianity, saying he wants her “somehow moved by the church” away from her faith.
FBI arrests Alabama man with weapons cache and list of religious leaders’ addresses after threatening calls to multiple rabbis and imam saying “I want you to die.”
