During an interview with the British show “Peston,” Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar opened up about her favorite politician whom she found “inspiring”.In the interview, Omar spoke about her favorite political role model, former conservative U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, while discussing her 2020 memoir, “This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee…Continue Reading
A 19-state coalition urged Congress to reject a proposed methane fee that would punish producers as energy prices continue to surge.The legislation would cost consumers $14.4 billion and could jeopardize up to 155,000 jobs, the states led by West Virginia wrote in a letter to Senate leaders Thursday, citing a study from the American Petroleum…Continue Reading
The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would bar transgender students from playing on school sports teams based on their gender identities.House Bill 25 would require that public school athletic teams must be based on students’ genders on their birth certificates at or near the time of birth.”The Texas House just…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — After having lost a legal battle, the Biden administration tentatively plans a mid-November restart of a Trump-era policy that forces migrants seeking asylum to wait in Mexico for their U.S. immigration court hearings, according to a court filing late Thursday.President Joe Biden had ended the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy when he…Continue Reading
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas can continue banning most abortions after a federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Biden administration’s latest attempt to undo a novel law that has become the nation’s biggest curb to abortion in nearly 50 years.It pushes the Texas law closer to returning to the U.S. Supreme Court, which in September…Continue Reading
Miami city commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to fire Police Chief Art Acevedo just six months after he assumed the post.The five-member commission conducted a 4½-hour quasi-judicial hearing, acting as “judges” and hearing from four witnesses, before they decided to terminate Acevedo just days after he was suspended by Miami City Manager Art Noriega.The expected decision…Continue Reading
The Pew Research Center puts the number of Christians in China at 67 million, 58 million of whom are Protestant and 9 million Catholic. Reuters While Christians are one of the most persecuted religious groups in the world, it’s generally ignored because, unlike Muslims and Jews, Christians have no good word to describe it, a…Continue Reading
”Freedom From Want”, also known as ”The Thanksgiving Picture” is the third of the Four Freedoms series of four oil paintings by American artist Norman Rockwell. Stock Photo/Normal Rockwell Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and amid the hustle and bustle of the season, it’s easy to forget why we celebrate this important holiday. For…Continue Reading
Nguyen Trung Ton was arrested in July last year with other members of his pro-democracy group, Brotherhood for Democracy, and convicted of attempting to overthrow the communist government. International Christian Concern A Vietnamese pastor imprisoned for his advocacy work has been refused medical treatment for serious illnesses, causing his health to “rapidly deteriorate” a persecution…Continue Reading
Children and a teacher of a Catholic Church-run boarding school in the Wa region of northern Shan State near the Chinese border in April 2017. Leo Mang A pastor has revealed that 17 Bible students who escaped an ethnic minority army in Myanmar have not been fed for days and are suffering from severe health…Continue Reading