The AP Has Called Winners in Elections for More Than 170 years. Here’s How It’s Done | Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — One question will be asked over and over on election night: Who won?
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Student preaching, foster care rights: 5 important Supreme Court decisions in 2021
Here are five notable decisions from the United States Supreme Court in 2021 that have to do with the First Amendment, especially the issue of religious liberty. They include questions over foster care and a student seeking damages for being punished for preaching on campus.
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After 8 months of marriage Christian Congressman Madison Cawthorn is getting a divorce
Madison Cawthorn, a Republican congressman from North Carolina, announced Wednesday that he and his wife of eight months have mutually decided to get a divorce.
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Christian Rep. Madison Cawthorn calls higher education a ‘scam,’ urges conservatives to ‘drop out’
Partially paralyzed Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina, who attended a Christian college for one semester before dropping out, urged conservative youth on Tuesday to drop out of college if they aren’t studying medicine, law or engineering because higher education is “a scam.”
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Senate Minority Whip John Thune Reportedly Weighing Retirement Amid Family Concerns
Sen. John Thune (R-SD), the Senate minority whip and second-highest-ranking Republican in the chamber, is reportedly considering his retirement at the end of his term in 2023.
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Senators soften language in Build Back Better bill restricting religious childcare, pre-K funding
A Senate committee has removed some of the controversial language in the Build Back Better bill that would restrict funding and aid for faith-based childcare and pre-k programs unless they adhered to federal anti-discrimination law.
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Pentagon issues rules to combat extremism in the ranks
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Lawmakers Back Navy SEALs Who Sued Biden and Pentagon for Refusing Religious Exemption from Vaccine
Dozens of congressional lawmakers have announced their support for a group of Navy SEALs who sued the Biden administration and the Defense Department for refusing to grant religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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Trump says Evangelicals ‘love Israel more than Jews’ in America, accused of antisemitism
Former President Donald Trump has been accused of authoring “antisemitic tropes” when he recently claimed that Evangelical Christians in the United States love Israel more than Jewish people in the United States.
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FIRST-PERSON: An encouragement for caregivers this Christmas | Baptist Press
In April of 2021, we found out that my 37-year-old-husband had a tumor in his small intestine that indicated the presence of a very rare cancer. The diagnosis and surgery to remove it took place this year. But he was sick for most of 2020, undergoing tests, scans, and blood…
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NY Gov. Hochul tells churchgoers to get vaccinated, ‘spread the love of Christ’ this Christmas
The governor of New York encouraged a Baptist congregation to “spread love” and “spread friendship” during the Christmas season rather than the coronavirus.
