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2 weeks ago | 
christianpost.com | Ryan Foley
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter This week saw actions from President Donald Trump and the executive branch designed to implement the administration’s domestic policy on the issue of abortion and combatting antisemitism in addition to advancing the national security interests of the United States. The week was also defined by an escalating feud between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, a man who was once one of his closest allies. Here are five highlights from the past week.
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2 weeks ago | 
christianpost.com | Ryan Foley
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter A woman advocating for around two dozen Afghan Christian refugees facing deportation who attend her North Carolina church has pushed back against the Trump administration's assertions that conditions in Afghanistan have improved enough for them to return and is still looking for someone in Washington to champion their cause.
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2 weeks ago | 
christianpost.com | Ryan Foley
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter The Trump administration is celebrating "Title IX Month" in June, marking a contrast to much of corporate America and previous administrations' embrace of LGBT Pride Month. The U.S. Department of Education announced in a statement Monday that it is recognizing June as "Title IX Month" in commemoration of the 53rd anniversary of the enactment of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 into law.
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2 weeks ago | 
christianpost.com | Ryan Foley
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter A New Jersey woman has pled guilty to stealing nearly $300,000 from two Roman Catholic churches where she worked as a bookkeeper.
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2 weeks ago | 
christianpost.com | Ryan Foley
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Nebraska has become the latest state to require athletes to compete on sports teams that align with their sex instead of their stated gender identity. Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen signed Legislature Bill 89 (LB 89) into law Wednesday alongside female athletes who've been harmed by policies allowing trans-identified males to compete in women’s sports.
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2 weeks ago | 
christianpost.com | Ryan Foley
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter A charity organization providing aid to residents in the Gaza Strip amid the war between Israel and Hamas has appointed a United States-based Evangelical leader and well-known religious freedom advocate as its new leader. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation announced in a statement Tuesday that it appointed the Rev. Johnnie Moore as its executive chairman.
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2 weeks ago | 
christianpost.com | Ryan Foley
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter The late Ken Starr, a prominent lawyer and academic well known for his advocacy on behalf of religious liberty, is slated to receive an award posthumously later this year. The Religious Freedom Institute announced in a statement on Friday that it was planning to posthumously award Starr with its 2025 Defender of Religious Freedom Award at an award ceremony and dinner scheduled to take place at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 6.
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2 weeks ago | 
christianpost.com | Ryan Foley
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter The head of the Food and Drug Administration has vowed to conduct a review of the abortion pill as the drug continues to be subject to scrutiny following a new report showing a much larger share of women experience adverse effects after taking it than previously believed. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., shared the contents of a letter he received from Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary in an X post Monday.
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2 weeks ago | 
christianpost.com | Ryan Foley
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Emergency room visits caused by complications from taking the abortion pill are more frequently being miscoded, according to a new study, raising concerns amid the increased prevalence of chemical abortions. The study, released last month, is based on data from 28,534 emergency room visits made by Medicaid patients within 30 days of having either a surgical abortion or having taken the abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol.
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2 weeks ago | 
christianpost.com | Ryan Foley
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter A prominent theologian is defending the idea of aborting babies determined to have deformities while agreeing that abortion is tragic in all cases, especially late-term abortions.
