Law & Government

WILMINGTON, N.C. — The mother of a newborn baby that was found in a trash can behind a North Carolina church last Thursday evening has been arrested. Maryuri Estefany Calix-Macedo, 21, has been charged with first-degree attempted murder…

(Evangelical Focus) — Israel has started to implement the prostitution law, which was passed a year and a half ago in the Knesset (the Israeli parliament), but was due to come into effect in mid-2020. The regulation sanctions those who pay…

(International Christian Concern) – On July 1, four US government agencies issued an advisory warning that American companies sourcing from Chinese manufacturers may be selling products made using forced labor of religious minorities in the…

Photo Credit: Luis Quintero/Pexels REDDING, Calif. — A coalition of religious liberties legal organizations have filed suit on behalf of several churches in California that seek to challenge the State’s recent ban on singing or chanting…

LONDON — A judge in the United Kingdom has ruled that while a Christian foster and adoption agency may require applicants to be evangelical Christians, it may not decline to place children in households that identify as both “Christian” and…

After passing the “Amazon Tax,” Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant went on this unhinged rant. She threatens to seize control of the Fortune 500 and overthrow the “racist, sexist, violent, utterly bankrupt system of capitalism.” If…

Photo Credit: Alliance Defending Freedom WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case from a former student at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) who sued the educational institution after his attempts to preach the gospel on…

(Evangelical Focus) — The gender field will soon no longer appear in the identification cards (IDs) of citizens, the government of the Netherlands has announced. Education Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven — who is also in charge of…

Photo Credit: Joe Ravi WASHINGTON (Kaiser Health News) — The Supreme Court Wednesday settled — at least for now — a decade’s worth of litigation over the women’s health provisions of the Affordable Care Act, ruling 7-2 that employers…

Photo Credit: Katy Black SOMERVILLE, Mass. — The city council of Somerville, Massachusetts has unanimously passed an ordinance recognizing “polyamorous” domestic partnerships as they could not find a “good reason” to limit romantic…