A House committee voted to stop restrictions on military chaplain prayers.
The House Armed Services Committee decided chaplains should be able to pray in the name of Jesus or their faith's deity at general events.
Rep. Susan Davis, D-Calif., argued that such prayers would make some troops feel excluded.
But Rep. Mike McIntyre, D-N.C., say there is no reason to have a chaplain "if they cannot pray according to their conscience."
And Rep....
An artist whose painting was removed from an U.S. Air Force dining hall says the Pentagon is censoring Christian art.
Ron Dicianni's painting is called "Blessed are the Peacemakers" and references the scripture Matthew 5:9. It was part of a collection to honor the heroes who responded to the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
The painting was removed from Idaho's Mountain Home Air Force Base less than an hour after a complaint from Mikey Weinstein, the founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
This is the same organization leader called...
President Obama's top national security adviser, Tom Donilon, is resigning. He'll be replaced by the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice.
Conservatives severely criticized Rice after she blamed the last year's attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya on a YouTube video. Instead, it turned out to be a terrorist attack.
President Obama considered nominating Rice for secretary of state, but she withdrew amid Republican criticism over her handling of Benghazi.
Rice...
Conservative groups targeted by the Internal Revenue Service are telling their side of the story to Congress.
Several of the groups say their applications for tax-exempt status were delayed and that agents asked intrusive and unnecessary questions about who gave them money, their political views, and even how they prayed.
Leaders of six of the groups are testifying in front of the House Ways and Means Committee, one of three congressional committees investigating the IRS scandal. The Justice Department...
Trustees of two of the largest government entitlement programs released their annual financial status report Friday.
The assessment anticipates that funding for Medicare and Social Security will run out in the next thirty years or so.
The government report said Medicare's giant trust fund will run dry in 2026 --- two years later than projected last year.
Medicare's improved financial outlook is most likely a result of an overall slowdown in the rate of increase in health care spending, particularly on skilled...
The Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee says the Cincinnati IRS agents who targeted Tea Party groups were "being directly ordered from Washington."
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., released excerpts of investigative interviews with IRS employees, saying the reports show the employees were directed by Washington to subject conservatives groups to tough scrutiny.
"The president's spokesperson is saying whatever is convenient at the time and the story changes," the Republican lawmaker said in a...
Disenchanted Boy Scout leaders and others in the faith community will meet next month to form a new organization for boys.
Organizers say the program will be Christ-centered, non-denominational and provide a safe haven for those who want to leave the Scouts.
"We know that thousands of churches across the country are considering this," John Stemberger, founder of OnMyHonor.net, said.
Because churches sponsor 70 percent of Scout...
The president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference says IRS audits of Christian and conservative groups and Obamacare's birth control mandate represent unprecedented threats to religious liberty in America.
Rev. Samuel Rodriguez joins other faith leaders and officials for the 2013 National Religious Freedom Conference in Washington, D.C., Thursday, under the banner, "Many Faiths, One America."
"People of all faiths come to America because it has been a land of hope where they may practice their religious...
Calls for Attorney General Eric Holder to resign are getting louder -- and those calls are coming from Republicans and Democrats.
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are raising questions of perjury.
In a letter to Holder Wednesday, Republican congressmen challenged Holder's testimony two weeks ago, where he insisted he knew nothing about "the potential prosecution of the press for the disclosure of material."
Days later, it became clear the Justice Department obtained the emails of Fox News...
Conservative Republican Rep. Michelle Bachmann (MN) has announced she will not run for another term.
Bachmann is a tea party favorite who ran for the Republican presidential nomination last year and has fought tirelessly against President Obama's health care law.
She says her decision to leave Congress at the end of this term was not based on concerns about a tough re-election campaign in 2014, nor the inquiries into accusations about her presidential campaign last year.
Instead, she says eight years is...
Attorney General Eric Holder is being tied directly to the Obama administration's targeting of a Fox News reporter.
The Justice Department recently confirmed that Holder personally approved a search warrant for the e-mails of Fox reporter James Rosen. That warrant labeled Rosen a "co-conspirator" in an investigation of a government leak.
While some have called for Holder to resign over the targeting of Fox News and the similar AP scandal, President Obama instructed Holder to investigate the very scandal he's involved in....
The U.S. Supreme Court is refusing to hear a case that could have helped de-fund Planned Parenthood in Indiana.
The state passed a law supported by pro-life groups that would ban all Medicaid money from going to abortion providers, such as Planned Parenthood.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago blocked the measure from going into effect, saying such a ban was unnecessary since Medicaid funds were not related to the abortion provider's ability to provide services.
WASHINGTON -- A new CNN survey shows most Americans are still opposed to President Obama's health care reform.
Of those polled, 54 percent say they are against Obamacare while about 43 percent support the law. Those numbers are relatively unchanged since Congress passed the law in 2010.
And even though it's set to take effect next year, nearly half of Americans don't know the law still exists.
The Affordable Care Heartburn?
The Affordable Care Act...
A growing number of scandals from IRS targeting to the alleged Benghazi cover-up, added to President Obama's inability to work with GOP lawmakers and questions surrounding the future of America's national security, continue to call into question the leadership of the Obama Administration.
Regent University professor Charles Dunn, author of the book Seven Laws of Presidential Leadership, believes a president's leadership ability should be judged on history, rhetoric, theory, culture, morality, politics, and management.
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Graduating seniors at Lincoln County High School in Kentucky school took part in a student-led prayer, despite objections.
Students and parents gave class president Jonathan Hardwick a standing ovation after his prayer.
Hardwick closed his prayer 'in Jesus name' and many audience members audibly joined saying, 'Amen.'
Six students, including one atheist, objected to the prayer.
Principal Tim Godbey says faculty can't pray publicly on school grounds or at school-related functions, but...
A former abortion doctor is now speaking out against abortion as Congress considers a federal law to ban abortions after 20 weeks.
Dr. Anthony Levatino performed as many as 1,200 abortions in his career, but now he's pro-life.
Levatino told members of the House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice that unborn babies feel pain. He also argued that those who say abortions can save the life of the mother do not have a valid argument.
Levatino has treated hundreds of pregnant women...
The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to weigh in on a case involving prayer during Greece, N.Y., town meetings.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Greece officials violated the constitution by opening meetings over an 11-year span with prayers that stressed Christianity.
The appeals court said the town should have made more of an effort to invite people from other faiths.
Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United, applauded the ruling.
"A town council meeting isn't a church service,...
A federal court struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, Tuesday.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violated a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is able to survive outside of the womb.
A fetus is generally considered "viable" at 24 weeks. Nine other states have bans on abortions starting at 20 weeks, and some even earlier.
Supporters of the ban say the law was meant to protect the mother's health and prevent fetuses from feeling pain.
And...
The Associated Press continues to lash out against the government's secret subpoena of reporters' phone records.
AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt says what the Justice Department did was unconstitutional.
"It was sweeping and broad and beyond what they needed to do," Pruitt charged.
He said sources are now much less willing to talk to AP journalists, adding that it has already had an effect on newsgathering.
"If they restrict that apparatus ... the people of the...
A new Gallup Poll shows that Americans believe the government's handling of the attack in Benghazi last September 11 deserves further investigation, as do the revelations of the IRS singling out religious and conservative groups for scrutiny.
Seventy-four percent of those surveyed agree that the issues raised with the IRS treatment of conservatives need to be investigated, while 69 percent believe there should be further investigation of Benghazi.
Majorities of Republicans, Democrats and Independents all agree on examination of...
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