President Trump said during a Sunday press briefing that it was “disgraceful” his new Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett was being criticized on the basis of her Catholic faith. “We have noticed some comments made in the media about my incredibly qualified nominee, Amy,” said Trump. “The New York Times said her religion is…

Jacob Blake, a Black man shot seven times by police in Wisconsin, is now fighting to survive. In a Facebook post on Monday, Democratic Presidential hopeful Joe Biden said he was praying for “Jacob’s recovery and for his children”. Blake is now paralyzed, and it would “take a miracle” for him to walk again, his…

President Donald Trump recently claimed democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden was “against God”, but Biden, who is Catholic, is adamantly dismissing that claim. Biden released a statement to his campaign supporters on Thursday. In his remarks, he called Trump’s attack “shameful” and said it proved that Trump was “willing to stoop to any low for…

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Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz sent a follow-up letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper raising his concerns about “religious discrimination” in the Department of Defense (DOD) and how the department should address “its culture of hostility towards religion.” “The Department must do better. It must take affirmative steps to stop those in its ranks from…

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