Samuel Smith

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  Feb 7, 2023

  GOP rebuttal: Sarah Sanders claims radical left forcing Americans to worship 'false idols'

  Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders didn't mince words in her rebuttal Tuesday night to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, claiming that the political Left is forcing Americans to worship "false idols" as it wages a culture war she says Americans didn't ask for.

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  Dec 20, 2022

  No constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide, Massachusetts' top court rules

  The top court in Massachusetts has ruled that doctors have no right to prescribe lethal drugs for patients with terminal illnesses under the state’s constitution, dealing a blow to advocates who hoped the state would be the first in the nation to guarantee such a constitutional right.

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  Dec 10, 2022

  ‘Twitter Files’ 3 highlights internal dialogue on banning Donald Trump: ‘Moral imperative’

  The third installment of Elon Musk's "Twitter Files" was released Friday night, shining a light on the social media giant's internal discussions leading to former President Donald Trump's ban from the platform in January 2021 while he was still in office.

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  Nov 13, 2022

  Democrats maintain Senate control after victories in Nevada, Arizona

  Democrats will maintain control of the U.S. Senate as Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is projected to defeat her Republican challenger, Adam Laxalt, in a tightly contested midterm race in The Silver State. 

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  Nov 12, 2022

  Over 32K sign petition urging Biden to reinstate Nigeria on religious freedom violators list

  A petition signed by over 32,000 people was delivered to the White House Friday, calling on the United States government to reinstate Nigeria to its list of countries where religious freedom conditions are most concerning after the Biden administration removed Nigeria from the list last year. 

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  Mar 18, 2022

  Ukrainian Orthodox churches in 'jeopardy' if Russia expands control in Ukraine, USCIRF warns

  The top religious freedom watchdog panel in the United States has warned that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church could be in “jeopardy” if Russia expands control over the neighboring Eastern European country that it began invading last month. 

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  Mar 4, 2022

  Churches near Ukraine's border shelter refugees as 1 million flee Russian invasion

  Churches in countries neighboring Ukraine have opened their doors to shelter and aid refugees as the United Nations refugee agency estimated Thursday that 1 million people have fled the Eastern European nation since the beginning of Russia's invasion last week. 

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  Mar 3, 2022

  Iran acquits 9 Christian converts of 'acting against national security' in 'landmark decision'

  An Iranian appeals court has acquitted nine Christian converts serving five-year prison sentences on charges of “acting against national security” for their participation in house churches, a ruling dubbed a “landmark decision” by a prominent human rights group.

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  Feb 25, 2022

  6 Evangelical reactions to Russia’s Ukraine invasion: ‘Potentially major prophetic fulfillment’

  Global Evangelical figures and organizations are calling for peace and prayer as top U.S. leaders fear Russia’s full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine is just the beginning of an attempt to “reestablish” the former Soviet Union. 

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  Feb 24, 2022

  Dozens killed as Russia launches attacks on Ukraine; Biden slams Putin's 'premeditated war'

  Attacks by Russian forces in several key cities in Ukraine have reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian military personnel, the largest attack by one European country against another since World War II.