Samuel Smith
Deputy Managing Editor
Samuel Smith serves as Deputy Managing Editor for The Christian Post. He began working for CP in 2014 as a staff reporter. Before joining CP, Smith covered Maryland state politics as well as college and high school athletics for various news outlets. He graduated with a journalism degree from Towson University.
His areas of interest include human rights, politics and sports. Smith also serves on the international missions team of his local church. He lives in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with his family.
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Donald Trump's Potential Supreme Court Nominees Could Concern Conservatives
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump says he would consider nominating two federal judges to the United States Supreme Court — one who blocked an effort to defund Planned Parenthood and another who prosecuted Alabama's highest ranking judge for his refusal to remove a Ten Commandments monument.
Glenn Beck: I Left Fox News Because They Told Me to 'Stop Telling People to Pray'
Former Fox News host Glenn Beck told supporters at a Ted Cruz campaign event in South Carolina on Saturday that he left his comfortable job with the cable news channel because he was told by his superiors to stop telling people to pray.
Donald Trump Defends Planned Parenthood Funding, Impeaching G. W. Bush, at GOP Debate
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump defended federal funding to Planned Parenthood during Saturday night's presidential debate in South Carolina and also did not back away from his past support of impeaching former President George W. Bush.
Ted Cruz Accuses Marco Rubio, Donald Trump of Sounding Like Barack Obama on Gay Marriage
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz accused rivals Donald Trump and Marco Rubio of using the "talking points" of President Barack Obama when calling last June's Supreme Court same-sex marriage ruling the "law of the land."
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Discuss White People Problems at Democratic Debate
As much of the media focuses on America's racial divide from the perspective of minority communities, Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were given the opportunity Thursday night to discuss overlooked problems facing America's white population.
Police Threaten to Arrest Christian Family If Daughter Isn't Returned to Muslim Abductor in Pakistan
A Pakistani Christian mother of three who was kidnapped and forced into an Islamic marriage with her Muslim landlord last summer has escaped from her captor and is now in hiding.
Father of 5 Christian Children Seized by Norway Visits With Sons for First Time in Months
The father of five Romanian Pentecostal children who were taken into custody by the Norwegian government last year was finally allowed to visit with his two oldest sons for the first time in nearly three months.
Kim Davis Wins Battle Against ACLU to Keep Her Name Off Gay Marriage Licenses
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that controversial Kentucky clerk Kim Davis hasn't violated a court order by asking her office to issue same-sex marriage licenses that do not include her name and title.
Purdue University Staff Member Threatens to Rape Pro-Life Activist's Wife, Daughter and Great-Grandmother
A pro-abortion staff member at Purdue University has allegedly threatened to rape pro-life women in an online comment to an article posted by the pro-life website Live Action News.
Wheaton College 'Same God' Prof. Says Jesus Is Her Rock on Difficult Journey From Advent to Lent
Wheaton College announced Wednesday that it will create a scholarship in the name of former professor Larycia Hawkins, who has agreed to forgo her tenure and leave the school after being suspended in December for asserting that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
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