Capitol riot panel’s final report sets out case to try Trump
Washington DC, USReuters The congressional panel probing the 6th January, 2021, attack on the US Capitol released its final report late on Thursday, outlining its case that former US President Donald Trump should face criminal charges of inciting the deadly riot. The House of Representatives Select Committee also made public the transcripts of a number […]
US faith leaders urge lawmakers to pass expanded child tax credit
Washington DC, US RNS Faith leaders joined members of US Congress on Capitol Hill on Thursday to voice support for the expansion of the child tax credit, urging lawmakers to reinstate a broader version of the anti-poverty benefit before the end of the year. “For many of us, this is a season of miracles – […]
Young US evangelicals to host Capitol Hill rally for climate action
RNS Growing up in the Church of Christ in Burbank, California, Angelea Hayes was often told Christianity and environmentalism were incompatible. But in her first year at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Hayes found herself sheltering in place and sleeping on gym floors as 2018’s Woolsey Fire burned across Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Today, Hayes […]
In the US, Democrats inch toward second Trump impeachment after Capitol siege
Washington DC, USReuters Congressional Democrats were moving closer to a historic step on Friday as they weighed impeaching President Donald Trump for a second time, two days after his false claims of election fraud helped encourage a mob that breached the US Capitol. Top Democratic leaders, including House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate […]
Dozens of nuns, other Catholics arrested in US advocating for immigrants
RNS Dozens of nuns, priests and lay people were arrested in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, as part of a Catholic-led effort to persuade lawmakers to protect undocumented immigrants who were brought to this country as children. Those arrested were part of a group of at least 200 Catholic demonstrators who marched on Capitol […]