Storming of the US Capitol: How Christian nationalism paved the way for the 6th January attack
As the January 6 committee hold their first public hearings in the US, JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports on how the former US President seemed to frame himself as leading an existential fight against liberal foes, defending America from an attack on the Christian faith…
Essay: Can Trump and McConnell get through the four steps to seat a Supreme Court justice in just six weeks?
In light of the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg late last week, CAREN MORRISON, associate professor of law at Georgia State University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the what may happen next…
Trump confident that coronavirus may have originated in Chinese lab
Washington DC, USReuters US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was confident the coronavirus may have originated in a Chinese virology lab, but declined to describe the evidence, ratcheting up tensions with Beijing over the origins of the deadly outbreak. Trump did not mince words at a White House event on Thursday, when asked […]
Updated: Trump declares US emergency as coronavirus chaos spreads
Updated 12pmWashington, DC, Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters US President Donald Trump declared a national emergency over the quickly spreading coronavirus on Friday, opening the door to more federal aid to combat a disease that has infected over 138,000 people worldwide and left more than 5,000 dead. The impact of the coronavirus on everyday life deepened around the […]
“Time for this to end”: Trump team asks for acquittal at impeachment trial
Washington DC, USReuters US President Donald Trump’s lawyers wrapped up their arguments in his impeachment trial on Tuesday with a plea for the Senate to acquit him, and also sought to marginalise former national security adviser John Bolton’s explosive allegations about Trump’s conduct as “inadmissible” in the proceedings. “The election is only months away. The […]
ESSAY: COURTIERS AND KINGS, EVANGELICALS, PROPHETS AND TRUMP
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JOHN FEA, author of ‘Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump’, looks at the role of the evangelicals who surround the US President…
ESSAY: HOW MANY AMERICANS BELIEVE TRUMP IS ANOINTED BY GOD?
US political scientists PAUL DJUPE and RYAN BURGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, look at what the data says about Americans’ belief that the President is anointed by God…
Russian-backed Syrian army sweeps in after US announces abrupt exit
Beirut, Lebanon/Ankara, Turkey/Washington DC, USReuters Russian-backed Syrian forces took rapid advantage of an abrupt US retreat from Syria on Monday, deploying deep inside Kurdish-held territory south of the Turkish frontier less than 24 hours after Washington announced a full withdrawal. Washington’s Kurdish former allies said they invited in the government troops as an emergency step […]
In the US, Trump rule restricting asylum seekers struck down by court
Reuters A US federal judge on Friday struck down one of President Donald Trump’s initiatives to curtail asylum claims, ruling that the government could not reject migrants who had crossed the border illegally. A different federal judge had already put a temporary block on the policy, which would have rejected asylum claims from people who […]
Arrests of immigrant families promised by Trump to begin on Sunday, Times says
New York/Washington, DCReuters US authorities on Sunday will begin arresting at least 2,000 immigrant families eligible for deportation in a nationwide series of raids long threatened by President Donald Trump, the New York Times reported, citing former and current officials. Trump forewarned of the planned operation in a 17th June Twitter message, but it was […]