US Black pastors sign letter supporting compromise bill on LGBTQ equality
RNS Fifty-seven Black Christian leaders have written a letter to members of the US Senate’s Judiciary Committee expressing support for sweeping LGBTQ rights but asking for a new bill that includes religious exemptions. The signers, including representatives of the major Black Christian denominations, said passage of the Equality Act would deny federal funding for faith-based programs that […]
Faith and politics in the US: When religion was present – and notably absent – at the impeachment trial
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports on religious overtones in Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial in the US Senate last week…
With Trump impeachment trial over, wounded Washington grapples with divisions
Washington DC, US Reuters Former President Donald Trump’s acquittal on charges of inciting a deadly attack on the US Capitol left Democrats and Republicans deeply divided on Sunday even as his Democratic successor, Joe Biden, sought to move on with his political and economic agenda. Democrats said they looked to the courts for possible civil […]
US Senate acquits Trump as Republicans save him in impeachment again
Updated: 8.50amWashington DC, US Reuters The US Senate acquitted Donald Trump on Saturday in his second impeachment trial in a year, with fellow Republicans blocking conviction over the former president’s role in the deadly assault by his supporters on the US Capitol. The Senate vote of 57 to 43 fell short of the two-thirds majority […]
US Senate agrees to hear Trump case, rejecting GOP arguments
Washington DC, USAP Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial opened Tuesday with graphic video showing the former President whipping up a rally crowd to march to the Capitol and “fight like hell” against his re-election defeat, followed by images of the deadly attack on Congress that came soon after. In an early test of the former President’s […]
In Sunday sermon, Warnock, now US senator and pastor, said he heard ‘echoes of the spirit’ in swearings-in
RNS On the first Sunday after he became a Georgia senator, Rev Raphael Warnock described his election and the changing scene at the US Capitol – from insurrection to inauguration – as forms of divine messaging. “Can I just close this sermon by telling you that this very week, in the very place where we […]
Updated: Under heavy guard, Congress back to work after Trump supporters storm US Capitol
Updated: 5.30pm (AEDT)Washington DC, USReuters Hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday in a stunning bid to overturn his election defeat, battling police in the hallways and delaying the certification of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s victory for hours. In the gravest assault on the symbol of American democracy in more […]
US Senate: In Georgia run-off, Warnock and Ossoff win, handing Dems control
Atlanta, USAP Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats – and with them, the US Senate majority – as final votes were counted Wednesday, serving President Donald Trump a stunning defeat in his last days in office while dramatically improving the fate of President-elect Joe Biden’s progressive agenda. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Democratic challengers who […]
Updated: In the US state of Georgia, final warnings about high-stakes Senate runoffs
Updated: 2:30pm (AEDT)Atlanta, Georgia, USAP President-elect Joe Biden on Monday told Georgia Democrats they had the power to “chart the course” for a generation as President Donald Trump urged Republican voters to “swamp” the polls ahead of runoff elections that will determine control of the US Senate. Trump made his final-hours pitch to voters at […]
In US Senate runoff in Georgia, Republicans attack Warnock by tying him to controversial Chicago preacher
RNS As the fight for US Senate majority turns to the runoff election for Georgia’s two Senate seats, Republicans are ramping up attacks on one of the Democratic candidates, Rev Raphael Warnock, by sharing short clips of his sermons and tying him to the Rev Jeremiah Wright, the controversial Chicago pastor whose fiery rhetoric once […]