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Jack Jenkins

Jack Jenkins is a national reporter for Religion News Service.

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A look at the various lawsuits faith groups have filed against the Trump administration

President Donald Trump remains locked in at least five major lawsuits filed by religious groups during the first two months of his new administration, showing tensions between the White House and t...
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Trump admin cancels grants to refugee aid agencies, despite legal battles

President Donald Trump’s administration is making moves to shutter a decades-old partnership between the government and a group of mostly religious organizations to resettle refugees, with the Stat...
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Faith groups claim legal victories on refugees, ICE raids at houses of worship

Religious groups challenging President Donald Trump won a pair of legal victories this week, blocking the administration’s efforts to dismantle the refugee program and reinstating sensitive-locatio...
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Faith-based groups challenge Trump orders in two court cases

More than two dozen religious groups pushed back on President Donald Trump’s actions and executive orders, filing two lawsuits a day apart challenging the president’s attempt to effectively freeze ...
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Faith-based aid agencies challenge Trump's order 'realigning' refugee program

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump on his first day in office appears to keep all but a few refugees from entering the country, saying that the United States lacks the resources to...
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Faith leaders, activists, the pope urge Biden to empty federal death row before Trump term

A group of faith leaders, activists, law enforcement officials, and families of murder victims has called on President Joe Biden to spare the lives of about 40 inmates currently on death row in fed...
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How Elon Musk became 'prophet-in-chief' of tech's Trump-leaning conservatism

In the waning days of October, several hundred people gathered at the Life Center, a megachurch in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for a town hall organized by the Trump campaign....
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Harris-Walz campaign hires Jen Butler, longtime activist, to lead faith outreach

Vice President Kamala Harris has hired Jen Butler, a Presbyterian minister and well-known liberal religious advocate, as the new head of faith outreach for the Harris-Walz campaign, charging the ex...
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Five faith facts about Harris pick Tim Walz, a ‘Minnesota Lutheran’

Frenzied speculation over Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’s pick for her vice presidential running mate came to an end Tuesday, with the current vice president reportedly choosing Min...
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Amos Brown, pastor to Kamala Harris, known for civil rights, reparations activism

Amos Brown, a longtime pastor of Third Baptist Church of San Francisco, was specific when he described Vice President Kamala Harris’s connection to his church....

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More than 200 Christian leaders sign letter calling for ceasefire in Gaza

More than 200 Christian leaders from an array of traditions have signed a letter calling for a permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war and the release of hostages taken by Hamas, as well as a ...
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Five faith facts about Trump's VP pick, JD Vance

On the first day of the Republican National Convention, former President Donald Trump announced Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance will be his running mate as he seeks reelection....
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Clergy, parents file suit against Lousiana Ten Commandments law

A group of public school parents, including some clergy, have filed a lawsuit against Louisiana’s new law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools, arguing the statute unfair...
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Conservative faith leaders praise Johnson for House’s approval of foreign aid

Conservative religious leaders who had been imploring Speaker Mike Johnson to back assistance for Ukraine and Israel in fighting their wars celebrated the House’s passage of foreign aid packages Sa...
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Environmental faith groups laud Pope Francis's new climate exhortation

Catholic organizations and other faith-based groups pushing for global action on climate change are celebrating Pope Francis’s new apostolic exhortation on the environment, a sequel of sorts to his...
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Expelled Tennessee lawmakers find support among clergy

The last time Tennessee legislators tried to make the Bible the state’s official book, a pastor warned them to be careful what...

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