Religion & Politics

Rev. Franklin Graham slammed Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde for a "sexual political agenda" after she pleaded with President Donald Trump to "have mercy" on "immigrants and LGBTQ Americans."

During a Wednesday interview on Newsmax, Graham criticized the bishop's Tuesday homily at the National Prayer Service with Trump.

President Donald Trump's nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) seemed to backtrack on campaign promises that the administration would support abortion in cases of rape and incest.

At a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) noted that Russ Vought, Trump's nominee for OMB director, was the lead author of "the Anti-Abortion Project 2025."

Donald Trump at around midnight on Wednesday lashed out against a bishop who stood up to him at the National Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral the day before.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde appeared on a stage with 11 other faith leaders gave a speech where she asked that the world pray for "unity," which she said wasn't the same as "agreement, political or otherwise."

Trump 2024 campaign official Corey Lewandowski defended President-elect Donald Trump for falsely suggesting a man killed over a dozen people in New Orleans after crossing an open border into the United States.

During a Sunday interview on Fox News, host Howard Kurtz pressed Lewandowski on Trump's false claim.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) pointed to the "wide open border" after a U.S. citizen allegedly carried out a truck attack, killing over a dozen people in New Orleans.

During a Thursday interview on Fox News, host Lawrence Jones asked Johnson if the FBI was previously aware of the identity of the man suspected of attacking people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

David Brody, a Christian pro-MAGA TV host on Real America's Voice, called for a "blanket crackdown on mosques" by the government after two potential attacks on New Year's Day.

Following a truck attack in New Orleans and a vehicle explosion in Las Vegas, Brody spoke to Jonathan Gilliam, a right-wing former FBI agent.

Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) warned his Republican colleagues opposing Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) to be speaker of the House would "squander" an opportunity that "the Lord God" had given them to change the country.

During a Sunday interview with Fox News, host Rich Edson asked Babin about Johnson's chances to keep the speakership with a slim Republican majority.

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) faulted Barack Obama's former White House staffers after President Joe Biden declined to commute the death sentences for three federal inmates, including two racist murderers.

During a Christmas Eve interview with Fox News host John Roberts, Tenney griped about Democrats like Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, who supports abortion rights but opposes the death penalty.

In a recent episode of "The Opinions" by The Salt Lake Tribune, longtime evangelical and New York Times columnist David French, and Jonathan Rauch, a Brookings Institution senior fellow — and atheist — discussed Christianity's past and present role in American democracy.

"You’re an atheist," French began. "You don’t believe in God, but one of the points to your book is for American democracy to flourish, you argue that we need better Christianity. You’re not trying to say that the solution to the crisis in American democracy or problems in American democracy is becoming an atheist. You talk about a solution that is actually about a better version of Christianity, or Christianity living up to its ideals."

An attorney and adviser to Donald Trump claimed the former president gave women "more rights" when he appointed three Supreme Court justices who would go on to end federal abortion rights.

During an Election Day interview on Fox News, Alina Habba responded to Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) after he pointed out that Trump had called to punish women for having abortions.

Alina Habba, an attorney and campaign surrogate for Donald Trump, announced Sunday that she was "so proud to represent America's garbage."

At a Trump campaign rally in North Carolina, Habba began her speech by seemingly responding to accusations that President Joe Biden had called the former president's supporters garbage after a Republican rally speaker referred to Puerto Rico as an island of garbage.

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance insisted Tuesday that former President Donald Trump "doesn't demean" people who vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.

Vance ended a rally in Michigan by suggesting Trump was kinder to opponents than Harris.

Former Republican Congressman Charlie Dent mocked a supporter of Donald Trump who blamed opposition to the former president on Satan and "the dark arts."

During Monday's Washington Journal program on C-SPAN, a Nevada caller named Keith defended Trump's claim that liberals were the "enemy within."