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  Speaker Johnson defends ICE agents against clergy

  House Speaker Mike Johnson dismissed religious freedom concerns about clergy protesting mass deportations being shot with pepper rounds and pepper bullets by Department of Homeland Security agents, saying the agents have conducted themselves in a “measured” manner.

  10/30/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  New York man fired for insisting on Billy Graham Rule

  For years, a Southern Baptist layman abided by the Billy Graham Rule—vowing never to be alone with a woman who was not his wife. Now he’s suing his former employer, alleging the company failed to accommodate his religious beliefs and then fired him because of those beliefs.

  10/29/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Hispanic Trump adviser acknowledges widespread fear

  Samuel Rodriguez, a Hispanic evangelical adviser to President Donald Trump, is urging government leaders to recognize the “innocent people” who are being swept up in detention quotas.

  10/21/2025 - By Aleja Hertzler-McCain / Religion News Service

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  Judge bars ICE from some acts against protestors

  A federal judge in Illinois has issued a temporary restraining order that bars government agents from using some forceful tactics against faith-based demonstrators who have been protesting outside a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.

  10/13/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Faith-based protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom

  Dramatic and violent scenes that unfolded in recent weeks near an ICE detention facility in Broadview, Ill., as protesters—including some ministers—have called on ICE agents to repent.

  10/08/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  White evangelicals say election results in God’s plan

  Seven out of 10 white evangelical Americans believe God played a role in putting Donald Trump back in the White House after the 2024 election—and that the same number said God’s plan was also for Joe Biden to be president four years earlier.

  09/12/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Department of War quotes Bible on social media

  Videos praising the military while quoting the Bible have flooded the former Department of Defense’s social media accounts over the past few weeks. 

  09/10/2025 - By Fiona André / Religion News Service

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  Trump denounces perceived anti-Christian bias

  In a Sept. 8 speech given at the Museum of the Bible, President Donald Trump vowed his administration would combat “anti-Christian bias,” spurring cheers from the crowd.

  09/09/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Task force report asserts discrimination against Christians

  A report from a task force on anti-Christian discrimination asserts there was a “consistent and systematic pattern of discrimination against Christians during the Biden Administration.”

  09/09/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Pastors at conference address racism in their churches

  A racial reconciliation conference calls church leader to engage in discussions on race from a gospel-centric perspective.

  08/25/2025 - By Fiona André / Religion News Service

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  Homeland Security uses the Bible to promote ICE

  In a video posted to its social media account, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned “illegal aliens” that the U.S. Border Patrol’s special operations group was coming to hunt them down.  It also quoted an unexpected reference—the Bible.

  08/20/2025 - By Fiona André / Religion News Service

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  Attendance drops, fear rises in D.C. immigrant churches

  The first weekend after President Trump federalized the Washington, D.C., police force and deployed National Guard troops, leaders of immigrant churches described lower than average attendance, anxious WhatsApp groups and escalating fears.

  08/20/2025 - By Aleja Hertzler-McCain and Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service