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US President Donald Trump gave a speech recently at West Point military academy in which he said the job of US soldiers was not to rebuild foreign nations. He said it was time to end the era of “endless wars” and put in its place a renewed, clear-eyed focus on defending America’s vital interests. “It … Continued

The opinions handed down by the Supreme Court yesterday in the Bostock et al case about sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination are 172 pages. IFA staff briefly reviewed the opinions. This case that our excerpt below calls “a big win to the LGBT community,” may cause grievous harm to faith-based organizations and churches, not … Continued

John Durham, the special prosecutor, is examining the Intelligence Community Assessment as evidence that conflicts with one of its key conclusions keeps mounting. A recently declassified annex to the Obama administration’s intelligence report on Russian election interference took great pains to make clear it did not use Christopher Steele’s deeply flawed dossier to make any … Continued

Media reports following Friday’s oral argument in the Michael Flynn criminal case focused on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ apparent hesitancy to order Judge Emmet Sullivan to dismiss the criminal charge against Flynn. But a second and more troubling theme went unnoticed: the further politicalizing of the judicial system. The right has long condemned … Continued

Fox News host Tucker Carlson lost some high-profile advertisers over comments he made earlier this week after he contended the current protests are “definitely not about black lives.” The advertisers who have announced they are pulling ads from “Tucker Carlson Tonight” include ABC, whose parent company is Disney, T-Mobile and Papa John’s Pizza. In a segment … Continued

Sunday evening in Nashville, the capital of Tennessee, multitudes gathered on the Capitol grounds culminating seven successive days of prayer and praise countering the chaos. Beginning once again on the grounds of the Capitol courthouse, multitudes of intercessors peacefully passed “Black Lives Matter” activists in a prayer vigil on the way to the seat of … Continued

While peaceful protests continue, in every state some have turned violent. More than 800 people have been injured and nineteen are dead as businesses have been torched and police pelted with bottles and bricks. It’s hard to believe this is America. What is this and how do we pray? This isn’t about black vs. white, … Continued

A day after George Floyd’s burial, his brother Philonise Floyd pleaded with congressional lawmakers to take action to decrease police violence against minorities. Dressed in all white and wearing a black mask, Floyd at times brushed back tears as he said his brother’s calls for help were ignored. “Please listen to the call I’m making … Continued

I’m old enough to have lived through the riots and burnings following the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, as well as the chaos in the streets at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968, and the Rodney King riots in L.A.; but I never felt our nation was in … Continued

Federal health officials announced a final rule Friday scrapping an Obama-era regulation that forced medical workers to perform abortions despite their religious beliefs. The Obama administration’s 2016 regulation, already vacated by a court ruling, also redefined sex-based discrimination in health care to include questions of gender identity. The old rule would have imposed nearly $3 billion … Continued

In today’s volatile environment, rage is taking center stage. Anger is something that comes from deep within – seemingly uncontrollable. How can a hot-tempered person possibly rid himself of indwelling hatred and become a person who, rather than stirring up strife, calms a dispute (Proverbs 15:18)? “I saw what I had become, lashing out at … Continued