US Speaker Mike Johnson pushing to replace House chaplain
Washington DC, US RNS US House Speaker Mike Johnson has launched an effort to select a new House chaplain, working with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on a framework to select a new person to fill the post just days after the current chaplain offered a 6th January prayer asking God to help lawmakers defend against […]
Los Angeles firefighters holding the line despite extreme winds
Los Angeles, US Reuters Firefighters on Tuesday held the line against two massive wildfires that have ravaged parts of Los Angeles for the past week, even as desert winds and a parched landscape presented extremely hazardous conditions. Some 8,500 firefighters from at least seven states and two foreign countries prevented the fires from growing for […]
Jimmy Carter eulogised by Kamala Harris, Congressional leaders at US Capitol
Updated: 10:25am (AEDT) Washington DC, US AP Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th President returned to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday. Carter’s remains, which had been lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center since Saturday, left the Atlanta campus Tuesday morning, accompanied […]
US Congress certifies Trump election victory with Harris presiding
Washington DC, US Reuters The US Congress formally certified Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory on Monday during a session presided over by Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost the November contest. The quadrennial ritual, clearing the way for Trump’s inauguration in two weeks, went like clockwork and stood in sharp contrast to four […]
Trump’s Republicans re-elect Mike Johnson US House Speaker despite dissent
Washington DC, US Reuters US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was re-elected to the chamber’s top job on Friday by a razor-thin margin that highlighted potential fissures among President-elect Donald Trump’s Republicans on Capitol Hill. Johnson appeared to initially fall short of the majority he needed to retain his job in a roll-call vote […]
“A shining example”: Religious leaders praise the late former President Jimmy Carter
Washington DC, US RNS A broad array of religious and political leaders across the country issued outpourings of support for former President Jimmy Carter following news of his death, heaping praise on the evangelical Christian Democrat known for teaching Sunday School and being unapologetic about his faith. Among the first to mourn the passing of […]
Trump says US suburbs “under attack”, Harris calls Trump unstable
Gastonia, North Carolina Reuters Republican Donald Trump warned that suburban residents were “under attack” by criminals, while his Democratic rival Kamala Harris said he was becoming increasingly unstable as the two presidential candidates campaigned across the South on Saturday just three days before the US presidential election. With opinion polls projecting a historically close election […]
“A bridge for two sides”: Ukrainian evangelicals emerge as a potent lobby for US support of their country
TIFFANY STANLEY, of Associated Press, reports on the work of Ukrainians like Baptist Pastor Yaroslav Pyzh in reaching out to American evangelicals about the need for continued US support…
Top Republicans in Congress call for Secret Service chief to step down
Washington DC, US Reuters Top Republicans in the US Congress called on Wednesday for the head of the Secret Service to resign after an assassination attempt wounded former President Donald Trump on Saturday, and the House launched a bipartisan probe into the security failures. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said his chamber would launch […]
Trump talks tariffs and taxes, calls Republican host city “horrible”
Washington DC, US Reuters Donald Trump criticised US aid to Ukraine and suggested raising tariffs to replace the US income tax on a Thursday visit to Capitol Hill where he also called the city hosting his party’s presidential convention “horrible”. In separate meetings with Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate, Trump sought […]