Jan 03 Methodist leaders propose plan for amicable separation By Travis Loller, Associated Press Members of the 13-million-person denomination have been at odds for years over the issue. Some members, especially in the United States, have been demanding full inclusion for LGBTQ people. Continue reading
Jan 03 Democratic states appeal Obamacare ruling to Supreme Court By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press In a move that could put the Obama-era health law squarely in the middle of the 2020 election, Democratic-led states Friday asked the Supreme Court for a fast-track review of a recent court ruling. Continue reading
Jan 03 How Iran’s top general became an icon by targeting the U.S. By Nasser Karimi, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press For the U.S. and Israel, Gen. Qassem Soleimani was a shadowy figure in command of Iran's proxy forces, responsible for fighters in Syria backing President Bashar Assad and for the deaths of American troops in Iraq. Continue reading
Jan 03 Trump says Iran general should have been ‘taken out’ years ago By Associated Press In his first comments since the early Friday strike against the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, President Donald Trump said the general was also responsible for killing and wounding “thousands” of Americans and many more in the region… Continue reading
Jan 03 What we know about U.S. tensions with Iran By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The killing of a top Iranian general is the latest in a series of escalating incidents traces back to President Donald Trump's decision in 2018 to unilaterally withdraw America from Iran's nuclear deal with world powers. Continue reading
Jan 03 Iran vows a ‘harsh’ response to U.S. killing of top general By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Zeina Karam, Associated Press Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that a “harsh retaliation is waiting” for the U.S. after the airstrike. Continue reading
Jan 02 4th Mississippi inmate dies from prison violence in a week By Jeff Amy, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press The violence comes even as a federal judge has rejected claims that conditions in one Mississippi prison are unconstitutionally harsh. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 5:29 How 2020 Democrats’ fundraising numbers compare to each other — and to Trump The past year marked dramatic changes and new trends in campaign finance. In 2019, two billionaires bankrolled their own presidential campaigns, while other candidates wooed big donors with pricey fundraisers. And some contenders struggled to take in enough cash to… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 7:49 Millennials are leaving organized religion. Here’s where some are finding community By Cat Wise, Kira Wakeam The American religious landscape has changed dramatically over the past several decades. While regular church, synagogue and mosque attendance has been on the decline since the late 1970s, a Pew Research Center study this year has found that the biggest… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 7:49 What’s in the $1.4 trillion federal spending bill Before leaving town for the holidays, lawmakers came together to pass a huge federal spending bill that illuminates the government’s policy priorities for 2020. The deal allocates a total of $1.4 trillion to the military, education, a barrier along the… Continue watching