Author: Erick Neuman
The Loudoun County Public Schools system in Virginia has once again found itself at the center of controversy. This time, it’s over a recorded locker room conversation and the resulting disciplinary actions that have drawn scrutiny from the state attorney general’s office and federal agencies. ***Please sign up for CBN Newsletters to ensure you receive the latest news from a distinctly Christian perspective.*** The issue began with a cell phone video capturing a tense moment inside a Stone Bridge High School locker room. On the video, a group of boys can be heard who seem surprised and uncomfortable as a biological female student…
The winner of New York’s Democratic primary says, if elected mayor of the city, he’ll arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he ever sets foot in the city. Zohran Mamdani also declined to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada” three times on NBC’s Meet the Press, a slogan which means a worldwide attack against Israel and the Jewish people. “Ultimately, it’s not language that I use, it’s language I understand there are concerns about, and what I will do is showcase my vision for the city through my words and my actions,” he said. Mamdani has posted on social…
HUNTINGTOWN, Maryland – It’s the country’s fastest-growing sport with almost 20 million Americans playing pickleball. And now, churches are tapping into its popularity. It’s a relatively easy sport to pick up. That may be why it’s growing so quickly and courts are popping up all over the country. At Emmanuel Church in Huntingtown, Maryland, they have three that they open to both members and non-members. “We have a lot of regulars,” Bill Holston, a member at Emmanuel, told CBN News. “It falls off a little during the summer months because people can play outside and somehow that’s a little bit more…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track – and to go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees. With the three liberal justices in dissent, the court on Monday paused an order from U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston, who issued a preliminary injunction reversing the layoffs and calling into question the broader plan. The layoffs “will likely cripple the department,” Joun wrote. A federal appeals court refused to put the order on hold while the administration appealed. The high court action enables…
Olympic silver medalist MyKayla Skinner Harmer is speaking out, backing activist and former competitive swimmer Riley Gaines’ opposition to biological men competing in women’s sports. Harmer’s position was made clear after she made headlines in recent weeks for claiming former teammate Simone Biles “belittled, dismissed, and ostracized” her. Though Harmer and Biles reportedly have a long history as friends and teammates, Harmer told CBN News events over the past few years have led to tensions. Most recently, Harmer released a statement after Biles got into a viral back-and-forth with Gaines — a scenario for which Biles sparked backlash. It…
President Donald Trump is reflecting on the one-year anniversary of the day a failed assassin attempted to end his life at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, saying he is confident it was God who saved him for a “righteous purpose.” “It remains my firm conviction that God alone saved me that day for a righteous purpose: to restore our beloved Republic to greatness and to rescue our Nation from those who seek its ruin,” the president wrote in a lengthy statement posted to the White House website. Trump, 79, said the shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Crooks, “came within a quarter inch of ending…
Two women died Sunday at a church in Lexington, Kentucky, in a shooting rampage that began when a state trooper was wounded after making a traffic stop. The suspect in both shootings was also killed. Police say the tragedy began Sunday near Blue Grass Airport in Lexington when a state trooper stopped a car after receiving an alert from his automated license plate reader. The suspect ambushed the trooper, shooting and wounding him as he walked up to the car. Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers said, “There were some people on the route to the airport, and they got out…
Actor Kirk Cameron believes many pastors and Christians today can learn a lesson or two from individuals like President Donald Trump and prolific podcaster Joe Rogan. Listen to the latest episode of “Quick Start” Cameron, who believes America is currently “witnessing the mercy of God” and the “grace and kindness of God” amid shifting political tides, said he also believes Trump is offering something: boldness. “The political shift with Trump being elected is not only helping political areas or economic areas, it’s put wind in parents’ sails and others who are now not afraid to speak up and say the obvious things,”…
A Christian pastor is speaking out after claiming federal agents detained Iranian-born members of his congregation. Listen to the latest episode of “Quick Start” Pastor Ara Torosian of Cornerstone Church in West LA, spoke with CBN News about the incidents, which unfolded last month and reportedly included authorities detaining an Iranian couple with their 3-year-old child; the family is reportedly seeking asylum. Torosian, a legal citizen who came to the U.S. as a refugee from Iran in 2010, said he believes immigrants and those coming to the U.S. as refugees must “respect the law” — a lesson he imparts to his parishioners.…
A Connecticut pastor who was carjacked while visiting Baltimore is thanking God for sparing his life. Rev. Kenneth Moales Jr. of Bridgeport, Connecticut fought to survive after a 16-year-old held him at gunpoint while trying to steal his car. Moales told WBAL-TV he was in Baltimore for a funeral and had parked his car outside a seafood restaurant to meet a local pastor. As Moales was parking his wife’s Audi A6, the 53-year-old was approached in the pouring rain by a teenager at the driver-side window as though he had an emergency, the Connecticut Post reports. Moales cracked the window…