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Jack Jenkins

Jack Jenkins is a national reporter for Religion News Service.

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Churches can endorse politicians, IRS says in court filing

For years, conservative legal groups have argued that an IRS rule barring churches from endorsing candidates was unconstitutional. Now the IRS agrees....
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Faith groups say House Republicans' probe into immigration work violates their religious freedom

A House investigation launched by two Republican congressmen into dozens of religious organizations and denominations, from the US Catholic bishops to the Unitarian Universalist Association, is bei...
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In LA, faith leaders protest to stand up for the detained and to keep the peace

On June 6, Brendan Busse, a Jesuit Catholic priest, had just finished a graduation ceremony for eighth graders at Dolores Mission School when he got news about an immigration raid happening in down...
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Ninety days after judge’s order, Trump administration has failed to restart refugee program

In late February, US District Judge Jamal Whitehead ordered the Trum...
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Episcopal Church refuses to resettle White Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government

In a striking move that ends a nearly four-decades-old relationship between the federal government and the Episcopal Church, the denomination announced on Monday that it is terminating its partners...
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William Barber arrested in Capitol Rotunda after praying against Republican-led budget

Prominent pastor and anti-poverty activist William Barber and two others were arrested while praying in the US Capitol Rotunda on Monday, an action he said would be part of a recurring series of de...
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135 cardinals will elect the next pope. Francis picked 108 of them.

As more than a billion Catholics mourn the death of Pope Francis, cardinals around the world are preparing to travel to Rome to begin the solemn tradition of choosing a new pontiff....
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Abortion fight won, conservative Christians mimic Dobbs tactics to go after same-sex marriage

If you listened closely at a meeting of mostly evangelical Christian communicators, activists, and lawyers that took place in Dallas in February, you could hear more than a few panel discussions an...
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A look at the various lawsuits faith groups have filed against the Trump administration

President Donald Trump remains locked in at least five major lawsuits filed by religious groups during the first two months of his new administration, showing tensions between the White House and t...
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Trump admin cancels grants to refugee aid agencies, despite legal battles

President Donald Trump’s administration is making moves to shutter a decades-old partnership between the government and a group of mostly religious organizations to resettle refugees, with the Stat...

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Faith groups claim legal victories on refugees, ICE raids at houses of worship

Religious groups challenging President Donald Trump won a pair of legal victories this week, blocking the administration’s efforts to dismantle the refugee program and reinstating sensitive-locatio...
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Faith-based groups challenge Trump orders in two court cases

More than two dozen religious groups pushed back on President Donald Trump’s actions and executive orders, filing two lawsuits a day apart challenging the president’s attempt to effectively freeze ...
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Faith-based aid agencies challenge Trump's order 'realigning' refugee program

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump on his first day in office appears to keep all but a few refugees from entering the country, saying that the United States lacks the resources to...
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Faith leaders, activists, the pope urge Biden to empty federal death row before Trump term

A group of faith leaders, activists, law enforcement officials, and families of murder victims has called on President Joe Biden to spare the lives of about 40 inmates currently on death row in fed...
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How Elon Musk became 'prophet-in-chief' of tech's Trump-leaning conservatism

In the waning days of October, several hundred people gathered at the Life Center, a megachurch in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for a town hall organized by the Trump campaign....
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Harris-Walz campaign hires Jen Butler, longtime activist, to lead faith outreach

Vice President Kamala Harris has hired Jen Butler, a Presbyterian minister and well-known liberal religious advocate, as the new head of faith outreach for the Harris-Walz campaign, charging the ex...

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