First Liberty, by Jorge Gomez: When President Trump and his administration took office, they had their work cut out for them. They inherited a total of 108 federal judicial vacancies that needed to be filled. And the President and his…

Religion News Service, by Jack Jenkins: Years after Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign was criticized for what some argue was lackluster outreach to faith groups, the Democratic Party has hired a new religious outreach director and launched a round of listening…

Christian News Wire: Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) is now representing a pastor in Washington State facing criminal charges in connection with a drag queen event. Pastor Afshin Yaghtin went to a public library in Spokane on Saturday, June 15, to…

Foreign Policy, by Pesha Magid: Standing in his prisoner’s yellow jumpsuit, Mustapha Merzoughi remained quiet at first. He shook slightly and brushed at his eyes, before assuming a neutral expression. His Arabic appeared to be limited, and when the judge…

Washington Post, by Ian Livingstone and Jason Samenow: An intense heat wave is set to bake Europe in coming days, and it could be historic, potentially shattering records across a large portion of the continent. The heat wave is expected…

National Public Radio, by Scott Neuman: The Southern Baptist Convention has voted to make it easier to expel churches that mishandle claims of sexual abuse. Delegates, representing some 47,000 Southern Baptist churches, gathered at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham,…

Mirror, by Tiffany Lo: Hailstones as big as grapefruits hammered several countries across Europe, causing chaos and damaging thousands of homes and buildings. The fierce hailstorm has battered parts of Slovenia, Croatia and Germany since Monday as strong gale-force winds…

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, by Fiza Pirani: For the first time, scientists believe they’ve found a way to generate full spoken sentences based on brain activity, paving the way for technology that can potentially be used by people with speech disabilities….

New York Post, by Jon Lockett: A huge swarm of ravenous locusts has been caught on film completely blanketing the skies over a Saudi Arabian city. The deluge of biblical bugs – which numbered in the tens of millions –…

Fox News, by Caleb Parke: Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law Wednesday establishing a woman’s “fundament right” to abortion, keeping a campaign promise to make the state the most progressive in the country when it comes to abortion rights….

Fox News, by Caleb Parke: The owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop – which won a case before the U.S. Supreme Court recently – was sued for a third time this week. Jack Phillips, the Lakewood, Colo. bakery owner who has refused…

DailyMail.com, by Tim Stickings and Chris Dyer: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. believes Iran was responsible for attacks that damaged two oil tankers near the Persian Gulf. American forces found an unexploded mine on one of the damaged vessels. …