Trump Administration

“Compared to the year-to-date average over the previous decade, funding for math, physics, and chemistry was down 67%; 52% for biology; and 57% for engineering. The crisis at the NSF isn’t accidental. It reflects the Trump administration’s hostility toward basic research, part of a wider assault on science.” - UnHerd

“As one Trump adviser remarked, ‘They think he’s a genius, but he’s a one-man wrecking ball.’ They’re half-right. Insomnia and bullying willpower do not a genius make, but they certainly can create the impression of one.” - Unherd

“…some of the president’s policy decisions and personal conduct have clashed with Baptist ethics and beliefs. That’s left the ERLC, which speaks to ethical issues and public policy debates, occasionally at odds with the denomination’s 12.7 million members, leading to three attempts to disband or defund the agency over the past decade.” - RNS

“They say, ‘separation between church and state’ … I said, ‘All right, let’s forget about that for one time,’” Trump said at a Rose Garden National Day of Prayer event Thursday. He continued, “Is that a good thing or bad thing? I’m not sure.” - Axios

“The letter comes after a poll found that most American Jews oppose the way President Donald Trump is handling antisemitism.” - RNS

“NPS recently garnered criticism from media and a U.S. senator when reports surfaced alleging that it edited a webpage about the Underground Railroad to remove a photo of Tubman and a quote of hers, as well as water down the references to racial slavery.” - CPost

“About 80% of the 10 million illegal immigrants who could be at risk of deportation from the United States by the Trump administration are Christians, a new report published by a coalition of Christian advocacy groups estimates.” - CPost

“In a video titled “Passover Season: God’s Divine Appointment With You!” … [White] claims that honoring God during Passover, which begins April 12 at sundown, will unlock divine—and monetary—rewards.” - CPost

“The chair of a top federal religious freedom advisory panel warned this week that some ‘policy shifts’ under the Trump administration, such as the suspension of refugee resettlement, may negatively impact religious freedom abroad.” - CPost

“A group of Trump administration officials accidentally texted Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg about U.S. military operations in Yemen.” - National Review