Author: Alex Stone

In a recent appearance at a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi, Vice President JD Vance opened up about his family’s religious life. Vance, a Catholic convert, shared that he and his wife Usha are raising their three young children in the Catholic faith. Their two oldest attend a Christian school, and his eight-year-old recently received First Communion. Vance met Usha, who was raised Hindu, during their time at Yale Law School. At the time of their marriage, both were largely agnostic. Vance converted to Catholicism after their first child was born, with Usha’s support. He praised…

Former FBI Director James Comey has filed a motion to dismiss a federal indictment accusing him of lying to Congress and obstructing an investigation, asserting that his responses during a 2020 Senate hearing were “literally true” despite what he describes as “fundamentally ambiguous” questions from lawmakers. The charges come from Comey’s September 2020 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he was questioned by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) about his handling of sensitive information during the FBI’s probe into Hillary Clinton’s email server. Comey had previously testified in 2017 that he never authorized any FBI personnel to serve as anonymous…

Minneapolis voters head to the polls on Tuesday, but ranked-choice voting means that the results could take days to finalize. While four candidates were on the debate stage, the race will come down to incumbent Mayor Jacob Frey and challenger Omar Fateh, a democratic socialist. A Minnesota insider told The Daily Signal that Minneapolis politics split between the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) and democratic socialists. Fateh won the DFL endorsement in July, but Frey’s challenge led the party to withdraw it in August. Frey’s Record Frey, a Reformed Jew from Virginia’s D.C. suburbs, became mayor in 2018 after only one city…

The Trump administration announced Thursday that law enforcement has arrested over 120,000 criminals nationwide since taking office nine months ago. The haul includes 3,200 gang leaders and drug traffickers from groups like MS-13, the Sinaloa Cartel, and Tren de Aragua. Speaking at the White House, President Trump credited the success to tight coordination between federal, state, and local agencies. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi called the arrests a major blow to criminal networks, emphasizing that these “bad actors” are now off the streets. The effort stems from the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF), launched through Trump’s executive orders targeting border…

Chinese authorities detained at least 30 Christians linked to the Zion Church network over the weekend, marking one of the largest actions against Christians in China in decades. The arrests spanned at least 10 cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, targeting members of the unregistered house church network founded by pastor Jin Mingri in 2007. Jin Mingri, a prominent figure in China’s underground church movement, was detained in Beihai city in the Guangxi province. An official notice from the Beihai public security bureau indicates he is being held in Beihai Number Two prison on suspicion of “illegal use of information networks.” While some…

Catholics from around the world joined in an act of reparation last weekend, responding to the recent LGBT pilgrimage at the Vatican that many viewed as a desecration of sacred spaces. The event occurred during the Catholic identity conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from October 3 to October 5. The conference was organized by Michael Matt, the editor of The Remnant Newspaper. On October 4, at 3:30 PM Eastern time, Bishop Athanasius, Schneider of Kazakhstan, led the prayers, flanked by fellow bishops, including Joseph Strickland, former bishop of Tyler, Texas; Marian Eleganti, and others. The group gathered before a statue of…

In 2025, over 380 million Christians have faced escalating persecution worldwide, with attacks from Syria to India highlighting tensions between faith and rising nationalist movements, according to research from OpenDoors. Christian nationalists in the U.S. and across the world view these events as a call to defend their faith against cultural decay which they believe is driven by a secular worldview and unchecked globalism. In Syria, a June 2025 church bombing in Damascus marked a sad new milestone under the new Hayat Tahrir al-Sham regime, which enforces Islamic dress codes despite their claims of tolerance. In India, the Evangelical Fellowship…