Wall Street is smiling going into the weekend as stock markets continued their blistering pace as the Dow and S&P 500 closed at all -time highs on Friday. The Nasdaq wasn’t far behind as it hit a 14-year high.
With a July 20 deadline rapidly approaching, Iran said it would not accept ‘excessive demands’ the West was trying to impose on its nuclear program.
Pope Francis condemned the legalization of recreational drugs, according to USA Today.
On Saturday, an Egyptian Court sentenced to death Mohamed Badie, a Muslim Brotherhood leader, along with more than 180 others, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Wednesday a judge in Egypt’s Minya Criminal Court sentenced the first Egyptian to legally challenge his official religious status to five years in prison and a fine, according to Morning Star News.
Thirty-eight U.S. lawmakers sent an open letter to Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday urging him to expedite the case of Meriam Ibrahim, according to International Christian Concern.
Only one week after Chinese Christians in Wenzhou City fought back against Communist attempts to remove the cross from the roof of their church, government authorities returned and destroyed the cross, according to International Christian Concern.
Over 65,000 Russian troops were placed on combat alert and ordered to take part in readiness drills by Russian President Vladmir Putin. Meanwhile, the U.S. Treasury Department levied sanctions against seven separatists with broader measures being readied against finance, defense, and technology industries, Bloomberg reported.
While California is suffering from severe drought, nearly 33 percent of the state — up from 25 percent last week, is now suffering from “exceptional” drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
The recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is now entering a “second wave” and raging “totally out of control”, Doctors without Borders told the Associated Press.
Despite rising costs of gasoline, two senators proposed raising the federal gasoline and diesel tax a total of 12 cents per gallon to replenish the Highway Trust Fund.
When the Supreme Court struck down the constitutionality of part three of the Defense of Marriage act, the Obama Administration proceeded to review all federal regulations and their application to same-sex couples. Nearly a year later, the Labor Department plans changes to the “Family and Medical Leave Act” to include same-sex couples. President Obama also plans changes to all federal benefits, including Social Security, are extended to same-sex couples, the Washington Examiner reported.
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee targeted judges yesterday at “March for Marriage” saying the country was facing a “judical coup d’etat,” and warned, “if we reject His [God’s] hand of blessing, we will feel His hand of judgment.”
The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that a Wisconsin high school acted unconstitutionally when it held its graduation ceremonies in a local church, according to the Religion News Service.
Americans have completely lost faith of those who serve on the Hill, as a recent Gallup poll finds only 7 percent of citizens have a ‘great deal’ or ‘quite a lot’ of confidence in Congress, the lowest rating of any institution in the history of Gallup.
At a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in New York, President Barack Obama prided himself on his administration’s record promoting the LGBT agenda across the nation.
The Temple Institute announced the finding of a red heifer, which is believed to be necessary in the event the Temple will be rebuilt. The ashes of the red heifer are thought to be necessary for purification of Temple priests as well as the final preparation of Temple vessels.
According to the latest Gallup poll, public confidence in television news hit an all-time low with only 18 percent of Americans surveyed expressed a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in TV news.
On Thursday night, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued its Operation Bring Back Our Brothers in search for three teenagers kidnapped last week. The overnight raids resulted in the arrest of 25 Palestinians in the West Bank bringing the total of suspects held to 330, 240 of whom are associated with Hamas.
President Obama told Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto that immigrants crossing into the United States illegally will not qualify for legalized status or deferred deportation, including children, the Washington Times reported.