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Did a Billboard in Missouri Show President Trump Alongside a Gospel Quote?

7 November 2018

Some Christians expressed concern that a billboard near St. Louis seemingly equated the 45th president...

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Did Methodists Bring Church Charges Against Jeff Sessions?

20 June 2018

Hundreds of the Attorney General's fellow church-members signed a letter claiming his "zero-tolerance" immigration policy...

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Did a Mississippi Democrat Propose a Law to Force Teachers to Recite the Ten Commandments?

25 January 2018

The implications of a bill put forward by State Representative Credell Calhoun are unclear.

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A History of the ‘War on Christmas’

29 November 2017

How wishing people "Happy holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" came to be regarded as an...

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Iceland Mandates Mental Health Warnings on All Bibles? A satirical article about Iceland, Bibles, and mental health was mistaken as genuine news by...

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Pentagram Displayed at Florida Park Run Over by Angry Driver

20 December 2016

A Satanic display placed in the city's free speech area has been vandalized multiple times.

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House Democrats Strike to Implement Sharia Law

12 December 2016

Unreliable news sources reported that Democrats tried to implement Sharia law in the U.S. via...

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Were ‘Fixer Upper’ Stars Chip and Joanna Gaines Outed as Anti-Gay?

3 December 2016

An article speculated — based on the church they attend — that HGTV's 'Fixer Upper'...

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The Satanic Temple Claims Immunity From Rule Requiring Fetal Burials

2 December 2016

If Texas tries to impose the rule on a member of the activist organization, they...

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6,000 Muslims with Forged Papers Caught at Southern Border

24 October 2016

A claim that 6,000 Muslim migrants were captured at the U.S.-Mexico border with forged papers...

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Tim Kaine Fired 5 State Police Chaplains for Praying in Jesus’ Name?

6 October 2016

Several Virginia state troopers resigned as volunteer chaplains in 2008 because of a departmental rule...

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French High Court Rules Burkini Bans Are Unlawful

26 August 2016

The bans against the full-covering swimsuit worn by some Muslim women will end after French...

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