KCIS Newsmakers

Washington State Senate passes clergy mandatory reporting bill...U.S. Secretary of State still hopeful for Israel-Hamas deal...and Las Vegas protest against abortion.

Israel's Prime Minister rejects Hamas demands for cease-fire...debate over whether abortion should be on the ballot in Florida...and most Evangelical pastors in the U.S. opposed to sports betting.

Legislation introduced in U.S. House to combat anti-semitism on college campuses...SBA Pro-Life America announces political program for 2024 elections...and "The Chosen" near the top of the weekend box office.

Mayor of Dearborn, Michigan condemns Wall Street Journal opinion piece calling his city "America's Jihad capital"....pro-Palestinian protestors seek ouster of British Columbia politican over remarks..and the Archdiocese of Seattle is consolidating parishes in Western Washington.

The U.K. could officially recognize a Palestinian state if Hamas is removed from Gaza...President Biden announces sanctions against some Israeli West Bank settlers...and a new poster of Jesus is drawing the ire of many in Spain.

President Biden addresses National Prayer Breakfast...Oregon Supreme Court rules on Republican Senate walkout...and pro-life demonstators convicted of blocking a Tennessee abortion clinic entrance.

Utah becomes latest state to ban DEI programs...Mississippi man charged with hate crime in Iowa for allegedly destroying pagan idol...and sentence handed down in firebombing of Ohio church.

Ohio community mourns loss of a heroic pastor...demolition underway of an historic Connecticut church building...and Elon Musk announces first human implant from his computer-brain interface company.

Roman Catholic church attacked in Turkey...President Biden on the campaign trail at a Black church in South Carolina...and Israel's president accusses U.N. court of misquoting him in ruling.

UN Court orders Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza...6 Catholic nuns released in Haiti...and historic Connecticut church collapses.

President Biden blunt on abortion...Gen Z religious affiliation...and United Methodist Church loses about a quarter of its congregations.

Bill in Washington State legislature requiring clergy to report child sexual abuse...Democratic party push for abortion rights...and new demographic report on current Jewish survivors of the Holocaust.

On Roe anniversary, Biden administration pushes for abortion expansion...Pope calls for release of kidnapped nuns in Haiti...EU foreign ministers push for Palestinian state...and India Prime Minister Modi opens controversial Hindu temple.

March for Life being held in Washington, D-C today...and Montana Attorney General rejects proposed abortion-rights ballot measure.

Israel's Prime Minister opposes establishment of a Palestinian state...Open Doors US has released its annual World Watch List...and the fourth season of "The Chosen" has premiered

Israel defending itself at the United Nations’ highest court...man in custody after allegedly threatening to shoot up Ohio church...and two legal groups are defending a Catholic charter school in Oklahoma City.

African Catholic bishops refusing to follow declaration allowing priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples...Ohio legislators attempting to override veto of bill banning sex-change surgeries for minors, ..and emergency work orders issued to stabilize buildings around Brooklyn synagogue where a secret tunnel was revealed.

U.S. Secretary of State meets with Palestinian President...Orthodox Jewish worshippers arrested in New York over secret prayer tunnel...and millions of Catholics flood the streets of Manila.

President Biden holds campaign stop at site of 2015 church shooting...more attacks on Christians in Nigeria...and coach fired after anti-Semitic remarks at high school girls basketball game in New York.

U.S. Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce abortion ban while legal fight continues...Pope wants ban surrogacy...and Orthdox Christians celebrate Christmas.

Police continue to search for who shot and killed New Jersey imam...suspected arson fire reignites at the Seattle Buddhist Temple...and Vatican insists there's nothing heretical allowing priests to bless same-sex couples.

Federal appeals court rejects abortion guidance from the Biden administration..New Jersey mosque leader critically injured this morning outside his mosque...and dozens of Jewish houses of worship in California are on alert.

President of Harvard resigns...Catholic Church in Hungary won't follow the Vatican's rulling on bless same-sex unions....and new research shows thousands of women in the U.S. have stocked up on abortion pills.

Judge notes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has spread false information about doctors mutilating children...some Catholic bishops will not follow Vatican’s new direction allowing blessings for same-sex couples...and Palestinian Christians grappling with Christmas in the midst of war.

Pope Francis urges Vatican bureaucrats to avoid “rigid ideological positions”...Franklin Graham comments on Pope's declaration on blessing same-sex couples...and two reality TV stars speak out after their recent baptisms.