Franklin Graham

Trump's 'pastor' highlights evangelical surge in Spain in Madrid days before papal visit

With 4,763 places of worship registered in 2025, evangelical churches are growing in Spain, fuelled by Latin American immigration. The trend is clear at mass events such as the Festival of Hope. For a few moments, the scene looks more like a concert than a religious gathering.

Pentagon walks back Mormon snub on Pete Hegseth’s recognized religions list after MAGA lawmaker goes ballistic

Pentagon walks back Mormon snub on Pete Hegseth’s recognized religions list after MAGA lawmaker goes ballistic Hegseth, already under scrutiny for favoring some Christian groups, faced surprise backlash from conservative Mormon lawmakers - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Pentagon officials reversed course on Monday and announced an update to a list of officially recognized religions that service members use to define their faith practices on their personnel records after Mormon lawmakers...

American Christians Face a Choice

ROBERT JEFFRESS, the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Dallas, has long been one of Donald Trump’s most fawning supporters. By his own account, one reason for his loyalty is that Trump embodies an ethic—cruel, vengeful, and mendacious—that Jeffress and many millions of evangelicals and fundamentalists not only tolerate but welcome. In an NPR interview in 2016, Jeffress explained, “I don’t want some meek and mild leader or somebody who’s going to turn the other cheek.

James Carville endorses 'f---ed up' Platner, compares him to US allying with Stalin to win WWII

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville compared supporting Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner to the United States allying with Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin during World War II.Carville praised Platner for his military service, contrasting it with other politicians, saying, "He’s f---ed up, he’s been shot at, he’s a veteran, he’s a little bit weird, he’s an oysterman. ""Then his opponent, I can hardly say her name without the utter contempt dripping, Susan Collins, whose spine...

How back is the U? Can Clemson rebound? Previewing...

Life in the ACC certainly isn't boring. In the past year alone, the conference has produced a long and awkward CFP rankings battle, an irate affiliate member, a thrilling national title game run, the strangest tiebreaker result imaginable, an out-of-nowhere 11-win season, the most disappointing team in the country, an epic pro-to-college face-plant, 18 of the 38 best games of the 2025 season, the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft (indirectly) and the most awkward possible move to nine-game...

When the President Takes a Cut

Future Power Rankings: How all 68 Power 4 college football teams stack up

Projecting a college football program's future is harder than ever. Rosters and fortunes change dramatically and championship pathways are more open than ever. The assets that make a program great in 2026 might not be there in 2027.