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© Joe Raedle/Getty Images Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit held at the Tampa Convention Center on July 23, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images - Former President Donald Trump said Saturday "Americans kneel to God" alone.
- His comments come as the concept of Christian nationalism grows among the far right.
- GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert recently said "the church is supposed to direct the government."
Former President Donald Trump said during a speech on Saturday that "Americans kneel to God" alone, as the concept of Christian nationalism continues to gain traction among conservatives.
Jan. 6 highlighted the dangers of Christian nationalism. But it's bigger than that.
Jan. 6 hearings today will talk a lot about Trump and Republican misdeeds. But we need to focus on the secular white Christian nationalism infecting America.When describing these trends, their consequences for democracy, and their potential for fomenting violence, many scholars and critics have adopted the term “white Christian nationalism.” As a concept, white Christian nationalism does important rhetorical work: to emphasize the “deep stories” at the core of many far-right beliefs and to highlight how religious fundamentalism is driving millions to embrace anti-democratic ideals.
Trump made the comment while speaking at an event in Tampa, Florida, held by Turning Point USA, a student conservative group, and posted a clip of it on his Truth Social account.
"We will not break, we will not yield, we will never give in, we will never give up, we will never, ever, ever back down. As long as we are confident and united, the tyrants we are fighting do not stand a chance," Trump said. "Because we are Americans and Americans kneel to God, and God alone."
Trump's office did not respond to Insider's request for comment, but the remark comes as Christian nationalism and some of its ideologies have spread among the GOP. Recent reports from The New York Times, The New Yorker, and CNN all suggest Christian nationalism is on the rise, particularly among the far right.
The full timeline of Trump's known phone calls on the day of the January 6 insurrection
The January 6 Committee's Thursday hearing will focus on Trump's actions and communications as the riot unfolded. Here's what we know so far.The Washington Post and CBS previously obtained and reported on White House call logs and records secured by the Committee, documents that provide the most comprehensive timeline of Trump's known phone calls before and after the riots at the US Capitol.
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Biden is teasing a coming decision on student-loan forgiveness. Here's everything we know about how it could look.
- Pressure has been mounting for Biden to cancel student debt, as he pledged during his campaign.
- Last month, he said his decision on relief would come in a matter of weeks.
- While Republican opposition mounts, a few developments hint at the kind of relief borrowers might see.
Despite President Joe Biden's campaign pledge to cancel $10,000 in debt per borrower, he's been largely silent on the issue through his presidency.
But there may be a light at the end of tunnel for more than 40 million Americans with federal student loans.
In late April, Biden said he'd "have an answer" on relief in the coming weeks. That was a year after Biden asked the Department of Education to prepare a memo outlining his legal power to cancel student debt. Insider found that the Education Department created and circulated the memo, but Biden has not revealed its contents.
Trump-endorsed Doug Mastriano, urged to denounce Gab and extremists, endorses far-right Arizona lawmaker instead
The GOP candidate for governor of Pennsylvania is facing criticism from both Republican and Democratic Jewish groups to cut ties with Gab.There will be 34 US Senate elections this year, but control of the US Senate will hinge on just nine contests.
Instead of relief for all borrowers, so far, Biden has focused on targeted groups like borrowers with disabilities and those defrauded by for-profit schools, who have seen more than $9 billion in collective debt relief. He also extended the pandemic pause on student loan payments four times since taking office, following two from former President Donald Trump.
Democrats are pressuring him to relieve borrowers in fear of low midterm turnout, with some progressives urging him to cancel at least $50,000 for those in debt. Meanwhile, Republicans senators have introduced bills intended to prohibit cancellation.
Biden's approval rating among the young people who helped get him elected is tanking. With the payment pause set to expire after August 31, Americans are on pins and needles to find out what Biden will do.
Here's everything we know so far.
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In April, Biden said he would announce a decision or extend the payment pause by September, when the current payment pause is up.
In April, Biden gave himself until the end of August to announce a decision regarding student debt cancellation, or to extend the payment pause he'd already continued four times.
Trump's former campaign manager said the ex-president is now surrounded by people trying to take advantage of him
Corey Lewandowski claimed that many of Trump's allies want him to run for office so they can later write tell-alls or become network TV commentators."I am very saddened to inform all of those that loved her, of which there were many, that Ivana Trump has passed away at her home in New York City," Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social. "She was a wonderful, beautiful, and amazing woman, who led a great and inspirational life.
"Between now and August 31, it's either going to be extended again or we're going to make a decision, as Ron referenced, about canceling student debt," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told Pod Save America referring to Ron Klain, Biden's chief of staff, who also told the podcast in March that leading up to the prior May 1 payment restart date, the president would either extend the pause again — which he did — or decide how he could act on student debt using executive action.
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Later that month, Biden shortened his own timeline, saying he'll 'have an answer' on student-loan forgiveness in the coming weeks.
Since Psaki revealed the end-of-August deadline, Biden truncated the timeline for the announcement to be a few weeks from April.
"I'm in the process of taking a hard look at whether there will be additional debt forgiveness," Biden said at the end of the month. "And I'll have an answer for that in the next couple of weeks."
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Republicans introduce their first bill to bar Biden from cancelling debt broadly.
Following Biden's hints that an announcement on forgiveness could be coming soon, GOP Sens. John Thune, Richard Burr, Mike Braun, Bill Cassidy, and Roger Marshall introduced the Stop Reckless Student Loans Action Act, which would end the payment pause and bar Biden from canceling student debt broadly.
Trump legal threat against CNN stops short of arguing that his election-fraud claims are true, says only that he 'subjectively believes' them
Trump's legal team threatened to sue CNN in a letter that used the Webster's Dictionary definition of "lie" to say Trump was not a liar.In November, Summer Zervos, who had accused Trump of sexual assault following her appearance on "The Apprentice," dropped her lawsuit against him before he was forced to sit for a deposition. At around the same time, a New York state judge dismissed a lawsuit from Michael Cohen seeking to have the Trump Organization reimburse his legal fees for work he did on Trump's behalf.
"As Americans continue to return to the workforce more than two years since the pandemic began, it is time for borrowers to resume repayment of student debt obligations," Thune said in a statement. "Taxpayers and working families should not be responsible for continuing to bear the costs associated with this suspension of repayment. This common-sense legislation would protect taxpayers and prevent President Biden from suspending federal student loan repayments in perpetuity."
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Shattering progressives' hopes, Biden confirmed in April that he won't be forgiving $50,000 in debt per borrower.
Democratic senators such as Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren have made it clear that for many progressives, $50,000 in forgiveness per borrower is the number to strive for.
"Canceling $50,000 of student-loan debt would give 36 million Americans permanent total relief," Warren said during a town hall in January. "That would be the end of their debt burden. And it would aid millions more by significantly reducing the principal on their debt."
But at the end of April, Biden shattered progressives' hopes, saying that although he is considering debt forgiveness as promised, it will not be for as high as $50,000 per borrower.
"I am considering dealing with some debt reduction, I am not considering $50,000 debt reduction," he told a reporter last month. It marked one of his most decisive comments to date on what he is considering when it comes to canceling student debt broadly.
Raphael Warnock has a nine-point lead over Herschel Walker in the Georgia Senate race, while Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams are in a close contest for governor: poll
The SurveyUSA poll showed Sen. Warnock with 48% support among likely voters in the Peach State, while Walker received 39% support.The survey showed Warnock with 48% support among likely voters in the Peach State, while Walker received 39% support; eight percent of respondents were undecided.
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Biden considers excluding high earners from debt relief, possibly excluding people who make more than $125,000 or couples making $250,000.
Top Biden aides are looking at limiting student debt relief to people earning less than $125,000 to $150,000, or $250,000 to $300,000 for couples that file joint taxes, people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post. But they said that Biden hadn't made a final decision.
"There's different proposals floating around the administration about how to structure this," one person told the Washington Post.
But as Psaki later noted, while income caps are in line with what Biden considered on the campaign trail, that may not be what the final policy looks like. Income caps could also pose problems for many Americans, as doing so means setting up a layer of income verification before the government grants debt relief. And it would mean that borrowers would miss out on relief if they don't know to sign up or apply for it, Politico reported.
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Three Democratic senators make a last ditch effort to urge Biden to go big on relief.
Three Democratic senators — Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer, and Raphael Warnock — want Biden's student-loan relief to be expansive, and are requesting him to hold off on implementing any loan forgiveness through executive action until they can arrange a meeting with him, sources told Politico last week.
Following Biden's comments that he is not considering $50,000 in debt cancellation for federal borrowers, something that Warren, Warnock, and Schumer have pushed for repeatedly, the progressive senators reportedly moved to intervene.
"President Biden told the senator months ago he wanted to meet about this issue, and the senator wants to make sure the president hears why Georgians want strong debt relief before the White House takes any action," a Warnock spokesperson told Politico.
Full transcript of "Face the Nation" on July 31, 2022
On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, Sens. Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey joined John Dickerson.Click here to browse full transcripts of "Face the Nation.
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A former Obama lawyer says Biden 'likely does not' have the legal standing to cancel student debt broadly.
The contents of the Education Department's memo outlining whether or not the president has the authority to unilaterally cancel student debt remain private to Biden's team, leaving others to speculate over the last year.
This month, a Wall Street Journal exclusive found that Charlie Rose, a top lawyer in former President Barack Obama's Education Department, is not confident that it's legal.
According to a legal analysis the Journal obtained, Rose said that canceling student debt for every borrower without tailoring the relief toward each borrower's individual needs could be overruled in court and leave the administration at risk of being sued by student-loan companies.
"If the issue is litigated, the more persuasive analyses tend to support the conclusion that the Executive Branch likely does not have the unilateral authority to engage in mass student debt cancellation," Rose wrote.
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Republicans are starting to worry Biden might actually forgive some student debt.
Republicans aren't happy about Biden's potential student loan action.
Virginia Foxx, a North Carolina representative, was among congressional Republicans who have voiced their disapproval of student debt cancellation recently.
"The Biden administration is trying once again to save its tanking poll numbers by writing a blank check to student loan borrowers using Americans' pocketbooks," she said in an op-ed for Fox News.
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A group of Republicans led by Mitt Romney introduced a bill that would stop Biden from cancelling debt broadly.
Senator Mitt Romney and several of his Republican colleagues introduced a bill that would bar the Biden administration from broadly canceling student-loan debt this week, prohibiting him from even partially forgiving borrowers' outstanding balances.
The bill would include exemptions for student-loan forgiveness, cancelation, and repayment programs that are already in effect, such as the Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Teacher Loan Forgiveness programs.
The bill is unlikely to become law anytime soon with a 50-50 Senate, a Democratic-controlled House, and Biden in the Oval Office, but the message is clear.
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According to Christianity Today, Christian nationalism is "the belief that the American nation is defined by Christianity, and that the government should take active steps to keep it that way." Christian nationalists believe the US is and should remain a "Christian nation."
They also believe in freedom of religion, but that Christianity should have a "privileged position in the public square," the outlet reported.
A CNN report published Sunday asserts an even darker side to the ideology, claiming Christian nationalists use theology to justify sexism and racism as a means to attain an ideal White Christian America. The report said such ideas were becoming increasingly common in churches around the nation.
After Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, carried crosses or invoked theology to justify their actions, some argued the insurrection also represented a "Christian revolt."
The concept and some of its ideologies have been touted recently by Republican lawmakers.
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who also attended the Turning Point USA event, identified herself as a Christian nationalist in an interview this weekend while explaining that Republicans need to represent their voters instead of lobbyists or big donors.
"We need to be the party of nationalism, and I'm a Christian and I say it proudly, we should be Christian nationalists," Greene said, adding that when the GOP learns to represent their voters, the party will grow.
Greene's office did not immediately respond to Insider's questions about how she personally defines the concept.
Others have been more explicit: GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, also a Christian and attendee at the event in Florida this weekend, said recently the church should be in charge of the government.
"The church is supposed to direct the government, the government is not supposed to direct the church," she said last month. "That is not how our founding fathers intended it. And I'm tired of this separation of church and state junk that's not in the Constitution."
However, some Republicans have pushed back on such concepts, including Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, also a Christian, who blasted Boebert's remarks and compared them to the Taliban, an Islamic militant group.
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Full transcript of "Face the Nation" on July 31, 2022 .
On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, Sens. Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey joined John Dickerson.Click here to browse full transcripts of "Face the Nation.
We are set for a very busy summer of transfer activity, as the latest transfer news keeps flooding in and plenty of big names are expected to be on the move in the coming months. Your browser does not support this video [ VIDEO: Premier League analysis ] The 2022 summer transfer window opens on June 10 and closes at 6pm ET on September 1. With Erling Haaland already signing for Manchester City, Kylian Mbappe staying at PSG (for now), plus Sadio Mane leaving Liverpool — and plenty of other superstars in demand and contemplating moves — this feels like it will be a summer like no other. 
Jan. 6 hearings today will talk a lot about Trump and Republican misdeeds. But we need to focus on the secular white Christian nationalism infecting America.When describing these trends, their consequences for democracy, and their potential for fomenting violence, many scholars and critics have adopted the term “white Christian nationalism.” As a concept, white Christian nationalism does important rhetorical work: to emphasize the “deep stories” at the core of many far-right beliefs and to highlight how religious fundamentalism is driving millions to embrace anti-democratic ideals. 
The January 6 Committee's Thursday hearing will focus on Trump's actions and communications as the riot unfolded. Here's what we know so far.The Washington Post and CBS previously obtained and reported on White House call logs and records secured by the Committee, documents that provide the most comprehensive timeline of Trump's known phone calls before and after the riots at the US Capitol. 
The GOP candidate for governor of Pennsylvania is facing criticism from both Republican and Democratic Jewish groups to cut ties with Gab.There will be 34 US Senate elections this year, but control of the US Senate will hinge on just nine contests. 
Corey Lewandowski claimed that many of Trump's allies want him to run for office so they can later write tell-alls or become network TV commentators."I am very saddened to inform all of those that loved her, of which there were many, that Ivana Trump has passed away at her home in New York City," Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social. "She was a wonderful, beautiful, and amazing woman, who led a great and inspirational life. 
Trump's legal team threatened to sue CNN in a letter that used the Webster's Dictionary definition of "lie" to say Trump was not a liar.In November, Summer Zervos, who had accused Trump of sexual assault following her appearance on "The Apprentice," dropped her lawsuit against him before he was forced to sit for a deposition. At around the same time, a New York state judge dismissed a lawsuit from Michael Cohen seeking to have the Trump Organization reimburse his legal fees for work he did on Trump's behalf. 
The SurveyUSA poll showed Sen. Warnock with 48% support among likely voters in the Peach State, while Walker received 39% support.The survey showed Warnock with 48% support among likely voters in the Peach State, while Walker received 39% support; eight percent of respondents were undecided. 
On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, Sens. Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey joined John Dickerson.Click here to browse full transcripts of "Face the Nation. 
