Higher Ground News
Female golfers teed off as transgender athlete Hailey Davidson competes for LPGA tour card
The Ladies Professional Golf Association is facing growing pressure to revise its transgender policy as a former men's collegiate golfer moves closer to becoming the first male-born player to qualify for the most prestigious tour in women's golf.
SharesTrump calls on Christian voters to ‘stand up,’ warns Harris will be ‘your worst nightmare’
Former President Donald Trump courted religious voters Monday during a campaign swing through North Carolina, telling Christian conservatives he thinks that God is on his side.
SharesDoug Emhoff questions Jewish voters for Trump: ‘He does not care about us’
Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, says he's finding it harder to understand why any Jews are voting for Donald Trump in the upcoming election.
SharesBiden-Harris administration wants insurers to cover Plan B, other contraceptives at no cost
The Biden-Harris administration on Monday proposed a rule that would require private insurers to cover over-the-counter contraceptives at no cost.
SharesHigher Ground newsletter: Voter’s guide, atheists target Deion Sanders, Christians and Halloween
Welcome to Higher Ground, the faith-centric newsletter focused on the intersection of culture and politics from experienced journalists at The Washington Times.
SharesHarris tells churchgoers to use faith to decide what kind of leader they want
Vice President Kamala Harris urged congregants at a Georgia church Sunday to use their faith to decide who the best leader for the country would be.
SharesHarvard University’s fundraising tumbles by 15% amid donor revolt over campus antisemitism
Harvard University saw donations plummet by nearly 15% last year after a year marked by a donor backlash over the Ivy League institution's handling of campus antisemitism.
Shares‘We have a choice’: Valuable lesson on hate, antisemitism and genocide in Holocaust memoir
Karen Kirsten's mother survived the Holocaust only because humble people took a risk to do the right thing.
SharesU.K. convicts pro-life veteran of thought crime for praying outside abortion clinic
A British army veteran has now been convicted for silently praying outside an abortion clinic, in what experts are calling "a legal turning point of immense proportions" for free speech and religious liberty in the U.K.
SharesSupreme Court to hear transgender rights case in December
The Supreme Court announced Friday it will hear a major case in six weeks involving a state ban on medical treatment for transgender minors.
SharesTrump toasts Catholics, roasts absent Harris at Al Smith dinner
Former President Donald Trump won over the crowd at the Al Smith dinner with joke after joke at the expense of Vice President Kamala Harris, who declined to attend in person but appeared by video with a former "Saturday Night Live" comedian.
SharesHarris-era policy pays for killer’s sex change; former attorney general boasted
A man who murdered a couple by tying them to a boat anchor and throwing them overboard two decades ago will be transferred to a women's prison thanks to a California policy Vice President Kamala Harris helped implement that provides taxpayer funding for inmate sex change operations.
SharesTexas sues doctor accused of providing cross-sex hormones to 21 minors in violation of state law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued a Dallas-area doctor who allegedly provided gender-transition drugs to nearly two dozen teenagers in violation of state law.
SharesPro-choice groups take a pass on ballot measure to codify Roe v. Wade because they want more
Abortion rights advocates have long insisted that they want to "codify Roe," a claim being put to the test in South Dakota with Amendment G.
SharesRenewed push for assisted dying in the U.K. faces united Christian opposition
Christians in the United Kingdom have watched in horror as rates of medically assisted suicide have soared globally in the past few years.
SharesChristian journalist in Pakistan freed after wrongful murder arrest during protest coverage
A Christian reporter arrested for murder while covering a protest in Pakistan has been freed after spending 39 days in jail.
SharesArchdiocese of Los Angeles to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades, in what an attorney said was the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese, it was announced Wednesday.
SharesHarris dodges questions about support for taxpayer-funded transgender surgery for prisoners
Vice President Kamala Harris refused to say Wednesday if she still supported taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries for prisoners.
SharesPro-Israel professor at Columbia has been barred from campus, university spokesperson says
An outspoken pro-Israel professor at Columbia University has been temporarily barred from campus, a university spokesperson said Wednesday.
SharesThe Washington Times’ Chumley named one of Israel’s Top 50 Christian Allies
A Jerusalem-based advocacy group has named Cheryl Chumley, online opinion editor at The Washington Times, one of Israel's Top 50 Christian Allies for 2024.
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