Leonardo Blair

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  Jul 9, 2020

  President Trump calls Supreme Court rulings on tax returns, financial records ‘political witch hunt’

  President Donald Trump called a 7-2 ruling by the Supreme Court upholding the Manhattan district attorney’s demand for his tax returns a “political witch hunt” Thursday as critics celebrated it as powerful statement about the limits of presidential power.

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  Jul 9, 2020

  Televangelist Jim Bakker reveals struggles with memory could keep him off air for months after stroke

  After suffering a stroke in May that was initially described as “minor,” televangelist Jim Bakker revealed Wednesday that he's struggling with memory loss and could be away from “The Jim Bakker Show” for months as he recuperates while fighting to keep the troubled show on air.

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  Jul 8, 2020

  Pastor’s 30-y-o son dies of coronavirus, becomes youngest victim in Nashville

  As far as his family knows, Darius Settles had no health problems. But five days after he tested positive for COVID-19, the son of Pastor David Settles of The Worship Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died at the age of 30 on July 4.

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  Jul 8, 2020

  Sen. Kelly Loeffler slams Rev. Raphael Warnock for not rejecting Black Lives Matter in WNBA fight

  Co-owner of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream, Sen. Kelly Loeffler R-Ga., slammed her Democratic rival Rev. Raphael Warnock who leads the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta for not rejecting the Black Lives Matter movement which she says in part is seeking the “removal of Jesus from churches.”

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  Jul 8, 2020

  Kanye West says God told him to run for president in 2020, wants Trump, Biden to step aside

  Floating Michelle Tidball, an obscure preacher from Cody, Wyoming, as his running mate, popular rapper and music producer Kanye West says God has told him to run for president in 2020 and urged incumbent Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden to “gracefully bow out” of the race.

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  Jul 8, 2020

  Fla. megachurch denies hosting 'COVID-19 parties' after teen dies: 'Absolutely false'

  First Assembly of God, a megachurch in Fort Myers, Florida, has denied reports that they hosted a huge party, attended by a 17-year-old girl who later died from COVID-19, where no social distancing was practiced or masks worn.

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  Jul 7, 2020

  Cornerstone Church Atlanta votes to leave SBC: ‘We should've done it sooner,’ black pastor says

  Pastor John Onwuchekwa, lead pastor of the diverse but predominantly black, Cornerstone Church Atlanta announced Friday that his congregation has voted to leave the Southern Baptist Convention.

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  Jul 7, 2020

  Popular Mo. Christian camp shutters site after dozens test positive for COVID-19

  Kanakuk Kamps, a popular network of Christian sports camps in southern Missouri which has welcomed more than 450,000 campers since 1926, was forced to shutter one of its multiple sites Friday after some 49 campers and counselors tested positive for COVID-19.

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  Jul 6, 2020

  Black man found hanging from tree was pastor’s adopted son; probe ongoing

  As activists demand a full investigation into the death of a white New Jersey pastor’s adopted black son found hanging from a tree and question possible murder motives, authorities say they are still investigating after the medical examiner ruled the death a suicide.

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  Jul 6, 2020

  Pastor Jentezen Franklin urges Christians to vote their faith after Calif. bans singing in church

  Megachurch pastor Jentezen Franklin cried “discrimination” and urged Christians to vote their faith in November as the California Department of Public Health issued updated guidelines Wednesday, forbidding churches from singing during services to prevent the spread of COVID-19.