Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith serves as Deputy Managing Editor for The Christian Post. He began working for CP in 2014 as a staff reporter. Before joining CP, Smith covered Maryland state politics as well as college and high school athletics for various news outlets. He graduated with a journalism degree from Towson University.
His areas of interest include human rights, politics and sports. Smith also serves on the international missions team of his local church. He lives in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with his family.
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Ex CBS Reporter: CBS Covered Up Obama's Flawed Benghazi Quote for Political Reasons
A former CBS News investigative reporter is claiming that CBS News executives kept hidden part of a "60 Minutes" interview with President Barack Obama following the Benghazi terrorist attack in 2012 that could have hurt the president's reelection campaign.
UK High Court Allows Mother to Euthanize Severely Disabled Daughter; Joni Eareckson Tada Says Judge's Decision 'Terrifying'
The decision by a United Kingdom High Court judge to allow a British mother to legally euthanize her 12-year-old daughter, who was suffering from a host of non life threatening disabling disorders, is drawing strong criticism from many disability advocates who say the decision sets a dangerous precedent that will allow guardians of other disabled people to do the same.
Pakistani Police Officer Uses Axe to Hack to Death Man Accused of Blasphemy, Officials Confirm
A man who was jailed in Pakistan after being accused of making blasphemous remarks about Islam was killed by a police officer Thursday morning when he was chopped to death with an axe, police officials said.
ISIS Sex Slave Price: 1- to 9-Y-O Christian, Yazidi Girls Sold for $172
A regulatory price list recently released by the Islamic State leadership shows that ISIS militants are selling captured Christian and Yazidi girls, as young as one to nine years old, as sex slaves and charging nearly three to four times the amount that they would charge for a grown woman.
Potential Presidential Candidate Ben Carson to be Featured in One Hour Documentary This Weekend
In a potential introduction to the 2016 presidential race, an hour-long documentary about retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson will air over the weekend in 22 states and the District of Columbia.
Judge Overturns Missouri's Ban on Gay Marriage; Says State's Constitution is Unconstitutional
Missouri became the latest state to have marriage redefined Wednesday when a state judge ruled that the state constitution's definition of marriage violated the U.S. Constitution and ordered state registrars to begin issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.
Evangelical Vote Played Key Role in Republican Victories, Data Show
Republican victories in key Senate races would not have been possible without the strong turnout of conservative Christian voters, according to Ralph Reed, president of the conservative activist group Faith & Freedom Coalition.
Egyptian Jihadist Group May Have Joined ISIS; Has Up to 2,000 Fighters
Although Reuters reported Monday night that one of the most prominent jihadists groups in the Sinai Peninsula region of Egypt has pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State caliphate, confusion remains as to the extent of the groups' connection as The Institute For the Study of War claims the reports of allegiance are false.
Senate Candidates Who Championed Pro-Life, Social Conservative Principles Win Decisive Victories
With the results of the midterm election giving control of both the House and Senate to the Republican Party, leaders of two prominent social conservative political action groups said in interviews with The Christian Post that those candidates who fully embraced their conservative stances on social issues were fully rewarded by the voters.
Canadian Law Society Rejects Christian School Over Biblical Homosexuality Stance
The future of the first potential Christian faith-based law school in Canada is in doubt after the British Columbia Law Society rejected an earlier approval of the new law school at Trinity Western University because of the school's stance against homosexual activity.