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Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said on Sunday his proposed flat-tax plan of about 10 percent was inspired by the biblical practice of tithing. “You make $10 billion a year, you pay a billion; you make $10 year, you pay one. That’s pretty (expletive) fair if you ask me,” Carson said on “Fox News Sunday.” Carson, a former […]

Recently, Hillary Clinton’s comments on abortion rights have stirred controversy from both the pro-life crowd and, in a more far-reaching aspect, virtually everyone who takes their religious beliefs seriously, from Christians to Muslims to Jews and beyond. While speaking to a Women of the World summit in late April, she offered this nugget of wisdom:

Nearly eight years have passed since a young Democrat named Barack Obama captured the White House. Now, another up-and-coming politician has a chance to take a similar path. This time it’s a Republican, and his name is Marco Rubio. The Florida senator sees Iowa as the first stop on his road to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Republican Rand Paul interrupted debate in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday to make a speech opposing legislation that would extend U.S. spy agencies’ collection of Americans’ telephone data. The Kentucky lawmaker, a 2016 presidential candidate, ended his roughly 10 1/2-hour speech just shy of midnight. As the hours passed, he was joined by other legislators, including Democrat Ron

Republican presidential hopefuls in Iowa and elsewhere have recently begun sounding a call to arms to Christian conservatives, describing what they say is an urgent threat to religious liberty. Citing high-profile dust-ups over religious freedom bills in Indiana and Arkansas, the contenders are painting a vivid picture of faith under fire. “In the past month,

The Florida senator and presidential hopeful made it clear last week that he would attend a gay wedding. Now, Marco Rubio is making it clear that he’s not against same-sex marriage. But does he think sexual preference is a choice? Watch the video to see what he says.

Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush has drawn heavily from the administrations of his brother and father in picking his nascent team of foreign policy advisers, a choice that may undercut his assertion that he is his “own man” on international affairs. Former officials and scholars caution that the list of 21 advisers announced ahead of

If Mike Huckabee is elected president in 2016, he says he’ll have God’s blessing to eliminate the “secular theocracy” that’s governing the United States. “Our country is in real trouble ..We’ve divorced ourselves from an understanding that we cannot survive as a republic if we do not become, once again, a God-centered nation that understands

Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate, is throwing down the same-sex gauntlet in his party’s back yard. His message to the Republicans: Stand against gay marriage, or I won’t stand with you. Huckabee made his intentions clear during the American Family Association’s Tuesday morning broadcast. He’s clearly frustrated with the party’s

A group of Middle-Eastern Christians booed Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, off the stage after speaking in support of Israel at an event in Washington, D.C. The event, sponsored by a group called In Defense of Christians, was billed as a gathering of Middle-Eastern Christian leaders. They were trying to raise awareness about the threat to Arab

Watch Mike Huckabee’s interview on The Brody File show last week. When asked what would happen with evangelical voters if the GOP ditches and downplays social issues, he said, “It just leaves them at home. They just don’t go vote.” And when it comes to his view on traditional marriage? “I’m not going to change

Now that Gov. Rick Perry is running for president, the Texas economy is in the national spotlight. Although the state has challenges, it’s prospering while much of the nation sputters. One business that takes advantage of the Lone Star State’s business-friendly climate is Xtreme Power. It’s a high-tech energy company that uses technology originally developed