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(Worthy News) – For nearly six decades, religious leaders have enjoyed a housing tax exemption from the IRS.

But one atheist organization says no more. The Freedom From Religion Foundation is fighting to strip that tax break in a move that would mean churches across the country would be socked with almost $1 billion in new taxes.

Supporters say the provision, known as the “parsonage exemption,” allows pastors, rabbis and others to live in the communities they serve. [ Source: CBN News (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – The Supreme Court this week will consider one of the biggest cases before it this term: a challenge to President Trump’s executive order restricting travel to the U.S. from eight countries that his administration has deemed to pose terrorism risks.

The justices will hear arguments in the case, Trump v. Hawaii, Wednesday, the last argument day for the justices this term.

Trump’s so-called “travel ban” has been the source of controversy, as the measure can be traced back to the campaign trail when then-candidate Trump vowed to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. [ Source: Washington Examiner (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – The suspect in the shooting at a Nashville-area Waffle House was arrested by the U.S. Secret Service last year for being in a restricted area outside the White House, law enforcement said Sunday.

Todd Hudson, special agent in charge with the Secret Service’s Nashville office, said the suspect — identified by police as 29-year-old Travis Reinking — was arrested outside the White House in July.

He was subsequently charged with unlawful entry after crossing a security barrier near the White House complex, Hudson said. He reportedly wanted a meeting with President Trump. [ Source (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – The head of the Iranian army on Saturday said Iranian forces were working to “annihilate” Israel and predicted they would achieve success within 25 years.

The threats from the Commander of Iran’s Army Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi come amid almost daily warnings of conflict from Tehran and Jerusalem, heightened by an alleged Israeli strike on an Iranian base in Syria earlier in the month.

“When the arrogant powers create a sanctuary for the Zionist regime to continue survival, we shouldn’t allow one day to be added to the ominous and illegitimate life of this regime,” Mousavi told a ceremony in Tehran on Saturday, according to the Fars news agency. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Satellite images taken before and after a raid on an Iranian military facility in Syria earlier this month reveal the precision and limited scope of the airstrikes, Channel 10 reported Sunday.

The images obtained by the channel show the charred remains of a single hangar at the Tiyas airbase, with the surrounding area relatively unaffected.

Iran, Syria, Russia, and some US officials have all said that Israel was responsible for the strike on the base, also known as T-4. Israel has not commented. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – The Palestinians will not allow US President Donald Trump or anyone else to say that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday.

The Palestinians, Abbas said, will continue to fight Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital as they have been doing for the past few months.

“The Palestinians will not allow any country to move its embassy to Jerusalem before there’s a solution [to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict],” Abbas said, during a meeting with Arab delegates attending a conference in Ramallah on laboratory medicine. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is to lead a delegation of 250 people from the United States, including some 40 politicians, to the opening of the embassy in Jerusalem next month, Channel 10 news reported Sunday.

Mnuchin will be accompanied by US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, and the president’s daughter Ivanka Trump, as well as 40 senators and representatives, the report said.

The Times of Israel first reported last week that Kushner and Ivanka Trump were likely to attend. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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