Friday’s News & Ideas - 10/16/2026
- Midterm preferences by religion
- Troops protest Christian rhetoric
- Courts and religious liberty
- CT faces layoffs, resignations
- Spying in churches
- Sit at Elizabeth Holmes’s desk
Religious groups differ widely in their 2026 midterm preferences
Pew Research Center: White evangelical Protestant and white Catholic registered voters prefer Republicans over Democrats for the U.S. House of Representatives. Registered voters in every other religious group either are split roughly evenly or favor Democrats.
Hegseth’s Christian nationalist crusade at the Pentagon riles troops
MSNOW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s rhetoric has prompted hundreds of service members to file complaints with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
Why the courts are siding with religious liberty
Deseret News: The director of Harvard Law’s Religious Freedom Clinic explains why the courts are protecting the free exercise of religion clause of the Constitution.
Staff layoffs and resignations reported at Christianity Today
Baptist News Global: Christianity Today is in “chaos” with staff departures and layoffs, according to the editor of a Christian journal.
Christianity Today: From editor Marvin Olasky: A farewell to CT readers*
Reflecting on ‘pastor spies’ in Minnesota
Word & Way: Reporter Brian Kaylor visits two Lutheran churches in Minnesota that appear in Department of Homeland Security’s files as surveillance targets and tests agents’ claims.
The Spark
You can now sit at Elizabeth Holmes’s desk
Theranos.World lets you snoop through the disgraced startup founder’s laptop and iPhone — and even “sip” her green juice, Fast Company writes.
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