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Tuesday’s News & Ideas - 11/25/2025

  • Latino Christians on Trump
  • Israel strikes Gaza again
  • US-style Christianity in UK
  • Ken Paxton sues state agency
  • First religious charter school
  • Airport lounges

Study: Latino Christians disapprove of Trump, hit hard by mass deportation campaign
Religion News Service: Those opinions are being shaped as a majority of Latino Christians are witnessing the impacts of Trump’s mass deportation campaign in their own neighborhoods.

Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire’s latest test as hospitals say 24 killed
The Associated Press: Israel has previously carried out similar waves of strikes after reported attacks on its forces during the ceasefire.

Is British politics immune to US-style rightwing Christianity? We’re about to find out
The Guardian: Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson are increasingly espousing Christian “values,” and a wealthy US legal group is becoming influential — this could have dire consequences

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues a second state agency over rules he says discriminate on religious grounds
The Texas Tribune: Paxton, who is running to unseat fellow Republican John Cornyn in the U.S. Senate, has vowed to strike down Texas laws that “undermine religious liberty.”

Jewish group vies to open nation’s first religious charter school*
The Washington Post: The backers of the proposed Ben Gamla school in Oklahoma are poised to reopen a fight that reached the Supreme Court this year.

The Spark

The airport-lounge wars
When you’re waiting* for a flight, what’s the difference between out there and in here? The New Yorker asks.

*access is limited for nonsubscribers



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