National News

RNS - s anti-Muslim rhetoric rises in Texas, Muslim pitmasters are winning over diners and reshaping one of the state's most iconic culinary traditions.

CHRISTIAN CENTURY - On the first day in 16 years that three people on death row were scheduled to be executed on the same day, faith groups in Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Iowa tolled their bells as part of a campaign led by the Death Penalty Action advocacy group. In Tennessee, they rang for two minutes at 10 a.m. CT that coincided with a scheduled execution in the state.

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE - A growing number of Democrats, and a growing number of American Jews, no longer want the U.S. to issue Israel a blank check.

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE -Katie Gaddini, a visiting scholar at Stanford University, spoke to RNS about the women she profiles in her new book, "Esther's Army."

THE PRESBYTERIAN OUTLOOK - Calling White Christian nationalism incompatible with the teachings of Jesus, commissioners approved a proposed constitutional amendment and a new policy statement opposing the ideology.