The lawsuit contends that the new policy is spreading fear of raids, thus lowering attendance at worship services and other ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump is demanding an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she asked him ...

President Donald Trump’s response to the inaugural prayer service in many ways was not a surprise. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde urged the president to have mercy on LGBTQ children and migrant ...

The debate about whether religious leaders should wade into politics erupted again Tuesday when the Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, D.C., made a public plea in a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump is demanding an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she asked him ...

But on the first full day of his second term, Trump attended a national prayer service in Washington, D.C., where he sat and listened to the bishop of the local Episcopal Diocese. As my MSNBC ...

In a post on Truth Social, Trump called the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, Mariann Edgar Budde, a “Radical Left hard line Trump hater” who is “not very good at her job.” He said she ...

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde drew President Trump’s ire Wednesday morning after she used a National Catheral prayer service to issue a call for mercy against members of the LGBTQ and immigrant ...

The Washington, D.C., pastor who delivered a liberal sermon during a church service attended by President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance is facing fierce backlash from fellow pastors, as ...

An interfaith service at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday took a controversial turn when the Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, spoke directly to President Donald ...

President Donald Trump demanded an apology from the Episcopal Church on Tuesday after Washington Bishop Mariann Budde made pointed remarks toward him during a national prayer service. During the ...

Budde was a little afraid. The leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, she had planned for months to preach on three elements of unity — dignity, honesty and humility. But just 24 hours ...