News & Updates

Read the latest press releases, blog posts, and State of Belief episodes from our team in Washington, D.C., our network of faith leaders and affiliates across the United States.

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Advocacy
June 29, 2026

Trump Administration's Proposed Rule Uses Religion to Limit Access to Federal Housing

Interfaith Alliance has submitted a formal comment to the Department of Housing and Urban Development in opposition to the proposed revision to the Equal Access Rule

Research
June 1, 2026

Same-Gender Marriage & Religious Freedom: A Call to Quiet Conversations and Public Debates

First published in 2009 and then again in 2013, this report makes the case that the United States can respect both civil marriage equality and religious freedom. It was the result of years of dialogue with affirming and non-affirming religious leaders.

Advocacy
May 28, 2026

No ICE in the Cup

The World Cup will be held from June 11 to July 19, 2026. The call to faith communities in the host cities and across the United States is to use this as an opportunity to preach and teach about the cruelty of ICE and the broader authoritarian threat at this moment.

Press Release
April 30, 2026

Trump DOJ Report on “Anti-Christian Bias” Is Abominably Hypocritical

Interfaith Alliance, a leading national advocate for religious freedom and civil rights, today denounced a new report by the Trump Department of Justice’s “anti-Christian bias task force,” which absurdly accused the Biden Administration of “radical efforts to punish Christians.”

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State of Belief
May 5, 2025

Faith is Standing Strong: Rev. Dr. Shannon Fleck

Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Faithful America Executive Director Rev. Dr. Shannon Fleck about the threat to the constitutional Establishment Clause posed by the Supreme Court case St Isidore, and the hope for bringing people together across lines of division around shared values and priorities.

Media Coverage
May 2, 2025

CNN: Trump turns civil rights upside down in ‘biggest rollback’ since Reconstruction

Advocacy
May 2, 2025

Interfaith Alliance Opposes the Antisemitism Awareness Act (AAA)

On April 29th, Interfaith Alliance joined our colleagues at over 30 other organizations across civil society in opposing the Antisemitism Awareness Act (AAA). By giving the federal government the power to withhold funding from organizations who run afoul of a particular definition of antisemitism, the AAA would needlessly stifle political free speech and empower the administration’s repressive agenda. 

Analysis
May 1, 2025

Tracking Trump's executive orders: Targeting NPR and PBS

Executive Order 14290 suggests that National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) are not presenting a “fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens.”

Analysis
May 1, 2025

Tracking Trump's executive orders: Religious Liberty Commission

This executive order establishes a commission of up to 14 presidential appointees and multiple advisory boards to advise the White House on various issues of religious liberty. The official appointees include 13 members: Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (Chair), Dr. Ben Carson, Ryan T. Anderson, Bishop Robert Barron, Carrie Prejean Boller, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Pastor Franklin Graham, Allyson Ho, Dr. Phil McGraw, Eric Metaxas, Kelly Shackelford, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, and Pastor Paula White

Media Coverage
May 1, 2025

Axios: Exclusive: Christian leaders blast Trump's "anti-Christian bias" unit