Emily Wood joined The Christian Post as a staff reporter in February 2021. She primarily covers the global persecuted Church, the pro-life cause, Christian culture and American politics.
Emily graduated with a degree in journalism from Liberty University in May 2020 and served as the editor-in-chief of the Liberty Champion newspaper. Emily most recently worked at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and as a congressional intern in the U.S. Senate. A native of upstate South Carolina, Emily now lives on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
The Burma military shelled another Catholic church as violence continues in the Kayah State of Myanmar. The shelling occurred less than a week after a young man volunteering at a Catholic seminary was reportedly killed during a military raid.
Vice President Kamala Harris received pushback from within her own party after she encouraged migrants not to come to the United States illegally during her travel to Guatemala and Mexico this week to address the southern border crisis after being appointed “border czar” in March.
Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel faced backlash from both sides of the political aisle last week for celebrating LGBT Pride Month in a controversial tweet that some are calling "tone-deaf."
A pro-Israel, evangelical Zionist Facebook page for prayer and worship with around 76 million "likes" was banned after it claims to have been inundated by a cyberattack of over 2 million comments, many of which were anti-Semitic in nature.
Lebanon's top Christian cleric has criticized the nation’s politicians for not stabilizing the government as the country, once known by some as a haven for Christianity in the Middle East, faces severe financial and political instability.
A circuit ruling Wednesday ended Vermont's state prohibition that restricted tuition funding for religious students after 21 years of discrimination toward students going to religious schools.
Conservative Christian commentator and bestselling author Eric Metaxas' radio show was terminated from YouTube this week after receiving multiple strikes for violating the video platform’s guidelines due to videos on vaccine passports and the 2020 election.
A Pakistani court acquitted a Christian couple of their blasphemy charges after being “left to die” on death row for nearly eight years over false allegations that they insulted the Islamic prophet Muhammad through text messages.
Former President Donald Trump’s new communications platform launched after being banned from social media was permanently removed from his website after less than a month online.
Dr. Anthony Fauci shot down claims that he was being “muzzled” by the Trump administration during the initial months of the COVID-19 surge, according to emails released this week.
