U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey, questioning the administration's pattern of ineffectiveness at preventing terror attacks on American soil in light of the recent bombings in New York and New Jersey carried out by Ahmad Khan Rahami.
The state House of Representatives has passed the Pastor Protection Act, a measure that assures clergy that they will not be required to perform any marriage, such as gay marriage, which violates their faith, proponents say.