Evangelicals change official stance on death penalty

Evangelicals change official stance on death penalty

One of the nation's largest groups of evangelical Christians released a resolution Oct. 15 that revises the organization's position on the death penalty.

Since 1973, the National Association of Evangelicals, a coalition that represents millions of evangelicals throughout the United States, has supported capital punishment.

Webb pulls out of Democratic presidential primary race
Politics

Webb pulls out of Democratic presidential primary race

NBP Staff

WASHINGTON — Jim Webb, the former Virginia senator who last week publicly criticized his party's first debate as "rigged," withdrew from the Democratic presidential race and said he is mulling options for how he may "remain as a voice" in the 2016 elections.

Webb had spent much of his less-than 15 minutes on camera during the Las Vegas debate saying he hadn't been given enough time to speak. He later said that the moderator, CNN's Anderson Cooper, had provided him with no other option.

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