Idaho Congressional delegation responds to Trump impeachment
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
A simple majority of U.S. House members voted Dec. 18 to impeach President Donald Trump, making him only the third chief executive in United States …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
A simple majority of U.S. House members voted Dec. 18 to impeach President Donald Trump, making him only the third chief executive in United States …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Party loyalty and loyalty to the person of the president are more important than ever to Republicans, as House Democrats, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“I form the light, and create darkness.
I make peace, and create evil.
I the Lord do all these things.”
—Isaiah 45:7 (KJV)
“God moves …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The past week has just been awful in America.
A man who killed two people in a Kentucky grocery store last Wednesday allegedly entered a …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
The Centers for Disease Control has just released preliminary data on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and they show a dramatic increase in infections over four …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
It’s been a tumultuous year and a half since U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R) sat down with the Reader shortly before the inauguration of President …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Editor’s Note: This is an opinion article written by Reader publisher Ben Olson.
When President Donald Trump stood next to Russian President Putin in Helsinki …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has quoted the Bible in support of his No Tolerance and Family Separation policies, but this passage undermines his case entirely: …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Every grain of sand between the Dead Sea, the Jordan River
and the Mediterranean Sea belongs to the Jew [sic].
—Ed MacAteer, Christian …
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