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KCIS Newsmakers
Featuring Keith Black. A news program looking at the top stories and other issues of concern to the church locally, nationally and internationally.
Episodes
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, March 24, 2025
More Israeli strikes on Gaza...Pope is back at the Vatican...and two hot-button bills now law in South Dakota.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, March 21,2025
Over a dozen Christian leaders prayed with President Trump in the Oval Office this week...large number of a Texas chapter of Catholic Charities out of a job…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, March 20, 2025
U.S. Depaertment of Education decisions in two instances involving transgender athlete participation...judge orders two transgender inmates returned to women's…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Judge blocks enforcement of transgender troop ban..federal court hearing arguments over an Ohio school district’s gender pronoun policy...Ohio appeals court…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Trump and Putin talk...Israel launches strikes on Gaza...Pope writes a letter on war...and Texas charges midwife for providing illegal abortions.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, March 17, 2025
Bill in Washington State legislature places limits on social media algorithms used by kids...Texas legislators going after the abortion pill..and Vatican…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, March 14, 2025
Washington's Schools Superintendent tells districts to follow state law on transgender athletes...Texas governor calls for investigation into whether educators…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, March 13, 2025
Pro-Palestinian Columbia University activist to remain in jail following deportation hearing...founding pastor of a Texas megachurch charged with five counts…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Some colleges being warned over alleged antisemitism on campus...Spokane-area school district asking White House to intervene in transgender athlete…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Reponse to ICE arrest of Comlumbia University student...Oklahoma Supreme Court halts request for proposaals to place Bibles in Public Schools...and Pope…

KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, March 7, 2025
Update on Pope Francis...large crowds in Jerusalem for first day of Ramadam...and California's governor getting push back from LGBTQ group on latest…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, March 6, 2025
Abortion pill review brought up in Senate confirmation hearings for head of the FDA...abortion news out of Missouri and Arizona...and an update on the Pope's…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Trump administration dropping emergency abortion case in Idaho...Moses Lake School Board to vote on policy on transgender athletes...and an update on Pope…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, March 3, 2025
Pope suffers a setback...Washington State Sentate passes clergy reporting law...and U.S. Dpeatment of Eduction opens Title IX investigation of Washington State…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, February 28, 2025
Update on Poe's condition...V-P Vance weighs in on Pope's criticism of White House immigration policy...and Iowa lawmakers remove transgenderism as a protect…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, February 27, 2025
Pope update...Trump executive order on transgender troops expanded...and Education Department launches "End DEI" web portal.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Pope Francis health update...initial hearings today for three pro-life Trump Cagniet picks...U-S Supreme Court hears sex discrimination case...and drop in the…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tussday, February 25, 2025
Update on the Pope...Seattle judge blocks President Trump's effort to halt refugee admissions system...and an investigation is underway of an incident at an…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, February 24, 2025
U-S Supreme Court declines to hear abortion clinic "buffer zone" challenges...immigration enforcement actions temporarily blocked at select houses of…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, February 21, 2025
Update on Pepe's health...judge refuses to block halt in fuding of Catholic resettlement program..and Iadho bill would end working with Washington State on…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, February 20, 2025
Pope health update...Ten Commandment displays being argued at Appeals Court...and Vice President Vance talks on American culture and masculinity.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wedneday, February 19, 2025
Trump signs executive order on IVF...judge hears arguments on Trump's ban on transgender troops... and Catholic bishops sue White House on halt to refugee…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Update on the Pope's health...Trump ultimatum on school diversity initiatives...and California bill on transgender athletes in girls sports.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, February 17, 2025
Pope Francis remains at Rome hospital...Israel's Primie Minister moving ahead with President Trump's Gaza proposal...and U.S. Army banning enlistees…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, February 14, 2025
Pope Francis is hospitalized...judge blocks Trump exectuive orders on "gender-affirming care"...and Texas judge fines New York doctor for prescribing abortion…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thurday, February 13, 2025
Another global faith-based furloughing employees due to funding cuts...Washignton State speeds up birth certificate gender change process...and a push to get…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, February 12, 2025
British Columbia women’s college basketball championships moved from Christian College...some Christian aid groups respond to USAID cuts...and new report on…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Preident Trump meets with King of Jordan...Pope crticiizes Trump's immigration plan...and more than 2 dozen religious groups file suit over potential arrests…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, February 10, 2025
Trump comments on Gaza plan...Catholic Church leader concerned over USAID cuts...and Bible readings in Idaho public schools is being considered.

KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, February 6, 2025
President Trump speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast...Trump challenges International Olympic Committee over transgender athletes...and Texas man executed…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Reaction to President Trump's Gaza comments...Trump order on women's and girls sports...and Children's Hospital in L-A pausing "gender affirming care" for…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, February 4, 2025 (Updated)
President Trump says the U.S. should be in charge of Gaza....plus the rest of today's original version of Newmakers.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, February 4, 2025
White House reiterates call for Arab nations to relocate displaced Palestinians in the war-torn territory...Trump administration opens new investigations into…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, February 3, 2025
NFL's New Orleans Saints alleged to be far more involved in helping Catholic Church leaders confronted with clergy sex abuse crisis...new law in New York to…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, January 31, 2025
Conversation between Washinton State 31st District Republican Senator Phil Fortunato and a member of Human Life of Washington about controversial chemical…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, January 30, 2025
Prayer vigil for D-C plane crash...Israel hostage swaps...and federal ruling on using Bible verses at Arizona school board meeting.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, January 29, 2025
California drops all charges against two undercover pro-life activists...Washington Interscholastic Activities Association to vote amendments that would affect…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, January 28, 2025
President Trump signs executive orders focused on the military...ICE being sued by Quaker church congregations...and Israel's Prime Minister to visit the White…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, January 27, 2025
President Trump expected sign an executive order banning transgender troops..a trial is underway in North Dakota's ban on "gender-affirming care" for…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers Updated Friday, January 24, 2025
Trump and Vance speak at March for Life...and U-S Department of Justice will largely stop prosecuting people who stop women from accessing abortions.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, January 24, 2025
President Trump pardons pro-life activists...March for LIfe in Wahsington, D-C today...and U-S House passes "Born-Alive" abortion bill.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Reaction to Tuesday's inagural prayer service...Whie House changes to affirmative action and DEI...and Texas considering bans on abortion drugs.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, January 21, 2025
President Trump attends National Prayer Service...Trump comments on transgender athletes...VA abortions being addressed at Senate confirmation hearings...and…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, January 17, 2025
Federal Judge allows three new states to challenge nationwide access to abortion pill ...Israel’s security Cabinet recommends approval of a Gaza ceasefire…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, January 16, 2025
Last-minute dispute with Hamas holding up Israeli approval of ceasefire...group of convictred pro-life supporters asking President-Elect Trump for a…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Israell-Hamas ceasefire deal...Open Doors releases 2025 World Watch List...and group led by former Vice President Mike Pence opposing confirmation of Robert F…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Texas Supreme Court deciding the fate of a Catholic non-profit...abortion restriction bills being introduced in Mississippi and Tennessee...and an…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, January 13, 2025
Breakthrough in Mideast cease-fire talks is on the horizon...a new attack in Nigeria by Boko Haram...and President Biden awards medial to Pope Francis.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, January 10, 2025
U-S Supreme Court hears TikTok case...North Dakota trying to post Ten Commandments in Public Schools...and Anita Bryant dies at 84.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, January 9, 2025
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter honored with two funerals...Firefighters continue to battle the Los Angeles fires...and federal judge blocks attempt to add…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Multiple massive wildfires in Southern California...a women's college basketball team won't play a Christian College over previous alleged mistreatment of a…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, January 7, 2025
President Biden attends prayer service for victims of New Orleans attack...Meta is revamping its fact-checking program...and a federal judge rules in…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, January 6, 2025
Along with celebratng Ephiphany, Pope Francis names new archbishop of Washington, D-C...it's Orthdox Christmas Eve...and abortion the leading cause of death…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, January 3, 2025
A "God gap" exists among members of the incoming 119th Congress...a battle is brewing between Southern Methodist University and the United Methodist Church…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, January 2, 2025
New information in New Orleans rampage...FBI says it disrupted alleged plot to kill employees of a pro-Israel organization in Florida...and the Pope…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Scores of Christians killed in attacks in Nigeria...Evangelical Pastor killed in Colombia... and Pope Francis kicks off 2025 Holy Year.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, December 30, 2024
Remembering former President Carter's post-presidential ministry.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, December 20, 2024
Wisconsin school shooting update..Texas school district returning the Bible to libraries...and President Biden to visit the Vatican.