Sam Brownback

Russia dominated the discussion on a conference call with reporters and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo July 19 about next week's meeting on international religious freedom.

Everyone has "a stake in this fight" for religious freedom, said the U.S. ambassador at large for international religious freedom, Sam Brownback.

The Senate on Wednesday narrowly approved Sam Brownback's bid to be U.S. ambassador for international religious freedom, setting the stage for him to resign the governorship in Kansas.

Young Voices: In a Thanksgiving weekend coincidence, I found myself on the same flight back to Kansas as the governor whose tax plan, although it failed to produce growth, is a model for the latest national proposal. PS: Trickle-down economics don't work.

Nationally replicating the "trickle-down" policy in the GOP tax plan won't work, critics say, and Catholic leaders emphasize its unethical burden on low-income people.