Top headlines for Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Trump backs Ken Paxton in Texas’ GOP Senate runoff, Albert Mohler revives a Southern Baptist push to ban female pastors, police probe a beheaded Jesus statue at a New York church as a possible hate crime, and Franklin Graham draws 30,000 to a historic Evangelical gathering in Belarus.

00:11 Trump endorses Ken Paxton in runoff against Cornyn for US Senate
00:59 Al Mohler to propose SBC constitutional ban on female pastors
01:51 Sacred Heart of Jesus statue is beheaded at NY church
02:35 ICE agent charged in shooting of Venezuelan man in Minnesota
03:27 Supreme Court won’t hear sex abuse lawsuit against X
04:14 South Carolina expands ban on males in women's spaces
05:07 Over 30K attend largest Evangelical gathering in Belarus' history

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Trump endorses Ken Paxton in runoff against Cornyn for US Senate | Politics
Al Mohler to propose SBC constitutional ban on female pastors | Church & Ministries
Sacred Heart of Jesus statue is beheaded at NY church | U.S.
ICE agent charged in shooting of Venezuelan man in Minnesota | Politics
Supreme Court won’t hear sex abuse lawsuit against X | Politics
South Carolina expands ban on males in women's spaces | Politics
Over 30K attend largest Evangelical gathering in Belarus' history | Church & Ministries