‘Faith Leaders,’ Activists Arrested After Storming U.S. Senate Building
The hard-left in America continues to behave as though it is still the 1960s, a period in our history where chaotic “activism” and protests replaced traditional civil discourse and solutions-focused dialogue.
The most recent manifestation of this juvenile behavior occurred in the nation’s capital on Monday.
Bishop William Barber and several faith leaders were arrested during a demonstration inside the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.
The group had sought to meet with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to express opposition to what they falsely described as voter suppression via the SAVE America Act, which has yet to pass the chamber.
Earlier in the day, Barber, president of Repairers of the Breach and founder of the Moral Monday movement, held a news conference outside the U.S. Supreme Court, where he said faith leaders from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities were mobilizing around voting rights ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
With fewer than 100 days remaining before Election Day, Barber announced plans to organize 1,000 “Marches to the Polls” across the country to encourage early voting and broader participation in the Nov. 3 elections, reports said.
“We will cast a vision for a hundred days of mobilization,” Barber said.
“In this moment, we do not need to have a march on Washington. We need a march in the states to change Washington,” he added.
Repairers of the Breach organized a series of “public pulpit” events in Washington, D.C., throughout the summer.
Barber said the next phase of the effort would shift back to local communities, where faith leaders would focus on encouraging infrequent voters to participate in the election and educating them about legislation being considered in state legislatures, NCNewsline reported.
“The power is in the states. States can block your living wages,” he said.
“States can make [voter] suppression laws that we’ve already passed over 87 of them, particularly in southern states,” added Barber.
No state has passed any legislation that prevents anyone from voting if they are citizens.
Repairers of the Breach and its partner organizations said they are launching a voter outreach campaign aimed at contacting five million infrequent, low-wage voters and one million black male voters in the weeks leading up to the election.
The effort will rely on peer-to-peer text messaging and door-to-door canvassing to encourage voter participation, the outlet reported.
“We’re here because the ballot is sacred,” Rev. Dr. Hanna R. Broome told reporters on Monday.
Barber argued that the cost of the U.S. military campaign in Iran has become a significant concern for many voters.
Citing estimates that the conflict is costing approximately $1.5 billion per day, he said those resources could instead be directed toward addressing domestic priorities.
Barber also urged voters to pay attention to recent changes affecting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) under President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, more than 4.5 million people nationwide are no longer receiving SNAP benefits.
The organization also reported that SNAP enrollment in North Carolina declined by more than 12% between July 2025 and April 2026.
Beginning in October, states will be required to cover a portion of SNAP benefit costs for the first time.
The amount each state must contribute will be based on its SNAP payment error rate.
Republicans in Congress made changes to the SNAP program to weed out substantial waste, fraud, and abuse.
Trump put Vice President JD Vance in charge of a task force that so far has found hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud spread over a number of federal programs.
It’s not clear how long the fraud has been going on, but in some cases, it has been years, Vance has said.
BREAKING: Dolly Parton’s Cause Of Death Revealed: ‘Brief Battle’
Dolly Parton’s death came after a brief battle with cancer, her representatives revealed Tuesday.
The country music legend died Aug. 25 at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville. She was 80.
Parton had been admitted to the cancer center Friday, four days before her death. Her representatives confirmed the cancer diagnosis in a statement to PEOPLE but did not disclose what type she had.
“Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched. Her unmatched generosity reached the lives of countless people whom she would never meet, yet she was always there to offer a helping hand,” the statement read.
“Whether it be the hundreds of millions of books donated through her invaluable Imagination Library or funding research that helped create a lifesaving vaccine used around the world, Dolly’s unconditional love for all people was the guiding force for her lasting impact. After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones,” the statement concluded.
The “Jolene” singer had also been dealing with kidney and autoimmune issues before her death, PEOPLE previously reported.
Just days earlier, Dolly Parton opened up about her declining health and acknowledged that she had put off addressing some medical issues while caring for her husband, Carl.
“As I’ve shared in video messages throughout the past year, I am dealing with some health issues that I just didn’t pay attention to when I was watching over [my husband] Carl. You know, this isn’t the first time I’ve had to manage something like this. Back in the early ’80s, I was down for several months with female issues, and I was struggling with my weight at the time too, so it’s not like I haven’t been through hard times with my health,” Parton told PEOPLE.
Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, announced her death in an Instagram video Tuesday on behalf of the Parton and Owens family.
“My name is Bryan Seaver, son of Cassie Parton, and I’m representing the Parton and Owens family today announcing the passing of my aunt, Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean, Sister, Sis and Granny to one generation and Gigi to the next,” he says in the video.
Seaver, who served as Parton’s head of security for more than two decades, said she had asked him years earlier to deliver the announcement.
“This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years ago, before I fully absorbed it as a future reality,” he continued. “As her head of security for more than two decades, a role my father Larry held before me, I have imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven’t truly felt it until now.”
Seaver said the moment brought immense pride and heartbreak, but he took comfort in his faith that Parton had been reunited with Carl and other loved ones.
Seaver added: “It is an honor, an honor that is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness. But sadness lies with us, not with Dolly. Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus, surely met by Carl, her parents and countless othe
