The early history of the LDS Church is one of persecution and violence. Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), commonly known as the Mormons, was killed by ...

The shooting at a Mormon church in Michigan over the weekend “appears to be yet another targeted attack on Christians in the United States of America,” according to President Donald Trump. The ...

Growing up in an ultraconservative Mormon family, Jennie Gage said, she was primed to become a Christian nationalist and supporter of Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again movement — or MAGA. But ...

With Mitt Romney leading the GOP presidential race and traditional Evangelical influence appearing to wane, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is playing an increasingly significant role ...

c. 2012 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Mitt Romney's Mormon faith makes people uneasy. If used against him in the fall presidential election, the negative stigma or stereotypes could be hard ...

President Donald Trump reacted to the mass shooting that occurred Sunday at a church in Michigan, calling it a “targeted attack.” “I have been briefed on the horrendous shooting that took place at the ...