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Trump Leads Christian Prayer on Mall, Critics Decry Breach

5/14/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump and several cabinet members attended the Rededicate 250 prayer gathering on the National Mall.
Orthodox Jewish rabbi Meir Soloveichik was the only non-Christian faith leader among the predominantly Christian clergy.
The nonprofit Freedom 250 organized the event as a public-private partnership for the semiquincentennial.
Rep. Jared Huffman and the Freedom From Religion Foundation called the gathering a Christian-nationalist breach of church-state separation.

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U.S. President Donald Trump and several cabinet members attended the Rededicate 250 prayer gathering on the National Mall.
Orthodox Jewish rabbi Meir Soloveichik was the only non-Christian faith leader among the predominantly Christian clergy.
The nonprofit Freedom 250 organized the event as a public-private partnership for the semiquincentennial.
Rep. Jared Huffman and the Freedom From Religion Foundation called the gathering a Christian-nationalist breach of church-state separation.