Wisconsin GOP Nominee Survives Plane Crash, Robert Morris Falls, Trump Selects Cissie Graham Lynch

Top headlines for Thursday, September 17, 2026

Wisconsin gubernatorial nominee Tom Tiffany credits God after surviving a plane crash into Lake Wausau. Oregon settles with a Christian widow denied adoption over her beliefs. Trump taps Cissie Graham Lynch as ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom. Plus, a new survey links forgiveness to hope, flourishing and lower stress.

0:11 Trump picks Cissie Graham Lynch for top religious freedom post
1:00 Wisconsin gubernatorial nominee survives plane crash, praises God
1:48 Rand Paul calls on churches to sponsor refugees, get off benefits
2:33 Gateway founder Robert Morris suffers fall
3:18 Arizona couple loses son in hot car death during baptism party
4:04 Casual Christians have a harder time forgiving themselves, others
4:55 Oregon mother can adopt without accepting LGBT ideology: court

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• Wisconsin gubernatorial nominee survives plane crash, praises God | Politics
• Rand Paul calls on churches to sponsor refugees, get off benefits | Politics
• Gateway founder Robert Morris suffers fall | Politics
• Arizona couple loses son in hot car death during baptism party | U.S.
• Casual Christians have a harder time forgiving themselves, others | Living 
• Oregon mother can adopt without accepting LGBT ideology: court | U.S.
• Trump picks Cissie Graham Lynch for top religious freedom post | Politics