{"id":69152,"date":"2026-05-17T23:31:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T23:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/17\/trump-backed-prayer-festival-on-national-mall-draws-thousands-we-welcome-jesus-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T23:31:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T23:31:53","slug":"trump-backed-prayer-festival-on-national-mall-draws-thousands-we-welcome-jesus-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/17\/trump-backed-prayer-festival-on-national-mall-draws-thousands-we-welcome-jesus-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-backed prayer festival on National Mall draws thousands: \u2018We welcome Jesus!\u2019 &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxNeDVURnE1Z2xQMWIzR2lEQ3lCWnBINmZ3eS1tdmdlTUc2RGhKN3hHbFNhQndMdnZFeVFFMkQ0SVVZRkFFWEs3cW1iajhJakxjSUNGTVVDWG9jeEhZLUVGM0VXd2h6OVJ0LVNManR5VXdmWnhULTNLaHNQemhwMUhzazJSTzUtLXlOWVdoRkQ0cGl2UUEzQzdKeUdWWm5Pd25Ma1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump-backed prayer festival on National Mall draws thousands: \u2018We welcome Jesus!\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxOSEtBRWdsM3dyTzdPSnF2cnpWRlNvZnREQ2thWXBzYzI0bTFKMU12NTZ0X0tTYWE3ZGRENy1BczdvNGxhZVllSHVqTTBYaVJWTDRodUFWaXZzdWpJTkJfRENkbzFNNDR5eHM3NEFhb0VrUjdUTEpxSW44RnlMZTRTaQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Administration Pushes Narrative of Christian Nation at Prayer Rally in D.C.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxNOHR5QmFHenJmcFkwZVF6TVhjTmg2YmV6NXo2bi13WjZjM3FHLVIwQ2wyQ0ZJcWZwUjNHNWg4Rmp0bGZjeVFHT1BKWlFYZ3ExWGhEcFJld19nWXBnSmdHV1JxZUpxTVJTUXFqQUJ4Q1ZxSWd3djZNVTV6a3pudk1tX0dqTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Thousands gather in Washington DC for daylong America-themed prayer rally<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxNOFNZUTRJbEpKVU9tQlRVNExsdU1Zems3c2dkNkxZaFpaNW5zSElpSHJZRWtabmFvbUt6VkJPYTNaQ3N1VEVpTXVjZ1JfUDlvT3JiSkNBMWZ2QXcxcGdVcWI2MFBkMy1DRmxoNFBIaXk4RzNLOEY4dldKcnJNY3hQRFg2NWhfWFFDSG42MWtKakJPT00?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Speaker Mike Johnson rejects \u201cthis new term Christian nationalism\u201d as \u201cderogatory\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">MS NOW<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxPaXJxX3Z4TkhzRDBQUEY3VkNfOFFyTGYzZW83Z0k0cTZfeEFCUS1iMmVndklrT2RsdEJ2YzlKSUdaWkY4SjVGcjRrd2dQUEFOeUFZTkZUbDBKQzVjdkRPYWZQVFh3ekNwZjU4LUpWTUhCSmRvZ3YzZ19ZZFNGdm92Rk1jQ1VVVkpSLWgtQm9nbzJ1ME9YX2NtN1R3V3czQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Crowds pack into Washington&#8217;s National Mall for prayer rally<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">PBS<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump-backed prayer festival on National Mall draws thousands: \u2018We welcome Jesus!\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post Trump Administration Pushes Narrative of Christian Nation at Prayer Rally in D.C.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/17\/trump-backed-prayer-festival-on-national-mall-draws-thousands-we-welcome-jesus-the-washington-post\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}