In Washington, D.C., thousands of people gathered on the National Mall Sunday for a taxpayer-funded Christian evangelical service backed by President Trump. The eight-hour lineup featured song, prayer and speeches by government officials, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, who shared the stage with religious leaders Franklin Graham, Cardinal Timothy Dolan and others. President Trump appeared in a prerecorded video that was apparently recorded weeks ago at a separate White House event titled “America Reads the Bible.” Others appearing by video included Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The Freedom from Religion Foundation blasted the event as an “unprecedented and shocking mix of church and state,” adding, “Our Constitution is godless by design. The government has no authority to organize religious revivals, much less use them to promote a Christian nationalist agenda.”