Overview

• Trump made the pledge at the White House Religious Liberty Commission’s second public hearing at Washington’s Museum of the Bible.
• The White House offered no details or timeline for the forthcoming Department of Education directive.
• The administration also launched “America Prays,” a campaign urging weekly small‑group prayer with a goal of one million participants before the nation’s 250th anniversary.
• Students already may pray individually in public schools, while Supreme Court rulings since the 1960s bar school‑sponsored prayer and define the legal boundaries at issue.
• The commission, created by executive order in May and chaired by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, continues hearings as civil‑liberties groups warn broad school‑prayer protections could coerce students.