WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will participate in the National Prayer Breakfast at the Capitol on Thursday, joining a more than 70-year-old Washington tradition that brings together a bipartisan group of lawmakers for fellowship. Trump will also speak at a separate prayer breakfast at a Washington hotel sponsored by a private group.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he plans to create a task force and commission to protect Christians from being targeted and discriminated against within the federal government.

President Donald Trump spoke at the annual "National Prayer Breakfast" on Thursday at the U.S. Capitol. "We have to bring religion back. We have to bring it back much stronger," Trump said. "It's one of the biggest problems that we've had over the last fairly long period of time.