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October 23, 2024
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| 4 'Stunning Security Failures' That Led to 1st Trump Assassination Attempt: Report |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Over three months after former President Donald Trump was shot in the side of the head at a July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a bipartisan U.S. House panel is releasing a report on the "stunning security failures" that resulted in 20-year-old Thomas Crooks's assassination attempt. The Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump released an interim staff report on Monday, concluding that the assassination attempt was "preventable and should not have happened," but did because the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) was ill-prepared for the event. |
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| Speaker Marks First Year during Backbreaking Campaign Swing: 'We're Going to Leave It All on the Field' |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| There weren't a whole lot of guarantees for Mike Johnson (R-La.) last October. Before catapulting to the top of the House, the young congressman from Louisiana was respected by his colleagues but a relative unknown outside of the D.C. Beltway. Now, a full year into his term as speaker (a milestone few believed he'd reach), the dad of four who took over for Kevin McCarthy has been at the job longer than his predecessor. And, to the surprise of both sides, he's turned out to be quite good at it. |
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| A Strike, a Leak, and a Threat Walk into a War |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday struck 30 out of 50 total branches of a Hezbollah-operated bank, al-Jihad al Hasan, as the besieged nation inches ever closer to defeating its ring of surrounding enemies. "This is Israel eradicating their number one enemy," declared Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) on "Washington Watch" Monday. "Israel has a house, and in that house there's a room with a terrorist living in it. And that terrorist is Hezbollah ... Islamic Jihad, and Hamas. ... Israel is very serious about extinguishing this threat so that they can live peacefully." |
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| Arizona's Pro-Abortion Ballot Initiative 'Can Go Down' if Christians Engage, Expert Predicts |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| Arizona is one of the 10 states where residents have the opportunity to protect life by voting against Proposition 139: the "Right to Abortion Initiative." If it passes, some of what Proposition 139 would do is enshrine abortion "for any reason" in the state's constitution, remove safety precautions and parental consent laws, pave the way for increased abortion trafficking and taxpayer-funded abortions, and more. |
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| 'Human Life Is Not a Commodity': Italy Extends Prohibition on Surrogacy |
| by Dan Hart |
| Italy has extended its prohibition against the highly controversial practice of surrogacy, in which embryos are implanted into the wombs of women who are not biologically related to the unborn child. Experts are welcoming the news as an important step in protecting the mother-child relationship and shielding underprivileged women from being preyed upon. |
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| Large Migrant Caravan Heads to U.S. ahead of Presidential Election |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| After four years under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, a number of U.S. Border Patrol agents have threatened to quit if Harris is elected as president this November. This comes after tens of millions of illegal immigrants have crossed the border, causing an influx in crime, terror threats, sex trafficking, drug smuggling, and more. While the agents are fearing an election in Harris's favor, illegal immigrants are publicly announcing their fear of Republican nominee Donald Trump winning. |
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| Trial Begins for Marine Vet Who Protected Fellow Passengers on Subway Train |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| A military veteran is facing up to 20 years in prison after defending his fellow Americans from a madman on a subway train. On Monday, jury selection began in the trial of 25-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran Daniel Penny, who is accused of having murdered Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man who boarded a subway train in New York City and began threatening passengers, including women and children. |
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| Cesar Castillo: Art as a Purifying Act |
| by Yoe Suarez |
| Without a victim narrative and grateful for the opportunities of a free society, Cesar Castillo has reconnected his work with the visual arts circuits, now in the United States. After two years of exile from Cuba, he has not forgotten the price of telling the truth in a country that detests it, and he is preparing for his first solo exhibition in the voracious city of Chicago. |
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| Majority of Practicing Christians Admit to Viewing Porn, Many Comfortable with the Habit: Study |
| by Leonardo Blair |
| A majority of practicing Christians, including pastors, admit to viewing pornography and a large share say they are comfortable with the habit, a new study has found. In Barna's recently released researched report, Beyond the Porn Phenomenon, produced in partnership with Pure Desire Ministries, researchers found that pornography use is so prevalent among all demographics and the gap in use among Christians and non-Christians, as well as men and women, has grown narrower over the last eight years. |
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