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March 19, 2025
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| Shattered Ceasefire Leaves Last American Hostage in Limbo |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| No one knows if Edan Alexander understood how close he was to freedom. The last living American hostage in Gaza is only 21, a boy who grew into an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier after spending his whole life in New Jersey. For 530 days, he's sat in suffocating darkness, waiting for a turn that has never come. While every other American has been released - or died hoping - Edan was supposed to be next. Now, back in tunnels that are full of lice, bedbugs, mold, and mildew, the sound of Israeli bombs overhead must be gut-wrenching. To him and to the handful of other prisoners, it can only mean one thing: the war, their war, isn't over. |
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| 'Void, Vacant, and of No Further Effect': Did Autopen Make Joe Biden's Presidency Invalid? |
| by Ben Johnson |
| President Trump and many others have raised the possibility that numerous consequential actions taken during the Biden-Harris administration, including his pardons for his family members, may be null and void. The administration has suggested Biden had no knowledge of some of the legislation and executive orders he allegedly signed into law - but which a new analysis finds was actually signed by a machine known as an autopen, which reproduces the president's signature, with or without his authorization. |
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| Piracy Wars: America's Longest Conflict |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| The U.S. Navy has been battling pirates since our nation's founding era, and its running battle against Houthi terrorists in Yemen is only the latest round - albeit an unusually intense one. Iran and the Houthis "are all saying that they're going to hold us responsible for what we do, seemingly trying to act as though we're somehow the aggressors here," described FRC President Tony Perkins. In reality, the U.S. Navy has an inherently defensive mission: to keep the world's major waterways open to commercial shipping (especially American shipping). |
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| Outstanding - Ep. 184: Syria's Power Shift: HTS, Assad's Fall, and Global Impact with Luke Moon |
| Podcast with Joseph Backholm and Luke Moon |
| Executive Director of the Philos Project, Luke Moon, joins Joseph Backholm to unpack the latest developments in Syria. With HTS overthrowing the Assad regime after 54 years, they explore whether the new rule is any better-or just as bad. Luke breaks down the roots of the civil war, the role of the Alawites, and why Christians are being targeted. We also examine HTS's origins, the broader Sunni-Shia conflict, and how this power shift in Syria might be influencing peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. Tune in for a deep dive into the complexities of Syria's ongoing turmoil. |
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| Department of Veterans Affairs to No Longer Provide Gender Transition Procedures |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will no longer provide "medical or surgical therapy for gender dysphoria," the department announced Monday. "I mean no disrespect to anyone, but VA should not be focused on helping Veterans attempt to change their sex," stated VA Secretary Doug Collins. "All eligible Veterans - including trans-identified Veterans - will always be welcome at VA and will always receive the benefits and services they've earned under the law." |
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| With Adoptions on the Rise, Experts Say Trend Likely to Continue Post-Dobbs |
| by Dan Hart |
| A new study has revealed that domestic adoptions of American children increased by over 3% in the U.S. between 2019 and 2022, which may be due in part to increased restrictions on international adoptions put in place by countries like China and Ukraine. While the report did not specify whether the 2022 Dobbs Supreme Court decision that allowed states to implement pro-life protections has contributed to an increase in adoptions due to statistics "not yet [being] available," state statistics and experts suggest that the trend may already be occurring. |
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| Astronaut Exhibits 'Astronomical Faith' after Being Stranded in Space |
| by Zachary Gohl |
| After nine months of being stranded in space at the International Space Station (ISS), astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore are finally back home. |
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| Republicans Continue to Bolster Election Integrity Nationwide |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Following President Donald Trump's sweeping victory in November's presidential election, Republicans are still pursuing election integrity measures to ensure that midterm and future presidential elections are conducted fairly and squarely. Courts have handed a series of election integrity wins to the Republican National Committee (RNC) recently, including in swing states Arizona and Georgia. |
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| Laurel Libby's Battle for Protecting Female Sports Scores Federal Triumph in Maine |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| Maine Representative Laurel Libby (R) has faced a relentless battle in her effort to safeguard women's and girls' sports. From being silenced in the Maine House of Representatives to other forms of backlash, Libby has faced a number of challenges along the way. However, conservatives say, this is part of what makes the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Monday announcement such a triumph - for both Libby and female athletes. |
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| What Republican Legislators Get Wrong about 'Right to IVF' Bills |
| by Patience Sunne |
| A seemingly innocuous in vitro fertilization approach that has been embraced by conservative lawmakers in multiple states is to propose bills that clarify that the "right" to IVF is protected in state law. Unlike more sweeping bills, like the one in Nevada that explicitly states that IVF embryos will never be recognized as persons or unborn children under state law, bills proposed in Georgia and Tennessee are brief and do not contain explicitly anti-life language. |
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