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July 2, 2025
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| Senate Passes 'One Big Beautiful Bill' |
| by Ben Johnson |
| Vice President J.D. Vance cast the tie-breaking vote to ensure Senate passage of President Donald Trump's signature second-term legislative priority, the One Big Beautiful Bill which denies Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood for one year, boosts the child tax credit, enhances border security, establishes a missile defense system, and spares the majority of Americans an enormous tax hike. Pro-life advocates, stung by the Senate's decision to shrink or eliminate measures defunding abortionists and those who carry out transgender procedures, called on Congress to restore fuller protections for the unborn before the president signs it. Meanwhile, Democrats tried to continue funding abortionists but invoked the Bible to call Medicaid reform immoral. |
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| The Biggest Peace Deal of Trump's Term May Be the One We All Overlooked |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| "Get out! Get out!" the rebels yelled, rounding up Christians, tying them together, and transporting them to a nearby church. Hours later, the grisly scene in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) defied imagination. There, in the nearby village of Kasanga, lay the bodies of dozens of men, women, and children - all decapitated by the militants' trademark machetes and long knives. The beheadings were just the latest in a long line of bloody horrors the world had barely acknowledged. |
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| Trump Terminates Syria Sanctions from Assad Era |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| President Donald Trump terminated nearly all U.S. sanctions against Syria in a Monday executive order, "Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions." The U.S. sanctions punished the late Assad regime for human rights abuses and harboring terrorists, but Trump has expressed hope that the new regime will require no sanctions. "A united Syria that does not offer a safe haven for terrorist organizations and ensures the security of its religious and ethnic minorities will support regional security and prosperity," Trump wrote. The Trump administration would be wise to remain vigilant. |
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| Outstanding - The Christian Roots of America's Founding: Fact or Fiction? (Ep. 199) |
| Podcast with Casey Harper and Matthew Spalding |
| Is the Declaration of Independence still relevant today? Does it contain language that lays the groundwork for a Christian society? Does slavery disqualify the founders? Dr. Matthew Spalding joins host Casey Harper to unpack the Declaration, exploring how its true meaning has been lost in modern misinterpretations. They also tackle the age-old question: Was this country, and its founding documents, truly built on a Christian worldview that was meant to persist? |
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| DOJ Busts Massive Foreign Fraud Schemes |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| The Department of Justice on Monday announced busts in two massive fraud schemes perpetrated against U.S. taxpayers by foreign entities. A nationwide health care fraud takedown "resulted in criminal charges against 324 defendants, including 96 doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other licensed medical professionals," who had filed a combined $14.6 billion in fraudulent claims. The DOJ also uncovered a North Korean scheme "to fund its regime through remote information technology (IT) work for U.S. companies" under false pretenses. |
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| Bolton: Conditions 'Favorable' for Iranian Leadership Change, But U.S. Must Remain Wary |
| by Dan Hart |
| As the dust settles from the historic U.S. strike on Iran's nuclear facilities last week, questions linger over how extensive the damage was to the Islamist theocracy's nuclear program and whether the strike will trigger a change in leadership within Iran, which has been ruled with an iron fist by the ayatollah regime for 46 years. |
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| DOJ Rescinds Old Guidance, Allowing ICE to File Criminal Charges across the Country |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| While campaigning, President Donald Trump repeatedly pledged to enact a mass deportation program but, since he returned to the White House in January, a host of legal issues have slowed the popular deportation agenda. Most of those legal issues have centered on "due process," including determining which courts do and do not have jurisdiction over prosecutions of illegal immigrants. A new directive from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), however, may eliminate some of the confusion. |
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| Hope for Iran: One Woman's Journey Reminds Us That God Is Still at Work |
| by Casey Harper |
| The Iranian regime - and its seemingly relentless pursuit of nuclear weapons - continues to monopolize media coverage and the president's time, But what about the Iranian people? |
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| Trump Admin. Sues Los Angeles over 'Sanctuary' Policies |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Over the course of June, Los Angeles erupted in riots in response to President Donald Trump's deportation agenda. While much of the violence has subsided following Trump's decision to federalize California's National Guard and deploy U.S. Marines to the city, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is now taking action. In a lawsuit filed Monday, the DOJ challenged L.A.'s "sanctuary" policies that have shielded illegal immigrants from law enforcement. |
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| Parents' Rights Group Highlights Sex Discrimination Hypocrisy of Smith College |
| by Evelyn Elliott |
| Institutions and groups in favor of LGBTQ+ favorable policies tend to justify their positions by saying they are promoting equality. However, a parents' rights organization has recently flipped the script on them, pointing out that their positions ultimately end up discriminating against others based on biological sex. |
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