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July 21, 2025
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| House Exposes HHS Role in Child Sex Trafficking; Dems Have Little to Say on Lost Kids |
| by Mark Tapscott |
| It was all Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) could do to contain his anger during the July 16 hearing testimony describing how federal officials worked with 15 U.N. agencies and an estimated 230 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) during the Biden administration in spending $6 billion in federal grants to aid illegal immigrants. |
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| PERKINS: Old Beliefs Face the New Orthodoxy |
| by Tony Perkins |
| In his dissent to the Obergefell decision, which redefined marriage in June 2015, Justice Samuel Alito issued a sobering warning: "I assume that those who cling to old beliefs... if they repeat those views in public will risk being labeled as bigots and treated as such by governments, employers, and schools." A decade later, his prediction has become reality. |
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| The Ax Finally Falls on $9 Billion of DOGE Targets |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| Jeffrey Epstein may be dead, but his power to shake up Washington is very much alive. In what House leaders would call an unwelcome intrusion, the controversial sex trafficker made a surprise appearance at what was supposed to be the Republicans' victory lap on spending cuts, threatening to derail months of around-the-clock work by the Trump administration to slash waste. But in the end, even the country's biggest headline couldn't stop the House from delivering on the brief legacy of Elon Musk. |
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| Trump Administration Rejects 'Ill-Advised' WHO Pandemic Regs |
| by Dan Hart |
| Just before the July 19 deadline that would have bound the U.S. to newly amended International Health Regulations (IHR) formulated by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Trump administration announced Friday that it had formally rejected the post-COVID pandemic agreement that critics say encroaches on national sovereignty, encourages censorship on public health matters as well as increased surveillance of citizens, and calls for onerous financial commitments. |
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| Analysis: Does Leaked Memo Confirm Political Bias in Federal Judiciary? |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Federal judges in district courts across the nation have been waging jurisprudential war against President Donald Trump and his administration for months, with the U.S. Supreme Court intervening on several occasions. But according to newly revealed documents, federal judges have allowed their political bias against the president to lead them to the brink of "constitutional crisis." |
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| 3 Killed, 9 Injured after Israel Mistakenly Strikes Catholic Church in Gaza |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| An Israeli tank shell "mistakenly" struck a Catholic church in Gaza Thursday morning, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated Thursday evening. Shell fragments caused three deaths and nine or 10 injuries, as well as damage to the stone structure. The rare error by Israel drew international criticism, even from Israel's friends, and illustrates the difficulty of conducting urban combat amid a civilian population. |
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| Combat Continues in Southern Syria |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Only a day after a ceasefire was announced in the southern Syria province of Sweida, armed groups began fighting again late on Thursday and continuing into Friday. The recent conflict reveals a multi-layered tapestry of animosities, some of them centuries old, which frustrate any attempt to restore peace that relies on pulling a single thread. |
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| Va. School Board Walks Back Trans Pronoun Policy |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| One of the nation's most controversial school districts is abandoning one of its most controversial policies, in what parental rights advocates are hailing as a significant victory. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) announced on Friday that Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) in Virginia has officially adjusted the terms of Policy 8040. Adopted in 2021, the policy required LCPS teachers to use students' preferred names and pronouns, even if inconsistent with the student's biological sex and regardless of the teacher's sincerely-held religious or conscientious convictions regarding biological sex and gender identity. However, LCPS changed the terms of its policy when ADF filed a lawsuit on behalf of history teacher Monica Gill. |
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| Religious Freedom and Equal Citizenship: Syria's Crossroads after Mar Elias |
| by Charmaine Hedding |
| The bombing at Mar Elias Church in Damascus, Syria, on June 22 was not an isolated incident. It was the latest and most visible act in a broader campaign of targeted violence and systemic marginalization against Syria's Christian community and other religious components. The attack, which tore through a sanctuary during a memorial service, killing and wounding members of a mourning community, underscores a grim reality: in Syria today, the very presence of diverse religious traditions is under threat. |
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| Students Call for an End to Pro-Abortion Judicial Activism |
| by Evelyn Elliott |
| Chanting the words, "We are the pro-life generation," college students and young activists waved their bold pink "Defund Planned Parenthood" signs in front of the Supreme Court on Friday, July 18. They came from all sorts of backgrounds. Some had grown up pro-life. Others did their own research on abortion before coming to the pro-life position. Still others saw firsthand the harm of abortion before becoming passionate advocates for the unborn. |
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| Bipartisan HALT Fentanyl Act Signed into Law |
| by Evelyn Elliott |
| The Halt All Legal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, also known as the HALT Fentanyl Act, became law on Wednesday, permanently classifying fentanyl-related substances as "Fentanyl Analogs," a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act. |
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| The Undeserved Gift of Grace |
| by Caily Shriver |
| What is "grace"? For the churchgoing Christian, we hear this word regularly, but we often fail to grasp its deep and profound meaning. What effect does grace have? How does it change our life? How is it given and received? |
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