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October 14, 2025
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| Final Hostages Come Home: Israel Celebrates at a Fork in the Road |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| In a Monday prisoner exchange, Hamas finally released the last 20 living hostages it captured on October 7, resolving for Israel the long-sustained dissonance of negotiating lopsided hostage releases with its genocidal foe. The moment provides Israel with great cause for rejoicing, but it also brings the Israeli government to a difficult, untrodden fork in the road. |
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| Chinese Communist Party Arrests Dozens of Pastors in 'Coordinated Wave of Persecution' |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials on Friday evening arrested more than two dozen pastors across at least seven provinces who are part of the underground Zion Church network, extending what China Aid called "the most extensive and coordinated wave of persecution against urban independent house churches in China in over four decades." Details on both the charges and the total number of arrests remain thin, but one U.S.-based Zion Church pastor, Sean Long, said the pastors may be charged with "illegal dissemination of religious content via the internet." |
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| Multiple Failures of Obamacare are the Unspoken Skunk for Dems in the Shutdown Showdown |
| by Mark Tapscott |
| Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) chose extending "temporary" Obamacare COVID pandemic tax credits as their hill to die on in the October 2025 government shutdown showdown with President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans. But the ugly reality behind Democrats' hyperbolic rhetoric predicting soaring monthly premiums and millions of Americans losing coverage is the fact Obamacare has been a disaster for the American health care system, according to multiple voices across the political spectrum. |
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| Controversy over Political Violence Gives Va. GOP Boost ahead of Statewide Election |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Statewide elections in Virginia are heating up with less than a month to go before voters head to the ballot box. In the midst of controversy surrounding Democratic Attorney General nominee Jay Jones and his violent rhetoric, Republican gubernatorial candidate and current Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears has pulled even with her Democratic opponent, Abigail Spanberger, according to a new poll. |
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| Trump Hints at Further Arms for Ukraine as War Enters 44th Month |
| by Dan Hart |
| With Russia's unrelenting war on Ukraine stretching into its 44th month, President Donald Trump warned over the weekend that he is considering sending long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine that could reach targets deep within Russia if Vladimir Putin continues to press the war. Experts say the move could heighten pressure on Putin to deescalate the conflict but also carries with it numerous risks and uncertainties. |
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| New Jersey Board of Education Candidate Drops Out amid Resurfaced Text Scandal Inciting Violence |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| A candidate for the Marlboro Board of Education in New Jersey has dropped out of the race, but the decision was not prompted by personal emergencies or a change in priorities. It was prompted by his involvement in a vicious campaign of slander and death threats targeting a conservative mother. |
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| Washington Agrees to Permanently Drop Enforcing Law Targeting Catholic Priests |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| In what is being touted as a significant victory for religious liberty, officials in the state of Washington have formally agreed to abandon an effort to force Catholic priests to violate the confessional seal. |
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| 3 Ways to Follow the Bold Examples of Charlie Kirk and Voddie Baucham |
| by Kathy Athearn |
| Over the last month, the church in America has been shocked by the loss of two courageous leaders: Charlie Kirk and Pastor Voddie Baucham. Both of these men had a deep, significant impact on the United States and the world. As we reflect upon the lives of these two men, there is much that we can learn from them. The following are three ways that Charlie and Baucham impacted the world. |
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| Coming Home: The Hostages, America, and the Hope for Unity |
| by Bob Maginnis |
| The world rejoices today as the Israeli hostages - held in Gaza since the barbaric Hamas assault of October 7, 2023 - finally return home. These 20 living hostages endured unspeakable suffering at the hands of terrorists who for decades have waged war against decency itself. Their safe return is not merely an Israeli victory; it is a triumph for humanity, for civilization, and for every person who still believes good can overcome evil. |
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