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November 19, 2025
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| UN Security Council Approves Trump's Gaza Peace Plan, International Stabilization Force |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| In a nearly unanimous vote Monday evening, the U.N. Security Council approved Resolution 2803 (2025), placing its stamp of approval on President Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan for Gaza and the creation of an international force to maintain order in a post-Hamas Gaza. The final text leaves open the possibility of future Palestinian statehood, but the near-term effect paves the way for the disarmament and replacement of Hamas. |
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| In Rape's Silent Scream, Hamas's Horrors Are Being Rewritten |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| The world will never know the full scale of evil unleashed on the innocent men, women, and children of Israel on October 7, 2023 - but we know enough. The blood-soaked images of so many bodies, maimed beyond recognition, are seared on the memories of survivors and others who rushed in to make sense of the miles of carnage Hamas left behind. Now, two years removed from the nightmare that left 1,200 Israelis dead, the horror for the Jewish people isn't just in gruesome pictures of that day - it's in the denial that the suffering ever happened. |
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| Trump Backs House GOP in Releasing Long-Awaited Epstein Files |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Earlier this year, the Trump administration was accused of botching the release of the "Epstein files," handing out binders full of already-publicly-available information to Trump-aligned social media influencers. Shortly afterward, the president shocked his base by suggesting that the "Epstein files" were a hoax promoted by Democrats and opposing the release of Epstein-related materials for months. Now, the president has reversed course on the issue again, just as the House of Representatives passed legislation forcing the release of Epstein-related documents. |
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| Outstanding - Socialism: What Happens When the Money Runs Out? (Ep. 219) |
| Podcast with Casey Harper, Jared Bridges and Yoe Suarez |
| "Socialism works until the money runs out." Host Casey Harper is joined by Cuban writer and author Yoe Suarez and The Washington Stand's Jared Bridges to break down the core principles of socialism and its impact on society. Speaking from experience, Yoe shares what life under Cuban socialism looked like, how socialist ideology views the church and how money is not always the solution for societal problems. |
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| Treasury Secretary Bessent Foresees 'Accelerated' Economic Growth in 2026 |
| by Dan Hart |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is forecasting that a "substantial acceleration" will occur in the country's economy in 2026 as a result of decreasing prices in consumer goods and increasing real income. |
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| USDA to Require SNAP Recipients to Reapply in Move to Halt Fraud and Abuse |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Following the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, which saw food stamp programs nearly lose their funding, President Donald Trump and his administration are moving to eliminate fraud and abuse in the program. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced last week that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be requiring Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries to reapply for the program after her department found thousands of instances of fraud and abuse. |
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| 25 Nigerian Schoolgirls Abducted as Leaders Call on Government to Act |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| It was around 5 a.m. in Maga, a small community located in north central Nigeria. Schoolgirls were at the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS), groggy-eyed but ready for another day of learning. Then suddenly, what started off as a normal, quiet morning, quickly descended into a bloodbath of terror and death - before anyone could wrap their minds around what was happening. |
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| Task Force Confronts Growing Anti-Semitism on the Right |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| Concern is growing over anti-Semitism emerging from the fringes of the far-right, threatening to erode long-standing conservative alliances with Jewish communities and Israel. This was the urgent focus of the National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism (NTFCA), which put together an event Tuesday afternoon in Washington, D.C. |
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| Judge and Jury: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and a Crisis of Credibility |
| by Yoe Suarez |
| Can you imagine a U.S. Supreme Court justice also working for the State Department? But if we apply this hypothetical scenario of an official acting as both judge and jury to global governance mechanisms in the Americas, the scandal is inevitable. |
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