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January 28, 2026

'He Went in First, He Came out Last': Body of Last Israeli Hostage Found in Gaza
'He Went in First, He Came out Last': Body of Last Israeli Hostage Found in Gaza
by Joshua Arnold
After years of uncertain waiting, months of outraged pleading, and weeks of fretful searching, Israel has finally recovered the body of the last hostage taken into Gaza by Islamist terrorists on October 7, 2023. The moment turns a page in Israel's defensive war against Iran's network of jihadi proxies. Now that the last hostage's remains have been recovered, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can turn his full attention to Israel's other war aim: ensuring that an attack like October 7 can never happen again.
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Minneapolis Mayhem, ICE Updates, and More
Minneapolis Mayhem, ICE Updates, and More
by S.A. McCarthy
President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agenda has arrested headlines for over a year, but violent riots and a series of fatal shootings have intensified scrutiny over immigration raids in Minneapolis. Earlier this month, 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent when she struck the agent with her vehicle after impeding enforcement operations. Just last week, 37-year-old Alex Pretti was shot and killed by U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents when he showed up armed to protest immigration enforcement operations and involved himself in a physical altercation with law enforcement. Subsequently, the president deployed Border Czar and former ICE chief Tom Homan to Minneapolis to take control of operations. Here are the latest updates.
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Manipulation, Abuse, and Pseudo-Solutions: Canada Is Showing Us the True, Ugly Colors of Euthanasia
Manipulation, Abuse, and Pseudo-Solutions: Canada Is Showing Us the True, Ugly Colors of Euthanasia
by Sarah Holliday
Canada's so-called Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program isn't just failing vulnerable people - it's actively betraying them. Time and again, it delivers fresh, horrifying proof that euthanasia is not compassion, but a moral nightmare dressed as mercy. Yet far too many still look away. Why?
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Charter Officially Ratified for Trump's Board of Peace: 3 Things to Know
Charter Officially Ratified for Trump's Board of Peace: 3 Things to Know
by Joshua Arnold
After months of negotiations, President Donald Trump and a coalition of the willing formally ratified a charter for the much-discussed Board of Peace on Thursday, alongside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Following a U.N. Security Council vote in November 2025 that authorized an international peacekeeping force for Gaza, the charter lays the next diplomatic puzzle piece of Trump's vision for a post-Hamas Gaza.
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Outstanding - Saving Her Assassin: A Story of Courageous Faith (Ep. 228)
Outstanding - Saving Her Assassin: A Story of Courageous Faith (Ep. 228)
Podcast with Casey Harper and Virginia Prodan
How would you respond if someone came into your office on a mission to kill you? Would it even cross your mind to share the gospel? Host Casey Harper is joined by Virginia Prodan author and international human rights attorney as she shares her story of persecution and saving her assassin. Living in communist Romania, Virginia felt called to share the gospel with her clients, even when it meant putting herself in danger. She tells her story and encourages believers to allow the Lord to use you in ways you may never expect.
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Florida Introduces Bill to Combat Mail-Order Abortion Drug
Florida Introduces Bill to Combat Mail-Order Abortion Drug
by S.A. McCarthy
Sunshine State lawmakers are moving to block out-of-state abortionists from violating Florida's pro-life laws. S.B. 1374, entitled the "Anti-Chemical Abortion Pill Trafficking Act," was introduced in Florida's Senate last week, while its companion piece, H.B. 663, was introduced in Florida's House of Representatives last month.
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 Atheist Group's Challenge of Md. County Council's Prayer Is Unconstitutional, Experts Say
Atheist Group's Challenge of Md. County Council's Prayer Is Unconstitutional, Experts Say
by Dan Hart
A Maryland county council has discontinued its long-time tradition of beginning meetings by reciting the Lord's Prayer after receiving warning letters to stop the practice from the atheist activist group Freedom from Religion Foundation. But legal experts say that the county council is well within its constitutional rights to continue the practice.
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Evangelicals and Civic Struggle in Cuba in 2025 (Part 2)
Evangelicals and Civic Struggle in Cuba in 2025 (Part 2)
by Yoe Suarez
During 2025, the support of evangelicals for other actions of independent civil society against Castroist policies continued unabated. In June 2025, the state telecommunications monopoly, ETECSA, announced a drastic increase in internet and mobile phone rates, and a covert partial dollarization of mobile service by promoting plans in foreign currencies (to which the average Cuban did not have access). Understandably, this created considerable displeasure and social unrest.
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