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November 15, 2022
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| Election Delays Signal a Need for Electoral Reform, Expert Says |
| by Marjorie Jackson |
| Though a week has passed since Tuesday's midterm elections, almost 20 races for the U.S. House seats have yet to be called, according to The New York Times, keeping a slim but anticipated Republican majority for the House at bay from the 218-seat target. |
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| Biden Says He Can't Codify Roe, Loses Legal Fights on Student Loan Bailout |
| by Ben Johnson |
| Even as officials continue to count the ballots in midterm races, President Joe Biden admitted voters should not "expect much of anything" on his signature campaign promise to codify Roe v. Wade into law, admitting he lacks the votes. At the same time, two federal courts have blocked Biden's student loan bailout, effectively hamstringing two issues that fueled his unexpectedly successful showing last Tuesday. |
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| As Biden Meets with Xi, Pompeo Warns of a Much More Dangerous Threat |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| While the country's attention flits between the slow drip of election results and Bali's G20 summit, Democrats continue to bask in their softer-than-expected midterm landing. The president, who's taken America's five-million vote shift toward the House GOP as a mandate to change nothing, insisted after his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping that the divided results prove that "America is back." |
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| Putin's Folly: Identifying as a Defender of Religious Freedom |
| by Lela Gilbert |
| In February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, most western Christians didn't express immediate concern about threats to religious freedom. Everyone knew the fighting would be ugly, and a general sense of dread was stirred up by reports of Russia's notorious ruthlessness in other conflicts. Yet specific fears of what might happen to religious believers in Ukraine were not clear in our minds. In retrospect, we should have been paying closer attention. |
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