In an era where faith faces escalating threats - from violent crackdowns in the Middle East to subtle erosions of religious liberty at home - the global persecution of Christians demands urgent attention and unwavering action. This was at the heart of the Washington Policy Institute's (WPI) Thursday event and panel discussion, "Persecuted & Prevailing: Addressing Christian Persecution in the Modern World," which took place at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.

<p>In a world being quickly influenced by Artificial Intelligence, how can Christians navigate this new reality? Host Casey Harper is joined by pastor and Dominion AI cofounder Erik Reed, along with The Washington Stand&rsquo;s Jared Bridges to unpack how AI can be used in a way that glorifies the Lord. While AI provides knowledge and information, it will never replace the wisdom that actual humans can provide. The three contemplate the future of AI and the impact it will have on the workforce.</p>

In a world being quickly influenced by Artificial Intelligence, how can Christians navigate this new reality? Host Casey Harper is joined by pastor and Dominion AI cofounder Erik Reed, along with The Washington Stand's Jared Bridges to unpack how AI can be used in a way that glorifies the Lord. While AI provides knowledge and information, it will never replace the wisdom that actual humans can provide. The three contemplate the future of AI and the impact it will have on the workforce. 

Religion plays a larger part in the lives of Republican voters than in the lives of their Democratic counterparts, according to a new survey. A report from the Pew Research Center released late last month found that two-thirds (66%) of Republicans believe "with absolute certainty" in God, compared to only 41% of Democrats who said the same - a 25-point difference. 

While military airstrikes on drug boats are indeed new, the use of military power against narco-terrorists is not. The modern war on drugs began in June 1971 when President Richard Nixon declared drug abuse "public enemy number one" and launched a national campaign to confront it. Two years later, he created the Drug Enforcement Administration to choke off the supply entering the U.S. In the 1980s, under Presidents Reagan and Bush, the war intensified dramatically. But has the war on drugs succeeded? And will eliminating the cargo and crew of drug boats bring victory? The evidence says something is missing.

A Samaritan's Purse plane carrying aid to South Sudan was hijacked earlier this week. A suspect has been detained, and no serious injuries are being reported. The Evangelical international humanitarian organization announced Wednesday that the plane, a Cessna Grand Caravan that operated exclusively in Africa, "was involved in a hijacking incident on Tuesday." At the time, the plane was en route to Maiwut, South Sudan, to deliver medicine to a mobile medical unit operated by the Charlotte, North Carolina-based charity.

With the 2026 midterms looming, the U.S. Supreme Court is officially weighing in on the redistricting arms race between red and blue states. Late Thursday, the nation's highest judicial authority disagreed with a lower court ruling and instead allowed Texas to implement new congressional district maps expected to take five seats in the U.S. House of Representatives from Democrats and hand them to the GOP.

While most of corporate America wisely took the temperature of angry consumers and backed away from woke politics, one shocking holdout remains: Chick-fil-A. The beloved fast-food franchise, who's best known for its Christian ownership and family-centric policies, is quietly still condoning a message that is radically at odds with the biblical values that most people associate them with - including same-sex marriage.

An Afghan national has been charged with murder for the slaying of a member of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who came to the U.S. in 2021 following the Taliban recapture of Kabul, shot 24-year-old U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe and 20-year-old National Guard Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom on Wednesday, sending both to the hospital in critical condition. Beckstrom succumbed to her wounds and died on Thursday, according to her father, who called her murder "a horrible tragedy."

In a country halfway across the world, Agnes remembers the song her dad taught her when she was scared. And that was most of the time. While American children can't sleep because of invisible monsters, in Nigeria, the nightmares are real life. Would tonight be the night the men attacked, burning, shooting, and killing? "In those moments," she remembers, "my dad sang to us, 'God will never forsake us. God will never abandon us. Even when there is suffering and persecution, God will never leave us.'" It is the song of millions of sons and daughters now, passed down through the years of grief - the nation's unofficial heirloom.

Former President Joe Biden's Afghan refugee screening process was blasted in 2022 by a devastating report by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) for lacking such basic information as a list of individuals who lacked "sufficient identification documents" and warned as a result of individuals being admitted into the country "who pose a risk to national security and to the safety of local communities."

The last 12 years haven't been kind to the Boy Scouts - and they have no one to blame but themselves. The organization where future moon walkers and presidents learned the virtues and value of leadership is barely recognizable after walking away from the moral compass it taught to generations of men. Now, rumors are swirling that another unhappy ending is in the works for an institution that's largely disgraced, bankrupt, woke, unpopular, and on the edge of extinction: its longtime partnership with the U.S. military may be over. 

Government Accounting Office (GAO) investigators reported Wednesday that only two of 24 fake recipients they inserted into the Obamacare program two years ago have been discovered by officials managing the federal health care system, even as 18 of the fakes are receiving as much as $10,000 per month in tax-funded services.

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