The Smithsonian National Zoological Park has come under the magnifying glass for emphasizing topics such as DEI, gender equity, and climate change into its programming, Fox News reported Thursday.

Returning to the podcast we have Grace Drexel, whose father Pastor Ezra Jin of Zion Church in China was recently released from prison after President Donald Trump personally made the request to China's communist leader, Xi Xinping. We also have the son of Gao Quanfu and Pang Yu, who are still imprisoned for their Christian faith in China. We get the latest on their case, discuss the plight of the church in China and answer the question: What can we do about the persecution of Christians in China?

Returning to the podcast we have Grace Drexel, whose father Pastor Ezra Jin of Zion Church in China was recently released from prison after President Donald Trump personally made the request to China's communist leader, Xi Xinping. We also have the son of Gao Quanfu and Pang Yu, who are still imprisoned for their Christian faith in China. We get the latest on their case, discuss the plight of the church in China and answer the question: What can we do about the persecution of Christians in China?

It&rsquo;s back to school season, and the war for our kids is underway. Joining Host Casey Harper is Victoria Cobb, President of The Family Foundation of Virginia, the largest and oldest pro-family advocacy organization in Virginia.
Together they discuss&hellip;
<ul>
<li>What is the state of the battle for parental rights in education?</li>
<li>What battles has President Trump won, and where are we still seeing resistance?</li>
<li>On the gender issue specifically, how is this playing out in education in Virginia and nationally? (locker rooms, transitioning kids without parental consent, etc.)</li>
<li>Why is abortion is <a href="https://www.familyfoundation.org/blog/tek3eaa067o1s3ffn25wsxb427qmsd">on the rise</a> in Virginia and the nation?</li>
</ul>

It's back to school season, and the war for our kids is underway. Joining Host Casey Harper is Victoria Cobb, President of The Family Foundation of Virginia, the largest and oldest pro-family advocacy organization in Virginia. Together they discuss... What is the state of the battle for parental rights in education? What battles has President Trump won, and where are we still seeing resistance? On the gender issue specifically, how is this playing out in education in Virginia and nationally? (locker rooms, transitioning kids without parental consent, etc.) Why is abortion is on the rise in Virginia and the nation?

On this week&rsquo;s podcast, Jared Bridges, Editor in Chief of the Washington Stand and Bob Maginnis, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, AI expert and author join Casey Harper to discuss artificial intelligence. OpenAI&rsquo;s model broke out of the lab and hacked another model! How important is this latest Open AI &ldquo;escape&rdquo; and hacking? Is AI a good thing or a bad thing? Some are saying A.I. feels like the end of days, like Biblical prophecies coming to life. Do you agree? Given all that, should Christians be using AI?

On this week's podcast, Jared Bridges, Editor in Chief of the Washington Stand and Bob Maginnis, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, AI expert and author join Casey Harper to discuss artificial intelligence. OpenAI's model broke out of the lab and hacked another model! How important is this latest Open AI "escape" and hacking? Is AI a good thing or a bad thing? Some are saying A.I. feels like the end of days, like Biblical prophecies coming to life. Do you agree? Given all that, should Christians be using AI?

On this week's podcast, we discuss annihilationism, the view that hell is not eternal for those who reject God. Is hell real? Who is going there? Will they be there forever? What does the Bible teach?
For this discussion, host Casey Harper is joined by Jared Bridges, Editor-in-Chief of The Washington Stand, and Dr. Stephen Wellum, Editor of The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology and Professor of Christian Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
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On this week's podcast, we discuss annihilationism, the view that hell is not eternal for those who reject God. Is hell real? Who is going there? Will they be there forever? What does the Bible teach? For this discussion, host Casey Harper is joined by Jared Bridges, Editor-in-Chief of The Washington Stand, and Dr. Stephen Wellum, Editor of The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology and Professor of Christian Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. You can learn more about ActsSocial <a href="https://actssocial.com/?utm_source=frc&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=frc_frontgate_2026&utm_content=banner_homepage">here</a>.

On today's news brief: President Donald Trump renames Lake Ontario as "Lake America," inflation remains elevated, and Germany increases defense spending.

On today's news brief: President Donald Trump renames Lake Ontario as "Lake America," inflation remains elevated, and Germany increases defense spending.

Politicians on both sides of the partisan spectrum are proposing plans to subject the wealthiest Americans to significantly higher taxes as a response to the federal government's rapidly increasing annual budget deficits, but such proposals are doomed to fail, according to a new analysis by the Cato Institute.

Congressman Bob Onder (R-Mo.) said in an interview on "Washington Watch" Wednesday that the WNBA is "trying to have it both ways" when it comes to the issue of men competing in women's sports. "They're trying to appease the woke crowd by not defining women so that some fraud can come along and say, 'I've been taking some estrogen and [can] play in the WNBA."

As Chinese government agents continue a pattern of malicious hacking into critical U.S. government agencies and infrastructure, experts say that U.S. must draw clear lines regarding the hacking as a planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping approaches in September.

Jorge "Mayim" Travieso has not lost his smile, despite his arrests and witnessing the regime use heavy machinery in 2016 to destroy his small "Viento Recio" (Strong Wind) Ministry temple in the city of Victoria de Las Tunas. This ministry - part of the growing Cuban Apostolic Movement - is one of the groups that the Ministry of Justice (MINJUS) refuses to register in the Registry of Associations. Its leaders are avowed anti-communists who want no pacts or deals with Havana.

In a game of "you might be a Democratic Socialist if...," Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon would turn out all too predictable. In addition to her highlight reel of astonishing moments this year, Nixon also promotes a litany of extreme, progressive policies. Here are some of the highlights.

Senior Writer, The Washington Stand

That old maxim "There's no such thing as bad publicity" is being seriously challenged by today's WNBA. Ever since Sophie Cunningham's declaration of basic biology last month, the league's crisis PR firm has been racking up billable hours. That seems lost on Commissioner Cathy Engelberg, who seems intent on turning the league into a $5 billion clown show without any grasp on what fans want or America believes.

Editorial Director and Senior Writer, The Washington Stand

The backpacks are full, the lunches are packed, and moms and dads everywhere are breathing a sigh of relief that life is returning to back-to-school normal. But the beginning of classes isn't just about getting kids ready for a new year, it's about making sure parents are equally prepared to take on the challenges that today's education throws at them.

The 60-day negotiating period established by the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran expired this week without a final agreement. What does that mean from a national security standpoint, and what are the domestic political implications?

President

It sounds like a plotline from an overly dramatized high school television show: a junior at Torrey Pines High School in southern California was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital without cause, according to a federal lawsuit filed August 19. The student, identified in the lawsuit only by the initials M.F., says he and another student, A.F., faced months of retaliation for expressing conservative views at an anti-ICE protest on school property.

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