A contingent from the international Left arrived in Cuba on a comfortable charter flight and toured Havana in electric cars, guided by government officials. They strolled through hospitals and schools - where they failed to ask a single doctor or child they encountered whether they had food at home - and ended up at a concert in the middle of the El Vedado neighborhood, jumping and singing, while not far away, more than a thousand political prisoners remained incarcerated.

Host Casey Harper is joined by former director of the Philos Project and founder of Generation Zion, Luke Moon, for a conversation on the escalating conflicts in the Middle East. All eyes have been on the war in Iran, with many wondering how long the conflict will last. The two debate the possibility of regime change without having troops on the ground, a brief history of the Islamist regime, and how Gen Z views this war.

Host Casey Harper is joined by former director of the Philos Project and founder of Generation Zion, Luke Moon, for a conversation on the escalating conflicts in the Middle East. All eyes have been on the war in Iran, with many wondering how long the conflict will last. The two debate the possibility of regime change without having troops on the ground, a brief history of the Islamist regime, and how Gen Z views this war.

Is the future of warfare AI? Host Casey Harper is joined by Col. Bob Maginnis (Ret.) and The Washington Stand&rsquo;s Jared Bridges to analyze the use of Artificial Intelligence within warfare and the government. The government is already using AI, but at what level and with what guardrails? The three discuss the ethical dilemma of AI in warfare, the race with China concerning surveillance and data gathering, and what it looks like to regulate the rapidly evolving technology.

Is the future of warfare AI? Host Casey Harper is joined by Col. Bob Maginnis (Ret.) and The Washington Stand's Jared Bridges to analyze the use of Artificial Intelligence within warfare and the government. The government is already using AI, but at what level and with what guardrails? The three discuss the ethical dilemma of AI in warfare, the race with China concerning surveillance and data gathering, and what it looks like to regulate the rapidly evolving technology.

Growing up in a Muslim home in Turkey, Isik Abla knows firsthand the inner workings of Islam. She joins host Casey Harper to share her testimony of fleeing Turkey, finding Christ, and sharing His gospel with all who will listen. Although she found Christ after fleeing Turkey, Isik explains the phenomenon of Muslims meeting Jesus in dreams and why it is so common for many to experience this. She also gives advice on how Christians can witness to Muslims.

Growing up in a Muslim home in Turkey, Isik Abla knows firsthand the inner workings of Islam. She joins host Casey Harper to share her testimony of fleeing Turkey, finding Christ, and sharing His gospel with all who will listen. Although she found Christ after fleeing Turkey, Isik explains the phenomenon of Muslims meeting Jesus in dreams and why it is so common for many to experience this. She also gives advice on how Christians can witness to Muslims.

Host Casey Harper is joined by Dr. David Prentice, who is one of the founders for Science Alliance For Life and Technology (SALT) and The Washington Stand&rsquo;s Jared Bridges to discuss the current ethical concerns surrounding lab-created embryos. David shares why he started SALT, the development and dangers of gene screening and modification, and the role AI is currently playing in embryo selection.

Host Casey Harper is joined by Dr. David Prentice, who is one of the founders for Science Alliance For Life and Technology (SALT) and The Washington Stand's Jared Bridges to discuss the current ethical concerns surrounding lab-created embryos. David shares why he started SALT, the development and dangers of gene screening and modification, and the role AI is currently playing in embryo selection. 

Texas has the most regressive state tax system, but charges poor people more than California does its affluent residents, according to the Golden State's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, who further claims that middle-class Texans pay more than residents of his state and Florida.

President Trump provoked a flurry of diplomatic interchange with the Iranian regime Saturday evening, when he gave the government 48 hours to open the Strait of Hormuz or face military strikes against its power plants and energy infrastructure. On Monday morning, 36 hours later, Trump postponed these threatened military strikes following "very good and productive conversations" with the Iranian regime. But it remains too soon to determine which side blinked first (or most) in this game of high-stakes brinksmanship.

A bill (HB 174) signed into law last week by Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) expands the state's restrictions on the dispensation of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors who identify as transgender. The law is a positive development after the Utah legislature largely whiffed on a chance to fully protect minors in January 2023, but it still leaves room for improvement. Undue credulence for the same pro-transgender talking points debunked in other states may be the culprit.

Yunia Figueredo was fed up with the hours without electricity, with enduring the stifling nights of Jaimanitas - a town west of Havana - without a fan to ward off the mosquitoes and their merciless bites. In the mornings, there were endless lines just to get something to eat; at night, sleep was impossible. She would watch her husband and her daughters - both minors - wake up defeated by a perpetual exhaustion, with little or nothing to eat for breakfast.

The era of mass immigration to the U.S. is slowly, painfully drawing to a close, according to new statistics, but much work remains to be done to secure the American homeland. The Washington Post on Sunday published an analysis of new U.S. State Department numbers tracking a modest but meaningful decrease in legal immigration into the U.S., the first time in over 50 years that more immigrants left the U.S. than entered.

For most international athletes, the biggest concern is losing the game. For Iranian women, the real fear is losing your life. That's how dangerous the situation has become for a group of national soccer players, whose story at Australia's Asia Cup quickly became the very human face of the regime at war with America. Torn by the chance to run from the cruelty of their homeland, but knowing their families could die for it, all but two girls made the ultimate sacrifice - turning their backs on a chance for freedom to embrace a fate even they know is uncertain.

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Just how ignorant are Americans about what goes on in Washington? The Democrats' latest messaging barrage is certainly testing those limits. In a strategy that would be comical if it weren't so pathetic, both minority leaders are suggesting that it's the Republicans' fault that Homeland Security isn't funded. Republicans! The same party that's held six straight votes since Valentine's Day to reopen the agency and protect the nation's homeland, unsuccessfully. "That's what they do, right?" Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said of the finger-pointing. "And they're good at it. ... The big difference is, they have 90% of the legacy media backing them up."

A startling new report surfaced this week revealing that China's communist regime hacked into U.S. voter registration databases in 2020 and planned to use the information to produce thousands of fake American driver's licenses in order to obtain mail-in ballots, with the purpose of casting fraudulent votes for former President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

Senior Editor, The Washington Stand

No parent should have to endure the ordeal faced by Daniel and Bianca Samson, who just lost an appeal before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to regain custody of two of their daughters. Even after the Samsons were certified as fit parents, state officials refuse to return their children to their care. They were accused of "religious extremism," after all. For a secularist, could any abuse be worse than that?

Senior Writer, The Washington Stand

The Senate is engaged in heating debate and dispute over a key election integrity bill - and the amendments that Republicans are trying to add to it to bolster protections for the American people. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) brought the SAVE America Act to the floor last week, more than one month after the legislation had been approved by the House of Representatives and amidst increasing pressure from both the House and President Donald Trump to approve the bill. On Saturday, Senate Democrats shot down a proposed amendment that would have barred biological males from competing in girls' sports.

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