I spent more than 40 years watching how environments shape soldiers. Put a man in a foreign culture long enough, and his instincts begin to change - his sense of danger, his habits, even what he considers normal. What American parents are watching happen to their children follows the same pattern.

<div>Nigerian Christians are being targeted and killed -- and their government is doing nothing about it. Host Casey Harper is joined by Nigerian native and founder of Stefanos Foundation, Mark Lipdo, and Family Research Council&rsquo;s Arielle Del Turco to shed light on the brutal persecution of Christians in Nigeria. For many, the threat of an attack from radical Islamist groups is simply part of their daily lives. Mark shares his story, explaining why he founded the Stefanos Foundation and what life is like for Christians in Nigeria. With jihadists being the main aggressors towards Christians, the three address the very real and dangerous reality for Christians in Nigeria and what America can do to help end the violence.</div>

Nigerian Christians are being targeted and killed -- and their government is doing nothing about it. Host Casey Harper is joined by Nigerian native and founder of Stefanos Foundation, Mark Lipdo, and Family Research Council's Arielle Del Turco to shed light on the brutal persecution of Christians in Nigeria. For many, the threat of an attack from radical Islamist groups is simply part of their daily lives. Mark shares his story, explaining why he founded the Stefanos Foundation and what life is like for Christians in Nigeria. With jihadists being the main aggressors towards Christians, the three address the very real and dangerous reality for Christians in Nigeria and what America can do to help end the violence.

<p>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.</p>

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.

<p>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.</p>

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.

<p>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.</p>

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.

A foreign national who admitted to defrauding the government of millions of dollars has been sentenced to just over one year in prison. Abdul Abubakar Ali, a Somali engineer living in St. Paul, Minnesota, pleaded guilty in 2022 to participating in the $250 million "Feeding Our Future" fraud scheme. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Ali "knowingly and willfully conspired with others to participate in a fraudulent scheme to obtain and misappropriate millions of dollars in federal child nutrition program funds that were intended as reimbursements for the cost of serving meals to underprivileged children."

There's been a lot of colorful language flying around about the mess Democrats have made of Homeland Security funding. But after last week's eleventh-hour Senate deal went up in flames in the House, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) might have been the most descriptive of the upper chamber's proposal. It's a "turd sandwich," he said bluntly. Of course, it wasn't exactly love at first sight with the House's eight-week continuing resolution, which Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) team waved off as absurd. Meanwhile, both sides are desperately trying to hang this chaos around the other party's neck. Good luck with that. Most Americans feel like Florida's David Simmons, who sat at Reagan National Airport and complained to reporters, "I blame them all."

In the Era of Trump, the left-wing protest movement has misled itself into a cul-de-sac of frivolity, trading away any real object or persuasiveness for plenty of staying power. On March 28, an estimated eight million protestors gathered for some 3,000 demonstrations in the third round of the coordinated, anti-Trump protests branded as "No Kings." But what are these protests? And why are they happening? There seems to be no clear answer to either question.

In two landmark court decisions last week, tech giants Google and Meta were found liable for inflicting mental health harms on minors by making their social media platforms intentionally addictive, and Meta was found liable for failing to protect young users from child predators. The cases are likely to open up social media companies to further personal injury lawsuits and could force Big Tech to make their platforms more friendly to children, which family advocates have been demanding for decades.

John Suárez - the son of Cuban exiles who spends part of his year living in Miami - has experienced firsthand the hopes held by the exile community and their families. He has witnessed their dreams of returning home and the dinner-table conversations envisioning a prosperous, free future for the island.

As the mainstream media tells it, Operation Epic Fury is "quickly becoming a disaster." "The U.S. has been caught flat-footed." "Helpless America" cowers before "a bullying Iran." The whole operation is one giant "miscalculation." Every armchair doctor prescribes the same remedy: the Trump administration should declare defeat, take its over-priced toys back to the home barracks, and drink its sorrows away from a stream of self-flagellating tears. How dare the object of all this Derangement Syndrome ever believe America could be a winner again?

Senior Writer, The Washington Stand

When a CIA memo begins with a trigger warning, there's a good chance the contents "fall short of the high standards of impartiality that CIA must uphold and do not reflect the expertise for which our analysts are renowned." Thus, CIA Director John Ratcliffe dismissed a Biden-era memo "Women Advancing White Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremist Radicalization and Recruitment," which the CIA published (with redactions) and retracted on February 20.

As infuriating as airport security lines might be for the average American, one of the most horrifying outcomes of the Homeland Security shutdown may have happened Monday when Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, was desperately trying to get to LaGuardia to investigate the fatal crash of the Air Canada jet. It didn't matter that she urgently had to get to New York - or that she's a high-ranking government official whose staff "begged" for her to be expedited - Homendy was stuck in line for three hours. Apparently, the chaos inflicted by Democrats is no respecter of persons.

Editorial Director and Senior Writer, The Washington Stand

The Senate and the House of Representatives are still sparring over funding for a critical federal agency, even as air travel is crippled and the threat of terrorist acts looms large. In the earliest hours of Friday morning, while much of America still slept, Senate Republicans attempted to end the impasse they had reached against their Democratic counterparts and end the longest Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown in U.S. history.

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Truth matters. Especially when a nation is at war. Too often, however, the truth is the first casualty. Americans have seen this before. They are seeing it again.

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