The World and Everything In It

Tue » Washington debates how to regulate AI dangers no one fully understands—without slowing the race and handing China an edge.
Also: Iran-backed Houthis squeeze a second global shipping chokepoint. Meanwhile, students are reaching college without basic literacy. Plus: elementary schools rethink screens, Girl Scout cookie season goes to the dogs, and Bethel McGrew carries a 9/11 hero’s story into a new generation.

Today’s stories—
> Tuesday morning news
> Interview: Regulating in the dark
> Yemen: The second squeeze
> Literacy: The pretend degree
> Kicker: Good boys get cookies
> Education: Lessons offscreen
> Commentary: Carrying his name

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Mon » A professor parodies a school-endorsed land acknowledgment, is punished for it, and wins a First Amendment fight.
Also: David Bahnsen says Vice President Vance’s $9,000 family benefit would expand the welfare state amid a $2 trillion deficit, and calls President Trump’s proposed $5,000 dividend even more reckless. Plus: Muhammad Ali climbs back to the heavyweight title one last time.

Today’s stories—
> Monday morning news
> Legal Docket: Reality acknowledgment
> Monday Moneybeat: The family subsidy trap
> WORLD History Book: One last impossible

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From WatersEdge Kingdom Capital. Asset management for churches, schools, and ministries — backed by 80 years of experience. watersedge.com/capital

And from Dordt University. Offering fast-track Ag degrees to help graduates make an impact in agriculture sooner. Dordt.edu

One Christian woman’s life on eggshells, whose longing for love drove her into some destructive relationships

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Fri » Culture Friday looks back 25 years after 9/11—and considers what the day still reveals about truth, memory, and moral clarity.
Also: John Stonestreet discusses the conspiracy theories that have persisted since Charlie Kirk’s assassination and how abortion culture can push three murdered children to the margins of the Clancy case. Plus: Runner proves better than advertised, and a preview of Doubletake looks at signs misread before marriage.

Today’s stories—
> Friday morning news
> Culture Friday: The day that reveals us
> Film review: Better than advertised
> Doubletake preview: Signs misread

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Thu » Photographer Krystyna Sanderson captured St. Paul’s Chapel as a refuge for Ground Zero workers—and saw God’s grace in the devastation.

Also: Russia tests NATO’s defenses without crossing into open war, while Canada’s military keeps chaplains on the platform but bars prayer at public ceremonies. Mississippi’s reading turnaround shows what can happen when struggling children aren’t written off. Plus: Royals fans find a win inside a loss, and Daniel Suhr considers what Charlie Kirk taught freedom was for.

Today’s stories—
Thursday morning news
Russia/NATO: Testing the tripwire
Canada chaplains: The redacted chaplain
Mississippi reading: No child written off
Kicker: Baseball, hot dogs, and moral victories
9/11 feature: Grace through the viewfinder
Daniel Suhr: What freedom is for

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