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The British are Leaving King Charles and Queen Camilla said toodaloo to the former colonies yesterday, wrapping their four-day U.S. state visit. After Charles received bipartisan applause for his address to Congress Tuesday, President Trump and First Lady Melania hosted the British monarchs...

Scripture Reading — Revelation 6:9-11 “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” Revelation 6:10 Are you waiting for anything these days? Maybe a longplanned vacation or an important birthday? Or maybe you’re waiting for...

Aftermath Three days after a gunman opened fire outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, federal prosecutors have charged a man with attempting to assassinate President Trump. The 31-year-old—who shot a Secret Service agent before being tackled Saturday—has invoked his right to remain...

Dial for Peace The U.S. and Iran are taking another rain check on peace talks. President Trump canceled diplomats’ trip to Pakistan this weekend after receiving an insufficient offer from Iran, saying the travel wasn’t worth it for deals that are “not good enough.” POTUS said Sunday that...

Shots Fired at Correspondent’s Dinner A lone gunman rushed the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Saturday night, firing shots in the lobby of the Washington Hilton hotel. The suspect ran past Secret Service security barricades, shooting one agent in his bulletproof vest before...

What is a stock? It’s a slice of ownership in a company. Imagine a fruit company (we’ll call it Apple) needs money to grow. Apple could take out debt, or it could sell stock. If they go the loan route, they have to repay it with interest. If they sell stock, the new stock owner is entitled...

Strait Outta Office The U.S. Navy is shaking things up at home and at sea. The Pentagon announced Wednesday that Naval Secretary John Phelan is “departing… effective immediately,” and Undersecretary Hung Cao is taking over temporarily. The department didn’t provide a reason for Phelan’s...

Up In Smoke The U.K. is looking to raise up the world’s first “smoke-free generation.” The House of Lords passed the Tobacco and Vapes Bill Tuesday; royal approval is expected within days. Starting January 1, 2027, the U.K.’s legal smoking age will rise by one year every year—meaning anyone...

Ceasefire 2.0 At the eleventh hour, President Trump announced he’s giving the U.S.-Iran ceasefire an extension. Trump said the renewal—something he initially didn’t “want to do”—was due to Iran’s government being “seriously fractured.” He also said the truce would hold until Iran’s leaders...

It’s been three solid weeks of wall-to-wall war coverage. Beyond the moral and political costs of war, Iran's oil wealth and Persian Gulf location add a global economic weight to this conflict. Gas prices in the U.S. are sitting around $4/gal, and the stock market is yo-yoing—after a bleak...

(Not so) Strait Forward The world’s riding the Hormuz rollercoaster. On Friday, Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz “completely open,” prompting oil prices to tumble ~12% and stocks to hit record highs. President Trump thanked Iran, but said Uncle Sam would maintain its blockade of Iranian...

Louisiana Mass Shooting Eight children, ranging in ages from one to 14 years old, were killed in a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, early yesterday morning. Police say the shootings began with a “domestic disturbance” around 5:00 AM. A single gunman shot 10 people—eight children died...

What is Bitcoin? The cryptocurrency that started it all… Bitcoin is a digital currency. There’s no physical, printed version of it, and it’s not issued by any government. So, how’s it different from sending digital U.S. dollars through Venmo? Key word: decentralized. Venmo transactions...

Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Israel and Lebanon are hours into a 10-day ceasefire. President Trump announced the agreement yesterday (sans details) after U.S.-brokered talks between Israel and Lebanon in Washington D.C. on Tuesday; it was the neighboring nations’ first direct diplomatic meeting...

A Blessing on Every Wave Hannah sat thoughtfully on the shoreline, just close enough to the ocean for the waves to reach her feet, keeping her cool on the hot summer day. As one wave splashed around her, she noticed a beautiful shell left behind. Instinctively, she grabbed the shell and turned...

Strait Talk The blockade on the Strait of Hormuz has entered day three. The U.S. Navy began blocking Iranian ports Monday after weekend peace talks in Pakistan stalled, with VP JD Vance saying Iran refused to abandon its nuclear ambitions. The blockade specifically targets vessels entering...

Never Forgotten Around the world, Christians are being driven from their homes, stripped of food and shelter, and many even lose their Bibles—all because they refuse to renounce Jesus. The Voice of the Martyrs lets these persecuted believers know they’re not forgotten by providing emergency...

Home Sweet Earth Artemis II’s record-setting deep-space mission stuck the landing. NASA’s Orion spacecraft—dubbed Integrity by its crew—splashed down Friday evening off the coast of San Diego, with Mission Control calling it “a perfect bullseye splashdown” (watch the landing). Commander Reid...

Blockade President Trump announced yesterday that the U.S. Navy will “immediately” begin blocking “any and all ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz.” The blockade began after 21 hours of U.S.-Iran ceasefire negotiations ended without an agreement. Key sticking points...

What is Artemis II? NASA’s first crewed deep-space mission since Apollo. Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen launched on April 1, looped around the moon, and then splashed back down yesterday. Monday afternoon...