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Royal Pains Prince Andrew is bowing out of his royal titles. On Friday, King Charles’s younger brother announced he will no longer use the title of Duke of York, saying renewed “accusations” about his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein “distract from the work” of the Royal Family...

Indicted John Bolton, Trump aide turned critic, pleaded not guilty in federal court Friday to 18 counts of mishandling classified information. Bolton, who served as national security advisor from April 2018 to September 2019 during Trump 1.0, is accused of using a personal email and...

President Trump’s second-term economic policy has been marked by tariffs and economic fluctuation (read our tariff explainer here). Our financial outlook is not merely a political issue; our posture toward money is profoundly spiritual. Economic uncertainty has a unique power over us. We fear...

How do tariffs work? Y’all ever used DoorDash? A $10 burger turns into a $23 burger by the time it crosses your doorstep, but the burger isn’t any bigger... and you think to yourself, “Self, next time we can save money by doing this the homemade way.” Consider that your first lesson in...

Gaza Ceasefire Holding Israel and Hamas are continuing their hostage-prisoner exchange. Since Monday, they’ve traded 90 deceased Palestinians for eight Hamas-held bodies, seven of which have been identified as hostages. Hamas says it needs “special equipment” to reach 19 remaining hostage...

Chips & Chatbots OpenAI announced (another) megadeal. The ChatGPT maker revealed its latest major partnership in recent weeks—this time with semiconductor giant Broadcom—to co-develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and infrastructure starting in 2026. The two had quietly collaborated for...

Peace in the Middle East President Trump declared “the end” of the Gaza war on Monday as the last 20 living Israeli hostages were exchanged for Palestinian prisoners. How’d the swap go? Video footage captured joy and relief in Israel and Gaza as loved ones returned home (watch here and...

Tennessee Explosion Early Friday, a blast at a Tennessee explosives plant killed 16 people and left no survivors. The blast tore through Accurate Energetic Systems (AES), which manufactures explosives for demolition companies and the U.S. military on a remote 1,300-acre campus about 60 miles...

“Underneath are the everlasting arms.” Deuteronomy 33:27 God — the eternal God — is himself our support at all times, and especially when we are sinking in deep trouble. There are seasons when the Christian sinks very low in humiliation. Under a deep sense of his great sinfulness, he is...

We’re nearly two months into the saga of federal troops entering American cities for crime crackdowns. As with every other politically charged issue, believers aim to take our cues from Scripture—not politicians, media personalities, social media influencers, or that one opinionated friend...

“It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master.” Matthew 10:25 No one will dispute this statement, for it would be unseemly for the servant to be exalted above his Master. When our Lord was on earth, what was the treatment he received? Were his claims acknowledged, his instructions...

What’s a Nobel Prize? Every year, prizes are awarded for contributions in six areas: physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, economics, and peace. They’re named after Alfred Nobel—the inventor of dynamite and 354 other things—who decided to award those who had “conferred the greatest...

Middle East Milestone Negotiators for Israel and Hamas signed a ceasefire and hostage deal—phase one of President Trump’s larger peace plan—in Egypt yesterday. Israel’s cabinet signed off hours later, starting the 24-hour countdown to a total ceasefire. Under the deal, IDF troops will start...

Peace Shuffle Promising peace talks continued yesterday on the second anniversary of the Gaza war. “Shuffle meetings”—indirect talks between Israel and Hamas with Egyptian and Qatari officials acting as go-betweens—began Monday in Egypt. The warring parties are hashing out the particulars of...

Back in the Chamber The Supreme Court kicked off its 2025-26 season by deciding that a few high-profile cases would not be on the docket. On Monday, SCOTUS: Rejected former Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal against her sex-trafficking conviction; Declined to revive...

Tentative Truce Hamas has accepted President Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza… with an asterisk. Israel approved Trump’s peace plan last Monday, and on Friday, Hamas announced it also agreed “to the plan’s main outlines in principle, but its implementation requires negotiations.” Hamas...

On Guard The National Guard is blowing into the Windy City. For weeks, tensions have been brewing in Chicago over increased immigration enforcement, including some violent clashes between protestors and ICE agents. On Saturday, President Trump authorized federalizing Illinois’s National...

What’s Going on with Israel and Palestine, and How’d We Get Here? Nearly two years ago, on October 7, 2023, Hamas militants broke through Israel’s border, killed ~1,200 people, and took 251 hostages back to Gaza. Israel immediately declared war. It is just the latest conflict stemming from a...

Synagogue Attack Two people were killed and four others were seriously injured in an attack outside a synagogue in northwest England on Wednesday, which was Yom Kippur (the holiest day of the year in Judaism). Police fatally shot the suspect outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in...

Highly Premeditated Attack Three people were killed and five others injured at a packed North Carolina waterfront bar late Saturday. A 40-year-old gunman was detained by the Coast Guard and charged with three counts of first-degree murder, five counts of attempted murder, and five counts of...