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On ICE Uncle Sam’s diversity visa lottery is suspended until further notice. Secretary of Homeland Security Noem announced the pause Thursday, saying the “disastrous” program was used by the man accused of killing two Brown University students and an MIT professor. The program issues...

One horrific act of violence followed another in the headlines this week, including Australia facing the deadliest terrorist attack in its history. Gloom at first felt rather dissonant with the building Christmas cheer, but then I looked again at Immanuel’s story as told by Isaiah: “The...

Healthcare Headlines On Friday, nine more pharmaceutical companies joined the White House’s Most-Favored-Nation program, voluntarily lowering prices on Americans and promising to invest in U.S. manufacturing in exchange for avoiding President Trump’s planned pharmaceutical-specific tariffs...

For Unto Us A Child Is Born... Prophecy Fulfilled in the Person of Jesus of Nazareth ______________ The birthplace of Messiah would be the little village of Bethlehem Prophecy: "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come...

Affordable Care Action Healthcare costs are back in the House. On Tuesday, four House Democrats joined 212 Republicans to pass the “Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act.” The GOP-proposed package—which does not extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire on December...

Reiner Family Tragedy Hollywood hitmaker Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, 68, were found dead on Sunday. The couple was reportedly stabbed to death in their Brentwood home Saturday night, after Reiner got in a heated exchange with his 32-year-old son Nick at Conan...

Persons of Interest Providence and Sydney are still reeling from weekend shootings. The manhunt continues for the gunman who killed two students and injured nine others Saturday at Brown University. Police took a person of interest into custody Sunday morning but later released him; the FBI...

Syria Attack Three Americans were killed in Syria Saturday. The killed—two Iowa Army National Guard soldiers and a civilian interpreter, whose names have not been publicly released—were ambushed near Palmyra during a key leader engagement as part of counter-ISIS operations. Three other Iowa...

Shootings Authorities are investigating mass shootings in Australia and the United States. In Sydney, Australia, at least 16 people were killed, and over 40 were injured in a terrorist attack at Bondi Beach. Two suspected gunmen—one who was killed and another in critical condition—were...

As immigration upheaval collides with the Christmas season, Emmanuel's own migration story is coming into focus for me. The Messiah of Israel was born during His people’s exile, then fled to Egypt for His life under threat of a violent government. When His family was able to return and...

Final Cut The Fed cut rates again, but they’re not singing kumbaya. The Central Bank voted on Wednesday to trim its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point, bringing the federal funds target to 3.50-3.75%—the third-straight cut this year. The decision was unusually divided: the vote...

Bills, Bills, Bills Uncle Sam’s boosting his ballistics budget. The House voted 312-112 Wednesday to pass a massive $901B defense spending bill, which includes a 4% pay raise for troops and $800M in weapons aid to Ukraine. Some items left out: expanded IVF coverage for military families...

Getting Hostile Warner Bros. Discovery’s bidding war is getting a reboot. After giving a scathing review of Netflix's $82.7B deal with the Bros., Paramount Skydance went around Warner Bros.’ board Monday and presented a $108.4B hostile takeover bid to shareholders for the whole entertainment...

Social Disservices? Several longtime fraud scandals targeting Minnesota’s social services have reached a tipping point. Reported corruption schemes—including at a children’s food distribution nonprofit, a program for seniors with disabilities, and services for children with autism—have...

Media Megadeal Dun Dun… Netflix just shocked Hollywood. On Friday, the streaming giant announced a deal to buy Warner Bros. film studio and streaming assets (HBO Max), ending a bidding war that included Paramount Skydance and Comcast. The cash-and-stock agreement values the enterprise at...

As we kick off the second week of Advent—a season of longing and expectation—the Christmas hymns of the Church are playing on loop at low volume (sometimes high) in my mind and home. So as I’m processing the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington last week, these lyrics from “O...

“Thou art all fair, my love.” Song of Solomon 4:7 The Lord's admiration of his Church is very wonderful, and his description of her beauty is very glowing. She is not merely fair, but “all fair.” He views her in himself, washed in his sin-atoning blood and clothed in his meritorious...

“O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men.” Psalm 107:8 If we complained less, and praised more, we should be happier, and God would be more glorified. Let us daily praise God for common mercies — common as we frequently call them...

DHS in NOLA and MLPS ICE is spreading into Louisiana and Minnesota. Hundreds of federal border agents arrived in New Orleans Wednesday, targeting “criminal illegal aliens” arrested for serious crimes then released from the sanctuary city’s jail. Next, ICE will reportedly head to the Twin...

Ukraine Update Russia and Ukraine are sitting at separate negotiating tables this week. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s been making his rounds in Europe—France on Monday, Ireland yesterday—to discuss Ukraine’s desire to keep all its land (Uncle Sam’s proposed peace plan includes Ukraine...