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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...

Fragile Iran Truce Parts of the Middle East missed the memo about Tuesday’s two-week ceasefire. On Wednesday, Israel said it struck 100 Hezbollah targets in 10 minutes, maintaining the ceasefire doesn’t apply to the Lebanon offensive; Iran disagreed, calling the strikes a truce violation...

Living With Urgency [ 1 min read ★ ] The night is about over, dawn is about to break—Romans 13:11-14 No question, a lot of us men are living in “I know, I know” mode . . . in “I’m gonna do it, but just not right now” mode. You see, we know what’s important; we’ve just...

Dark Side of the Moon Artemis II astronauts have ventured farther into the final frontier than anyone in history… and have the pics to prove it. On Monday, the lunar crew reached 252,760 miles from the third rock from the sun—breaking Apollo 13’s 1970 record for farthest rocket trip—as they...

Ceasefire The U.S., Israel, and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire. Last night, President Trump said the U.S. has received a “workable” 10-point proposal from Iran (read it) that included reopening the Strait of Hormuz, ending all conflicts in the region, and lifting sanctions on Iran...

Trial, Earthquake, Empty Tomb Residents around Jerusalem are still wrapping their minds around the past week’s events. Things escalated two Sundays ago, when Jesus of Nazareth—a Jewish teacher and miracle worker with a fast-growing following—rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. Crowds...

How does God want to grow you as you consume the news? When it comes to talking about current events, Christians have a bad reputation. Now, a bad reputation alone is nothing to fret about—Jesus told us to expect it. The issue is that our reputation for being judgmental and angry is...

Billion Dollar Blastoffs SpaceX is preparing for a historic mission: destination Mars Wall Street. Wednesday, the Elon Musk-owned rocket maker filed initial paperwork to go public this summer, reportedly targeting a record-breaking valuation of $1.75T and aiming to raise $50-$75B from shares...

Very Shortly The Iran war* is more than a month in, and President Trump says its end is near. Addressing the nation in a primetime speech Wednesday, Trump said the U.S. will hit Iran “extremely hard” over the next two to three weeks; further strategy details were minimal. He declared that...

Moonbound NASA’s gearing up to launch humans around the moon. The Artemis II mission lifts off this evening at 6:24 p.m. ET (barring bad weather, but forecasters give 80% odds for favorable conditions), sending four astronauts on a nine-and-a-half-day trip around the moon. Commander Reid...

Pinched at the Pump Average U.S. gas prices crossed $4 a gallon yesterday—the highest since August 2022—as the Iran War rattles global oil markets. Prices are up 35% after a month of war, with California hurtin’ the most at $5.89/gallon (see state averages). President Trump warned Monday...

In Iran and Beyond Strikes and shortages continue in the monthlong war. On Friday, 12 U.S. troops were wounded in an Iranian drone/missile attack on a U.S. base in Saudi Arabia; it’s one of the most serious breaches of American air defenses yet. As strikes intensify—U.S. Central Command...

No Kings III The third round of “No Kings” protests hit the streets on Saturday. Organizers report that millions of protestors across 3,000+ locations in all 50 states and 16 countries rallied against an all-of-the-above list of grievances against the Trump administration, including the Iran...

Almighty, infinite, eternal Father, You are a God without limits— Your presence is boundless, Your power unmatched, Your knowledge never-ending. In Your wisdom You have drawn a boundary around my power, my time, my resources. I cannot be the parent of every orphan, the comforter of every...

What is TSA, and why does it exist? TSA—the Transportation Security Administration—didn’t exist pre-9/11. Before the attacks, private contractors handled screening; no photo ID was required, and loved ones could give you a goodbye hug at the gate. Then, 68 days after 9/11, Congress passed...

Iran War Iran said “no deal.” Tehran rejected President Trump’s 15-point ceasefire proposal as “one-sided and unfair,” countering with five conditions of its own: A halt to “aggression and assassinations” Guarantees against future attacks on the Islamic Republic War reparations A...

Social Scandal The verdicts are in, and it’s costing Meta $379 million. In a landmark decision Tuesday, a New Mexico jury found Meta Platforms guilty of failing to safeguard users from child sexual exploitation, ordering the social media giant to fork over $375M. The lawsuit was brought by...

Nebulous Negotiations The U.S. and Iran are in conflict over whether they’re at the negotiating table. On Monday, President Trump announced that his administration held “very good” and “productive” talks with Iranian leaders and promised to back off his plan to “obliterate” Iran’s power...