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What should have been a peaceful December evening filled with the warmth of Christmas celebration turned into a life-altering nightmare for a Georgia woman who had just left a church event when she was brutally attacked in a public park. Ashley Wasielewski, a 46-year-old Savannah resident, went for a walk through Forsyth Park on December…

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Selling Sunset alum Christine Quinn publicly criticized conservative activist Erika Kirk, drawing renewed attention to the widowed mother’s expanding public role following the death of her husband, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. “Erika Kirk be everywhere but with her kids,” Quinn, 37, wrote in a post on X on Wednesday, December 10. The comment…

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McDonald’s thought it was trying something new for the holidays. Instead, it ended up pulling a Christmas commercial after viewers across social media called it unsettling, depressing, and downright “creepy.” The 45-second ad, which debuted Saturday on McDonald’s Netherlands YouTube channel, was created using artificial intelligence. It was set to the familiar Christmas tune “It’s…

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  Time Magazine’s recent firsthand account from a survivor of a shooting at a Latter-day Saints church underscores a sobering reality: sanctuaries long regarded as safe havens for worship and community are increasingly vulnerable to violence. When faith is under fire, churches, synagogues, and mosques respond to this threat and prepare for violence in a…

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In September, Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking on the campus of Utah Valley University. In the aftermath of that shooting, as the temperature of our political discourse soared ever higher, Utah Governor Spencer Cox chose a different path. He called people to “disagree better,” continuing his efforts to change the direction of political debate.…

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Australian authorities have identified one of the gunmen who opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach as 24-year-old Naveed Akram, as new details emerge about the targeted attack that authorities are treating as terrorism. Sixteen people were killed, including one of the gunmen, and 40 others were wounded in the shooting, which…

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On December 5, the Supreme Court agreed to accept the Trump Administration’s appeal of the lower court ruling in Trump v. Barbara, one of the so-called “birthright citizenship” cases. (Likely, the Court’s decision in this case will also resolve the other cases.) In January, President Trump issued an executive order that would eliminate birthright citizenship…

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President Donald Trump recently described Somali immigrants as “garbage” who “come from hell” at the end of a Cabinet meeting. Specifically referring to Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, a Somalian congresswoman from Minnesota, Trump further escalated his claims by describing “Somalia in the Horn of Africa as ‘barely a country’ and accused refugees in the Twin…

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One author is warning against feminism, calling it the new “megachurch.” Author Carrie Gress has authored 11 books, with her upcoming book Something Wicked: Why Feminism Can’t Be Fused With Christianity, set to be released in January. The book deals with how feminism “quietly captured the minds and hearts of women by mimicking aspects of…

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Barron Trump, the youngest son of former President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, is reportedly on the verge of a major spiritual awakening. According to Pastor Stuart Knechtle, assistant pastor at Grace Community Church in New Canaan, Connecticut, the 19-year-old is “very close” to accepting Jesus Christ as his Savior. Knechtle shared the…
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