New York City Mayor Eric Adams dismissed one of his education advisers, who also serves as a pastor, after The New York Daily News reported on some of her past writings on sexuality and gender. Adams recently announced nine picks to the city's Panel for Education Policy, which "replaced the former Board of Education in 2022 and is part of the governance structure responsible for the city’s public schools." While the list initially included Rev. Kathlyn Barrett-Layne, the leader of Staten Island’s Reach Out and Touch Ministries, among the picks, members of the city's LGBT community put pressure on Adams to remove Barrett-Layne after The New York Daily News published an article highlighting what it characterized as "anti-gay" remarks from her past. Continue reading.

The Biden administration is preparing for a sharp increase in illegal border crossings as its plans to lift a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention measure limiting asylum seekers from applying for protection at the southern border as part of the effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. Multiple reports indicate that the CDC is likely to end orders issued in March 2020 that call for noncitizens to be examined. Title 42 of the U.S. Code also allowed the U.S. to stop immigrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. for public health reasons. Continue reading.

Canadian Pastor Artur Pawlowski of Street Church and the Cave of Adallum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, was released from prison Wednesday after 51 days of being moved between a cell and solitary confinement. Pawlowski was arrested last month for allegedly inciting "mischief" by addressing a crowd of truckers gathered at the Canada-United States border to protest the mandate requiring truck drivers who transport goods between the two countries to either get the vaccine or quarantine for several days upon re-entry into the country. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defamed the truckers, who represented a wide swath of ethnicities and religions, as proponents of "antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-black racism, homophobia, and transphobia." Ahead of his release, Rebel News reporter Adam Soos reported that "all those gathered to greet Artur upon his release have been instructed to leave immediately under threat Artur would be arrested again should anyone speak with him before he leaves the Calgary Remand Centre grounds." Continue reading.

With recent headlines pointing to the moral failures of multiple Christian leaders, it is easy to feel discouraged and heartbroken, writes Sarah Yardley. In the wake of these disappointments, Yardley outlines six steps Christians should take when their heroes fall short. Among the bunch: Look to Jesus, seek truth and accountability, and process the pain. Continue reading.

"The Texas Heartbeat Act, in its mission to protect babies from abortion once their heartbeats are detectable, has faced legal challenges and resistance from the abortion industry—and come out victorious," write the Family Research Council's Mary Szoch and Joy Zavalick. In this editorial, the authors question why the far Left, who they note once called for abortion to be "safe, legal, and rare" has pivoted to "busily working to ensure that more and more women undergo abortions." Continue reading.

Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, is advancing nuclear weapons and deepening its alliance with Russia. But what does this all mean?

In this episode, Jason talks about the existential threat of Iran and provides insight into how things are shaping up for future world conflict.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, has signed bills banning biological men from competing in women's sports and preventing children under the age of 18 from undergoing gender reassignment surgery. Senate Bill 1138, which "delays any irreversible gender reassignment surgery until the age of 18," passed the Arizona Senate in a party-line vote of 16-12 on Feb. 24 and the Arizona House of Representatives on a party-line vote of 31-26 on March 24. Senate Bill 1165, which "creates a statewide policy to ensure that biologically female athletes at Arizona public schools, colleges, and universities have a level playing field to compete," similarly passed both the House and Senate on party-line votes. Continue reading.

Fox News host Shannon Bream's latest book, Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak, explores mother-daughter, mother-son, and father-daughter relationships and highlights the key takeaways readers can draw from biblical figures. In an interview with The Christian Post, Bream explains that, while some family stories in the Bible "are really beautiful and faithful," others are "super dysfunctional. But I think they're all there for us to learn from the good and the bad." Watch the interview here.

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